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 ...