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RISAn Application of a Geostationary Satellite Rain Estimation Technique to an Extratropical Area
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The use of geostationary satellite data for estimating precipitation in non-tropical areas was explored with data taken in Montreal, Canada. The previous studies using geostationary images for rain estimation have concentrated ...
The Impacts of Different Satellite Data on Rain Estimation Schemes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Rain estimates for the Great Plains States were made for a one-month period, August 1979, using different combinations of satellite and other data. The data tested were as follows: 1) two satellite images per day without ...
A Correction for the Errors in Ship Reports of Light Winds
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The errors in ship wind reports of light winds tend to significantly bias their mean. This occurs because wind speed is a scalar quantity that is constrained to zero or positive values. Therefore, observations tend to ...
The GATE Boundary Layer Instrumentation System (BLIS)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A tethered sonde, the Boundary Layer Instrument System (BLIS), was designed for use from shipboard platforms in the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE). This system was able to monitor the thermal and kinematic ...
The Diurnal Cycle of Upper-Tropospheric Clouds Measured by GOES-VAS and the ISCCP
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A comparison of diurnal cycles in high clouds (<440 hPa) measured by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Visible Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (VISSR) Atmospheric Sounder (GOES-VAS) and the International ...
An Estimation of the Condensation Rates in Three Severe Storm Systems from Satellite Observations of the Convective Mass Flux
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A technique was developed for estimating the condensation rates of convective storms using satellite measurements of cirrus anvil expansion rates and radiosonde measurements of environmental water vapor. Three cases of ...
Radiance and Cloud Analyses from GOES-VAS Dwell Soundings
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An analysis technique for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-VISSR (Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer) Atmospheric Sounder (GOES-VAS) sounder data was developed to extract cloud and clear radiance ...
Eight Years of High Cloud Statistics Using HIRS
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Over the last 8 yr frequency and location of cloud observations have been compiled using multispectral High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
The Wind Stress Patterns over the Indian Ocean During the Summer Monsoon of 1979
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A detailed analysis of the wind stress patterns over the Indian Ocean was made from 1 May to 31 July 1979. A combination of cloud motion and ship data obtained once per day was used to diagnose the surface-wind patterns ...
Some Statistical Characteristics of Cloud Motion Winds Measured over the Indian Ocean during the Summer Monsoon
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Cloud motions over the Indian Ocean for May?July 1979 were used to obtain spatial auto correlations of the deviations of the wind components from local means. Best correlations were associated with u?, low altitude clouds ...