| contributor author | Wylie, Donald | |
| contributor author | Jackson, Darren L. | |
| contributor author | Menzel, W. Paul | |
| contributor author | Bates, John J. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T17:00:52Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T17:00:52Z | |
| date copyright | 2005/08/01 | |
| date issued | 2005 | |
| identifier issn | 0894-8755 | |
| identifier other | ams-77939.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4220552 | |
| description abstract | The frequency of cloud detection and the frequency with which these clouds are found in the upper troposphere have been extracted from NOAA High Resolution Infrared Radiometer Sounder (HIRS) polar-orbiting satellite data from 1979 to 2001. The HIRS/2 sensor was flown on nine satellites from the Television Infrared Observation Satellite-Next Generation (TIROS-N) through NOAA-14, forming a 22-yr record. Carbon dioxide slicing was used to infer cloud amount and height. Trends in cloud cover and high-cloud frequency were found to be small in these data. High clouds show a small but statistically significant increase in the Tropics and the Northern Hemisphere. The HIRS analysis contrasts with the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), which shows a decrease in both total cloud cover and high clouds during most of this period. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Trends in Global Cloud Cover in Two Decades of HIRS Observations | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 18 | |
| journal issue | 15 | |
| journal title | Journal of Climate | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/JCLI3461.1 | |
| journal fristpage | 3021 | |
| journal lastpage | 3031 | |
| tree | Journal of Climate:;2005:;volume( 018 ):;issue: 015 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
