Very short range local area weather forecasting using measurements from geosynchronous meteorological satellites

Sikula, Gerald J.

Vonder Haar, Thomas H.

Colorado State University. Dept. of Atmospheric Science.
United States. Air Force.

1972

Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science

Fort Collins, Colo.

Qunatative [sic] radiance measurements from NASA's ATS-3 geosynchronous satellite have been used to develop and test a statistical forecast method to predict air terminal weather over the very short range (0-6 hours) time period.

"30 April 1972."
The research was sponsored by the Electronic Systems Division of the U.S. Air Force Systems Command under Contract No. F19628-71-C-0073. --P. 61
Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60).

Statistical weather forecasting
Cloud forecasting
Meteorological satellites
Cloudiness
Measurement

1 online resource (v, 73 p.) : ill.

eng

Atmospheric science paper ; no. 185

UCSU5/8.10/185/INTERNET

http://hdl.handle.net/10176/co:9461

753988616

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