A comparison of cirrus clouds determined by ISCCP and SAGE-II and their relation to convection in the tropicsResults of tropical thin cirrus cloud retrievals using International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) and Stratospheric Aerosol and Gaseous Experiment (SAGE-II) data from January 1985 are presented. A preliminary analysis of the results shows that thin cirrus increases with increasing height in both data sets, and SAGE-II exhibits a high frequency of occurrence. The thin cirrus extinction coefficient shows maxima around the convective regions of South America and the western Pacific Ocean.
Document ID
19930052133
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Christopher, Sundar A. (Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, United States)
Vonder Haar, Thomas H. (Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: In: Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 6th, Atlanta, GA, Jan. 5-10, 1992, Preprints (A93-36051 14-47)