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RISAccuracy of Cloud Optical Depth Retrievals from Ground-Based Pyranometers
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Errors in cloud optical depth retrieved from pyranometer irradiances are estimated using a fractal model of cloud inhomogeneity. The cloud field is constructed from a two-dimensional array of pixels. For each of the pixels, ...
Validation of a Physical Retrieval Scheme of Solar Surface Irradiances from Narrowband Satellite Radiances
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An algorithm is presented to derive the downwelling solar surface irradiance from satellite measurements of the 0.63-?m reflectance, which explicitly accounts for variations in cloud optical depth and integrated water ...
Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Stratocumulus Properties during CLARA, 1996
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method is presented to obtain droplet concentration for water clouds from ground-based remote sensing observations. It relies on observations of cloud thickness, liquid water path, and optical extinction near the cloud ...
THE BALTEX BRIDGE CAMPAIGN: An Integrated Approach for a Better Understanding of Clouds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Clouds cause uncertainties in the determination of climate sensitivity to either natural or anthropogenic changes. Furthermore, clouds dominate our perception of the weather, and the relatively poor forecast of cloud and ...
The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX): A European Contribution to the Investigation of the Energy and Water Cycle over a Large Drainage Basin
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Baltic Sea Experiment (BALTEX) is one of the five continental?scale experiments of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX). More than 50 research groups from 14 European countries are participating in this ...