SOME PROBLEMS OF NUMERICAL INTERPRETATION OF CLOUD INFORMATION FROM ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITES.

Abstract

A previous article by the author gave a method for quantitative interpretation of cloud information from artificial earth satellites. Equations were given that may be taken as the relation between the Fourier coefficients of cloud and vertical motion fields for each latitude. Analysis of a large number of cloud charts showed that the large-scale cloud fields exhibit a certain conservatism, changing little from day to day, although the cloud cover may experience substantial changes at individual points over brief time periods. Diagnostic vertical motions can be calculated by this method. This document examines how this method can be used to determine the geopotential field from the cloud distribution.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0651906

Entities

People

  • Sh. A. Musaelyan

Organizations

  • American Meteorological Society

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Coefficients
  • Conservatism
  • Diagrams
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Geopotential
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Mathematics
  • Phase
  • Phase Diagrams

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris