Mesoscale climatology of cloud cover over Korea and Germany /
Charles F. Burger, Irving I. Gringorten.
Description
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English
- Published
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Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts : Air Force Geophysics Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1982.
- Summary
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The results are presented of a study of cloud cover over Korea and Germany, to obtain mesoscale cloud climatologies in data-void regions. Two methods for modeling the climatological frequency distribution of total cloud cover are discussed, a simple linear regression called the Simplified Linear Model (SLM), and Gringorten's Model B. Both models fit the data well. Map analyses of the parameters from both models show definite mesoscale geographic patterns in Korea. This may enable the development of methods for obtaining the cloud cover frequency at locations where there are no data. More data are needed to complete such a study. Similar analyses in Germany reveal no obvious geographic relationships for the SLM parameters, and almost no gradient for Model B parameters. The advantage of both models over others is their realistic values for clear and overcast cases. Specific advantages are, for the SLM, its simplicity, and for Model B, its ability to model cloud covers for areas different from that of observer's field of view. (Author).
- Note
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Research supported by the Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts.
Meteorology Division Project 6670.
ADA127521 (From http://www.dtic.mil).
"19 November 1982."
- Physical Description
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128 pages :
illustrations ;
28 cm.
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