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RISA Validation of a Satellite Cloud Retrieval during ASTEX
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An algorithm using NOAA-12 AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) solar reflectance measurements for retrieving cloud droplet size and optical thickness has been applied to a boundary layer stratocumulus cloud ...
Observation of Water Vapor Greenhouse Absorption over the Gulf of Mexico Using Aircraft and Satellite Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Through its interaction with radiation, water vapor provides an important link between the ocean and atmosphere. One way this occurs is through the greenhouse effect; observations of water vapor greenhouse absorption in ...
The 27–28 October 1986 FIRE Cirrus Case Study: Retrieval of Cloud Particle Sizes and Optical Depths from Comparative Analyses of Aircraft and Satellite-based Infrared Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Infrared radiance measurements were acquired from a narrow-field nadir-viewing radiometer based on the NASA ER-2 aircraft during a coincident Landsat 5 overpass on 28 October 1986 as part of the FIRE Cirrus IFO in the ...
Heating Rates in Tropical Anvils
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The interaction of infrared and solar radiation with tropical cirrus anvils is addressed. Optical properties of the anvils are inferred from satellite observations and from high-altitude aircraft measurements. An infrared ...
Characterization of Thermal Effects in Pyranometers: A Data Correction Algorithm for Improved Measurement of Surface Insolation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Pyranometers are reliable, economical radiometers commonly used to measure solar irradiances at the surface in a long-term, monitoring mode. This paper presents a discussion of the response of these instruments to varying ...
Determination of Clear-Sky Radiative Flux Profiles, Heating Rates, and Optical Depths Using Unmanned Aerospace Vehicles as a Platform
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In this paper the authors report results obtained using an unmanned aerospace vehicle (UAV) as an experimental platform for atmospheric radiative transfer research. These are the first ever climate measurements made from ...
An Examination of the Clear-Sky Solar Absorption over the Central Equatorial Pacific: Observations versus Models
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Measurements of downward surface solar radiation (global radiation) and albedo taken during the Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment (CEPEX) are used to obtain baseline estimates for two quantities concerning the radiation ...
Cirrus Microphysics and Radiative Transfer: Cloud Field Study on 28 October 1986
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Cloud data acquired during the cirrus intensive field operation of FIRE 86 are analyzed for a 75 ? 50-km2 cirrus cloud field that passed over Wausau, Wisconsin, during the morning of 28 October 1986. Remote-sensing ...
The Baseline Surface Radiation Network Pyrgeometer Round-Robin Calibration Experiment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: With the aim of improving the consistency of terrestrial and atmospheric longwave radiation measurements within the Baseline Surface Radiation Network, five Eppley Precision Infrared Radiometer (PIR) pyrgeometers and one ...