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Some cloud population statisticsPhotographs of cloud scenes taken from the orbiting space shuttle are being used to assess the overestimation in the amount of cloud cover sensed by satellites at angles other than nadir. Also these photographs and Landsat images indicate that the frequency distributions of clear and of cloudy intervals, at least in simple tropical cloud scenes, may be approximated by common distribution functions.
Document ID
19930072890
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Snow, J. William (Air Force Geophysics Lab. Hanscom AFB, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, Proceedings of the NASA Symposium on Global Wind Measurements
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
93N70337
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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