Abstract: Reflected radiance measurements from the multicolor spin-scan cloud camera on Applications Technology Satellite III are used to determine the percentages of selected areas of the earth that are cloud-free. The areas chosen ...

Abstract: The Pennsylvania State University?NCAR Mesoscale Model version 5 (MM5), running on a triply nested grid, was used to simulate the intense lake-effect snowstorm of 4?5 January 1995. On the finest grid (5-km resolution) ...

Abstract: Snowstorms generated over the Great Lakes bring localized heavy precipitation, blizzard conditions, and whiteouts to downwind shores. Hazardous freezing rain often affects the same region in winter. Conventional observations ...