Abstract: Statistics of cloud characteristics over North America have been accumulated for the past 2 yr. The frequency of cloud cover with the associated heights and infrared attenuation were charted using the C02 channel radiometric ...

Abstract: GOES VAS multispectral observations in the carbon dioxide absorption band at 15 ?m have been used to compile cloud-cover statistics over the continental United States for the past 4 years. The CO2 technique calculates both ...

Abstract: An overview is given of the First ISCCP Regional Experiment Arctic Clouds Experiment that was conductedduring April?July 1998. The principal goal of the field experiment was to gather the data needed to examine the impactof ...