Abstract: The practical limitations imposed by the marine environment on the principal flux-measurement methods for experiments requiring more than a few days? duration are examined. Reservations are presented as to the suitability ...

Abstract: Changes in albedo were tracked following fire on 18 August 1980 in a successional hardwood forest in northern lower Michigan (43°33?N, 84°42?W). Shortwave albedo (300?3000 nm) changed little with zenith angle up to 55°, ...

Abstract: A model is described which simulates icing on an unheated, non-rotating cylinder. Both rime and glaze ice can be accounted for. The model computes the thermodynamic conditions and the initial icing rate as a function of ...

Abstract: The agreement of radar with raingage rainfall measurements during the second phase of the Florida Area Cumulus Experiment (FACE-2) is examined. FACE-2 rainfall was measured in a 1.3 ? 104 km2 target area using 111 nearly ...

Abstract: A quasi-three-dimensional global climate model designed to trace the transient evolution of climate is described. The model, which has an interactive ocean, differs from earlier models in including a 5-layer atmospheric ...

Abstract: Comparative return irradiance estimation in a two channel heterodyne lidar receiver should be facilitated by processing finite data samples obtained in a period short compared with that of atmospheric fluctuations affecting ...

Abstract: A model for estimating one-minute rainfall rates has been developed using stepwise multiple regression analysis. The model is made up of six regression equations to estimate rates that are equalled or exceeded 0.01, 0.05, ...

Abstract: Mean monthly snowfall data for 216 stations across the conterminous United States were analyzed to produce a climatology that identifies statistical, spatial and intraseasonal aspects. Geographic variations in the length ...

Abstract: An experimental study of the dynamics within artificial thermal plumes rising in the boundary layer is presented. In this third part, measurements just above the heat source and aircraft investigations in the plume aloft ...

Abstract: A global series of seasonal visible surface reflectance maps derived from NOAA-5 Scanning Radiometer observations is presented. Methods for isolating clear-sky observations from satellite data are evaluated and the magnitude ...