Author: David K. Lynch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195351392
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a significant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered, an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity, orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer, in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on climate.
Cirrus
Author: David K. Lynch
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195351392
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a significant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered, an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity, orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer, in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on climate.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195351392
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Cirrus clouds are high, thin, tropospheric clouds composed predominately of ice. In the last ten years, considerable work has shown that cirrus is widespread--more common than previously believed--and has a significant impact on climate and global change. As the next generation weather satellites are being designed, the impact of cirrus on remote sensing and the global energy budget must be recognized and accommodated. This book, the first to be devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus and serves as a practical handbook as well. Each chapter is based on an invited review talk presented at Cirrus, a meeting hosted by the Optical Society of America and co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. All aspects of cirrus clouds are covered, an approach that reaches into diverse fields. Topics include: the definition of cirrus, cirrus climatologies, nucleation, evolution and dissipation, mixed-phase thermodynamics, crystallinity, orientation mechanisms, dynamics, scattering, radiative transfer, in situ sampling, processes that produce or influence cirrus (and vice versa), contrails, and the influence of cirrus on climate.
Motions in the Upper Troposphere as Revealed by Satellite-observed Cirrus Formations
Author: H. McClure Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Lidar Observations of Natural and Volcanic-ash-induced Cirrus Clouds
Author: Christian Rolf
Publisher: Forschungszentrum Jülich
ISBN: 3893368477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
Publisher: Forschungszentrum Jülich
ISBN: 3893368477
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
FIRE Cirrus Science Results 1993
Author: David S. McDougal
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Cirrus Particle Distribution Study
Author: Ian D. Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
On 19 March 1978 an MC-130E aircraft obtained ice particle data in cirrus clouds near Albuquerque, N.M. Some data were also obtained from a high altostratus layer below the cirrus. Printouts of particle size and average number distribution for consecutive 30-sec periods during the flight are presented. Additionally, graphical displays of average particle spectra and 2-D particle examples are given for five 3- to 5-min periods when cloud conditions were relatively homogeneous. (Author).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
On 19 March 1978 an MC-130E aircraft obtained ice particle data in cirrus clouds near Albuquerque, N.M. Some data were also obtained from a high altostratus layer below the cirrus. Printouts of particle size and average number distribution for consecutive 30-sec periods during the flight are presented. Additionally, graphical displays of average particle spectra and 2-D particle examples are given for five 3- to 5-min periods when cloud conditions were relatively homogeneous. (Author).
Sensitivity Analysis of the AVHRR Infrared Cirrus Model
Author: Allan J. Bussey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmosphere
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Cirrus Particle Distribution Study
Author: Donald J. Varley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cloud physics
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cloud physics
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
MODIS Airborne Simulator Visible and Near-infrared Calibration, 1991 FIRE-Cirrus Field Experiment. Calibration Version: FIRE King 1.1
Author: G. Thomas Arnold
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Cirrus
Author: David K. Lynch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195130723
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
This text, devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus clouds and serves as a practical handbook as well.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195130723
Category : Cirrus clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
This text, devoted entirely to cirrus clouds, captures the state of knowledge of cirrus clouds and serves as a practical handbook as well.
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Phenological report contained in vols. 3-71, issued as a supplement to vols. 73-74, missing from vols. 56-58, 60-62.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
Phenological report contained in vols. 3-71, issued as a supplement to vols. 73-74, missing from vols. 56-58, 60-62.