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High-Resolution Space/Time Variations of Cloud Conditions from the CHANCES Data Set
Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Science and Technology Corp. and CIRA/ Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. A. Ringerud and D. L. Reinke
Cloud amount variability between the 1997-98 major El Nino year and a more “normal” year, 1994, are studied with the aid of a new, high-resolution Climatological and Historical Analysis of Clouds for Environmental Simulation (CHANCES) data set developed from global composites (hourly) from seven satellites. The most extreme cloud variations over both land and ocean areas are identified. Resulting climate and weather forecasting applications are noted.
Joint Poster Session 3, Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Data Studies: Part II (Joint with the 11th Symposium on Global Change Studies)
Thursday, 13 January 2000, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
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