Abstract: An iterative method for deducing the general temperature and moisture structure of the troposphere from satellite radiation measurements of medium spectral resolution is described. The temperature and moisture profiles ...

Abstract: A technique is developed for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from the VISSR Atmospheric Sounder (VAS) on the geostationary GOES satellites. This method is currently used in daily, quasi-operational ...

Abstract: An improved method for calculating tropospheric temperature and moisture from satellite radiometer measurements is developed. The troposphere is modeled by two temperature lapse rates and a single moisture lapse rate. These ...

Abstract: The feasibility of extracting low-level wind (mean within the layer 700 hPa to surface) by tracking low-level moisture patterns observed with GOES-7 is studied. It is found that low-level wind can be inferred by tracking ...

Abstract: A method is developed to assimilate satellite data for the purpose of improving the diagnosis of fractional cloud cover within a numerical weather prediction model. The method makes use of a nonlinear programming technique ...

Abstract: Aircraft High Speed Resolution Interferometer Spectrometer (HIS) data am used with simultaneous ariborne lidar data to investigate the accuracy of cloud height determinations using the ?CO2 slicing method.? It is shown ...

Abstract: NOAA satellite microwave soundings, which penetrate high clouds, delineate the development and dissipation of the upper tropospheric warm core associated with a tropical cyclone. The storm's ?core? may be detected from ...

Abstract: A multiple-parameter model has been formulated to estimate precipitable water profiles above the standard pressure levels from the satellite infrared spectrometer B (SIRS?B) radiation observations taken from the Nimbus 4 ...

Abstract: An attempt is made to resolve the difference in Nimbus II satellite-observed and calculated atmospheric radiances in the 6.7-?m water vapor band. Regression equations were calculated to relate the Nimbus II MRIR (medium ...