Abstract: This article describes the size, intensity, trajectory, lifetime and distribution of the GATE cloud clusters of West Africa and the eastern Atlantic Ocean and relates their distribution to the summer climate of the region. ...

Abstract: To date, operational satellite temperature retrieves from the TIROS-N/NOAA A?G series of satellites and a large percentage of those produced for research purposes have used statistical techniques to estimate limb effects ...

Abstract: The optimal nonlinear inversion or one-dimensional variational (1DVAR) method was used to retrieve the cloud-top height and effective cloud amount from Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) sounder ...

Abstract: Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) moisture retrievals are compared to the National Meteorological Center Regional Analysis and Forecast System (RAFS) 12-h forecast and to 1200 UTC ...

Abstract: Comparisons between geopotential analyses derived from rawinsondes (RAOB) and the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) generally exhibit differences that are ultimately related to the horizontal density and placement of the ...

Abstract: A technique using the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) sounder radiance data has been developed to improve detection of low clouds and fog just after sunrise. The technique is based on a simple ...

Abstract: A processing scheme that determines cloud height and amount based on radiances from the Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) using a CO2 absorption technique has been installed on the National ...

Abstract: Since April 1994 a new generation of geostationary sounders has been measuring atmospheric radiances in 18 infrared spectral bands and thus providing the capability for investigating oceanographic and meteorological phenomena ...