Vertical Cloud Layer Statistics Derived from Echo Intensities Received by a 35 - GHz Radar.

Abstract

This report presents an assortment of useful vertical cloud layer intensities received by a 35-GHz radar. Both monthly and seasonal (summer and winter) vertical cloud layer statistics are presented showing: (1) probabilities of clouds aloft, (2) diurnal cloud layer analysis, (3) probabilities of vertical cloud-free-line-of-site between two heights, (4) cloud layer correlation's between two heights; and seasonal statistics for, (5) serial correlation's of clouds at specified altitudes, (6) probabilities of vertical cloud thicknesses, (7) probabilities of cloudy or clear run lengths, and (8) a method for converting cloudy or clear mn length probabilities to persistence probabilities. Data collection and cloud extraction methods are explained and methods usd for deriving the statistics are documented. (AN)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 1995
Accession Number
ADA294826

Entities

People

  • Albert R. Boehm
  • James H. Willand

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Altitude
  • Cloud Cover
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Extraction
  • Information Science
  • Intensity
  • Meteorology
  • New England
  • Observation
  • Radar Beams
  • Statistics
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Statistical inference.