A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAGE-II OPAQUE CLOUD FREQUENCY

Authors
WANG PH MCCORMICK MP MINNIS P KENT GS YUE GK SKEENS KM
Citation
Ph. Wang et al., A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VERTICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF THE SAGE-II OPAQUE CLOUD FREQUENCY, Geophysical research letters, 22(3), 1995, pp. 243-246
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
22
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
243 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1995)22:3<243:AMFEVO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A method is developed to infer the vertical distribution of the occurr ence frequency of clouds that are opaque to the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) II instrument. An application of the method to the 1986 SAGE II observations is included in this paper. The 1986 S AGE II results are compared with the 1952-1981 cloud climatology of Wa rren et al. [1986, 1988].