| contributor author | Alexandrov, Mikhail D. | |
| contributor author | Marshak, Alexander | |
| contributor author | Ackerman, Andrew S. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T16:34:19Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T16:34:19Z | |
| date copyright | 2010/07/01 | |
| date issued | 2010 | |
| identifier issn | 0022-4928 | |
| identifier other | ams-70199.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4211953 | |
| description abstract | A new analytical statistical model describing the structure of broken cloud fields is presented. It depends on two parameters (cell size and occupancy probability) and provides chord distributions of clouds and gaps between them by length, as well as the cloud fraction distribution. This approach is based on the assumption that the structure of a cloud field is determined by a semiregular grid of cells (an abstraction of the atmospheric convective cells), which are filled with cloud with some probability. First, a simple discrete model is introduced, where clouds and gaps can occupy an integer number of cells, and then a continuous analog is developed, allowing for arbitrary cloud and gap sizes. The influence of a finite sample size on the retrieved statistics is also described. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Cellular Statistical Models of Broken Cloud Fields. Part I: Theory | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 67 | |
| journal issue | 7 | |
| journal title | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/2010JAS3364.1 | |
| journal fristpage | 2125 | |
| journal lastpage | 2151 | |
| tree | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2010:;Volume( 067 ):;issue: 007 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
