NASA Logo

NTRS

NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server

Back to Results
In situ aircraft verification of the quality of satellite cloud winds over oceanic regionsA 5-year aircraft experiment to verify the quality of satellite cloud winds over oceans using in situ aircraft Inertial Navigation System wind measurements is presented. Cloud motions measured by satellite and aircraft wind measurements that were coincident in time and space, and the results from the experiment are for undisturbed to moderately disturbed oceanic weather regimes. The results show that satellite measured cumulus cloud motions are good estimators of the cloud-base wind for trade wind and subtropical high regions. The average magnitude of the vector differences between the cloud motion and the cloud-base wind was determined; for cumulus clouds near frontal regions, the cloud motions agreed best with the mean cloud layer wind. For a very limited sample, cirrus cloud motions most closely followed the mean wind in the cloud layer.
Document ID
19800032014
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Hasler, A. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Skillman, W. C.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Shenk, W. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Steranka, J.
(GE/Management and Technical Services Co. Beltsville, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Meteorology
Volume: 18
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
80A16184
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

Available Downloads

There are no available downloads for this record.
No Preview Available