Cloud Heights and Nighttime Cloud Cover from TIROS Radiation DataSource: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1964:;Volume( 021 ):;issue: 002::page 152Author:Rasool, S. I.
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1964)021<0152:CHANCC>2.0.CO;2Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Radiation data obtained from TIROS III have been analyzed, separately for day and for night, for the period July through September 1961. The global distribution of the average effective temperatures measured by the 8?12 ? channel of the satellite radiometer shows a close correlation with the cloud cover data. An estimate of the latitudinal distribution of cloud heights has been obtained using the TIROS radiation data for daytime and the distribution of cloud cover recently obtained from the TIROS photographs. Combining these values of the cloud heights with the nighttime radiation data determines the latitudinal distribution of nighttime cloud cover. The results indicate that in the Southern Hemisphere the percentage cloudiness at night is considerably higher than in the day, while in the case of the Northern Hemisphere the cloudiness appears to decrease at night.
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contributor author | Rasool, S. I. | |
date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:13:16Z | |
date available | 2017-06-09T14:13:16Z | |
date copyright | 1964/03/01 | |
date issued | 1964 | |
identifier issn | 0022-4928 | |
identifier other | ams-14987.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4150608 | |
description abstract | Radiation data obtained from TIROS III have been analyzed, separately for day and for night, for the period July through September 1961. The global distribution of the average effective temperatures measured by the 8?12 ? channel of the satellite radiometer shows a close correlation with the cloud cover data. An estimate of the latitudinal distribution of cloud heights has been obtained using the TIROS radiation data for daytime and the distribution of cloud cover recently obtained from the TIROS photographs. Combining these values of the cloud heights with the nighttime radiation data determines the latitudinal distribution of nighttime cloud cover. The results indicate that in the Southern Hemisphere the percentage cloudiness at night is considerably higher than in the day, while in the case of the Northern Hemisphere the cloudiness appears to decrease at night. | |
publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
title | Cloud Heights and Nighttime Cloud Cover from TIROS Radiation Data | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 21 | |
journal issue | 2 | |
journal title | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | |
identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0469(1964)021<0152:CHANCC>2.0.CO;2 | |
journal fristpage | 152 | |
journal lastpage | 156 | |
tree | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1964:;Volume( 021 ):;issue: 002 | |
contenttype | Fulltext |