Session: Climatology and Clouds (83rd Annual)

P1.1

Use of Satellite Cloud Climatology for Assessing Cloud-Free-Line-of-Sight Probabilities

Ray Hobbs, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and J. Mitchell, M. A. Bedrick, D. J. Rusk, and R. L. Rose

Poster PDF (369.8 kB)

P1.2

Development and applications of regional cloud products from the CHANCES global cloud database

Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, J. A. Kankiewicz, K. R. Dean, C. L. Combs, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P1.3

Cloudiness characteristics over Northern Hemisphere: An analysis based on ISCCP D2 cloud data set

Valery N. Khokhlov, Odessa State Environmental University, Odessa, Ukraine

Poster PDF (746.2 kB)

P1.4

Trends in high clouds over the last 20 years

Donald P. Wylie, SSEC/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, D. Jackson, and J. J. Bates

Poster PDF (589.1 kB)

P1.5

Simulation of the Antarctic climate using the Arctic Region Climate System Model (ARCSyM) and the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder (APP) data set

Michael J. Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

P1.6

Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space, 1982–1999

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

P1.7

Sampling errors of monthly-mean radiative fluxes from the earth radiation budget satellite

T. Dale Bess, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Wong and G. L. Smith

Poster PDF (77.1 kB)

P1.8

The HIRS Pathfinder Radiance data set (1979–2001)

Darren L. Jackson, CIRES and NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO; and D. P. Wylie and J. J. Bates

Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

P1.9

SST for climate from AATSR on Envisat: processing and validation

Lisa A. Horrocks, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom; and A. O'Carroll, R. W. Saunders, T. Roberts, and J. Watts

P1.10

Application of satellite information to urban climatology

Judit Bartholy, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; and R. Pongrácz and Z. Dezsô

Poster PDF (646.9 kB)

P1.11

The relationship between cloudiness and surface temperature

Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Grody, A. Robock, and A. Basist

P1.12

Impact of Regime Changes on Climate Rainfall Estimates from Passive Microwave Sensors

Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow

P1.13

Extending the 12-year NVAP global water vapor dataset into the 21st century

John M. Forsythe, Science and Technology Corp., Fort Collins, CO; and D. L. Randel, S. Woo, D. McKague, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (802.9 kB)

P1.14

Analysis of the NVAP water vapor dataset: a tool for monitoring Earth’s water vapor from daily to decadal time scales

Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, D. L. Randel, and S. Woo

Poster PDF (1023.1 kB)

P1.15

Inter-comparison of GOES and MODIS imagery in the analysis of fog and stratus

Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Bachmeier

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/010305/010305.html

Poster PDF (3.0 MB)

P1.16

Mesoscale stratocumulus bands caused by Gulf Steam meanders

George S. Young, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and T. D. Sikora

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

P1.17

Validation of GOES Imager experimental low cloud data products for terrestrial free space optical telecommunications

Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Corporation, Redmond, WA; and G. P. Elrod, M. R. Witiw, J. A. Baars, and T. J. Ashman

Poster PDF (243.0 kB)

P1.18

Combined MODIS and cloud radar cirrus retrievals

Shaima L. Nasiri, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, G. Mace, and A. Heymfield

P1.19

Cirrus detection and characterization using GOES 3.9 µm albedo

Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P1.20

Multilevel cloud retrieval from the GOES platform

Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Koch

Poster PDF (169.5 kB)

P1.21

GOES Cloud Detection at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws

Poster PDF (2.7 MB)

P1.22

Validation of the GOES sounder cloud top pressure product

P1.22A

Comparisons of regional and global cloud products between MODIS and other data sets

Richard A. Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, H. Zhang, B. A. Baum, and A. J. Schreiner

P1.23

Convective-scale analysis and classification of convective cloud systems in Sub-Saharan Africa using the TRMM Microwave Radiometer

Karen I. Mohr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

P1.24

Estimating the error in cloud amount and cloud optical depth retrievals from GOES data

Iliana Genkova, PNNL, Richland, WA; and C. Long

P1.25

Cloud Cover Detection Algorithms for EO-1 Hyperion Imagery (Formerly Poster P5.25)

Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and H. H. K. Burke, D. Mandl, and J. Miller

Poster Session 1: Climatology and Clouds