Climatic probabilities of the vertical distribution of cloud cover /
Irving I. Gringorten.

Description

Main Author

Gringorten, Irving I.

Related Names

U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory.

Language(s)

English

Published

Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1982.

Subjects

Statistics.
Probability forecasts (Meteorology)
Mathematical models.
Cloud forecasting.
Statistics.
Mathematical models.
Cloud forecasting.
Probability forecasts (Meteorology)

Summary

The probability model of areal coverage of weather conditions that was published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology (1979) is applied to extend the usefulness of climatic records of station sky cover (tenths) and ceiling height (meters) to the estimation of cloud presence at any level in the atmosphere or within any layer. Specifically, estimates are made of: (a) the average cloud cover as a function of the vertical distance above the ground, (b) the average amount of cloud presence, in layers or at individual levels, and (c) the probability distribution of cloud cover, from clear to overcast, at any level or in any layer between two levels.

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
Meteorology Division Project 6670.
ADA118753 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"24 February 1982."

Physical Description

48 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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