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A Comparison of Radar-Determined Cloud Height and Reflected Solar Radiance Measured from the Geosynchronous Satellite ATS-3

David Reynolds Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80521

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Thomas H. Vonder Haar Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80521

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Print Publication:
01 Sep 1973
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1973)012<1082:ACORDC>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
1082–1085
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Abstract

A number of large tropical cumulus clouds which developed and decayed over a one-day period were monitored by both ship-based radar and the reflected solar radiance experiment on the geosynchronous satellite ATS-3. A comparison of the radar height of these clouds to their reflected solar radiance has shown a strong correlation (0.88) such that cumulus cloud height and growth may apparently be inferred from a geostationary satellite platform without the use of ground-based radar.

Abstract

A number of large tropical cumulus clouds which developed and decayed over a one-day period were monitored by both ship-based radar and the reflected solar radiance experiment on the geosynchronous satellite ATS-3. A comparison of the radar height of these clouds to their reflected solar radiance has shown a strong correlation (0.88) such that cumulus cloud height and growth may apparently be inferred from a geostationary satellite platform without the use of ground-based radar.

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