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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
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
J William Snow (Air Force Geophysics Laboratory Hanscom AFB, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the NASA Symposium on Global Wind Measurements
Publisher: A. Deepak Publishing
Subject Category
Meteorology and Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: NASA Symposium on Global Wind Measurements
Location: Columbia, MD
Country: US
Start Date: July 29, 1985
End Date: August 1, 1985
Sponsors: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Accession Number
93N70337
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Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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