Point Comparisons of Total Cloud Cover from Satellites and from Surface Observations

Point Comparisons of Total Cloud Cover from Satellites and from Surface Observations
Author: Patrick J. O'Reilly
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Total Pages: 60
Release: 1973
Genre: Cloud cover
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This report compares cloud-cover observations made by ground observers and relative cloud-cover estimates determined from satellite-measured brightness values. Comparisons are made when each type of cloud (9 low type, 9 middle type, and 9 high type) are found alone and also with various combinations taken over the China mainland and portions of Southeast Asia. Satellite observations from the ESSA and ITOS series of satellites are used. Both tabulated and graphical presentations of the results are included along with the author's comments on the investigative procedures and findings.

Global Atlas of Relative Cloud Cover, 1967-70

Global Atlas of Relative Cloud Cover, 1967-70
Author: Donald B. Miller
Publisher:
Total Pages: 254
Release: 1971
Genre: Clouds
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The atlas was prepared from data acquired during the period January 1, 1967, through December 31, 1970. Picture signals were computer processed to prepare hemispheric charts of monthly, seasonal, semiannual, and annual charts of relative cloud cover, in octas, over both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Similar presentations of tropical cloudiness are included. This atlas is one of the first attempts to use satellite data in the preparation of a climatology of daytime cloudiness over the globe. (Author).

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1995
Genre: Aeronautics
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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.