Abstract: The pressure perturbation associated with a convective cell has been measured with an aircraft, at one level about 1500 m below cloud top. Agreement is found with Barnes' (1969) experimental data and with the results of ...

Abstract: Surface albedo can be inferred from geostationary satellite measurements as long as the effects due to the atmosphere, the spectral response of the sensor, and the angular anisotropy of the reflected field are corrected. ...

Abstract: The conversion of radiances measured by the METEOSAT visible channel into broadband radiances can be performed as long as the appropriate conversion factors are known. A simple model allowing a spectral description of the ...

Abstract: A polar jet stream flowing over northern Europe is investigated using both the radiosounding network and the METEOSAT water vapor (WV) channel imagery. A maximum radiance band associated with the polar jet stream is shown ...