Climatic Probabilities of the Vertical Distribution of Cloud Cover.

Abstract

The probability model of areal coverage of weather conditions that was published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology (1979) is applied to extend the usefulness of climatic records of station sky cover (tenths) and ceiling height (meters) to the estimation of cloud presence at any level in the atmosphere or within any layer. Specifically, estimates are made of: (a) the average cloud cover as a function of the vertical distance above the ground, (b) the average amount of cloud presence, in layers or at individual levels, and (c) the probability distribution of cloud cover, from clear to overcast, at any level or in any layer between two levels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 24, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118753

Entities

People

  • Irving I. Gringorten

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Computer Programs
  • Elevation
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Line Of Sight
  • Meteorology
  • Observation
  • Observers
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Statistical inference.