Abstract: A three-dimensional general circulation model of a slowly rotating, massive atmosphere is forced with an axisymmetric radiative heating/cooling distribution to explore the heat and momentum budgets established in this type ...

Abstract: Using an approximate numerical technique, we investigate the influence of coagulation, sedimentation and turbulent motions on the observed droplet size distribution in the upper layers of the Venus clouds. If the cloud ...

Abstract: A brief review of observations of clouds using satellites highlights open issues and directions for future studies. The key one is improved treatment of the effects of small-scale spatial inhomogeneity in remote sensing ...

Abstract: A global series of seasonal visible surface reflectance maps derived from NOAA-5 Scanning Radiometer observations is presented. Methods for isolating clear-sky observations from satellite data are evaluated and the magnitude ...

Abstract: Aggregation of atmospheric data using the common equal-angle (latitude-longitude) map grid is shown to introduce an unnecessary degradation of data quality compared with aggregation using an equal-area grid. Analysis of ...

Abstract: To better understand the interaction between tropical deep convection and the Madden?Julian oscillation (MJO), tropical cloud regimes are defined by cluster analysis of International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project ...

Abstract: A model of the three-dimensional distribution of clouds was developed from the statistics of cloud layer occurrence from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) and the statistics of cloud vertical ...

Abstract: he generation of zonal and eddy available potential energy (Gz and Ge) as formulated by Lorenz are computed on a global-, daily-, and synoptic-scale basis to consider the contribution of each diabatic heating component ...

Abstract: Seasonal variations of liquid and ice water paths (LWP and IWP) in nonprecipitating clouds over oceans are estimated for 4 months by combining the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) and Special Sensor ...

Abstract: The Hadley cell is involved in the energy, momentum and moisture budgets in the atmosphere; it may be expected to change as sources and sinks of these quantities are altered due to climate perturbations. The nature of the ...