Horizontal velocity structure functions in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: 1. Observations

JYN Cho, E Lindborg - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We compute horizontal velocity structure functions using quasiglobal data accumulated by
specially equipped commercial aircraft on 7630 flights from August 1994 to December 1997 …

Scale issues in verification of precipitation forecasts

B Tustison, D Harris… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation forecasts from numerical weather prediction models are often compared to rain
gauge observations to make inferences as to model performance and the “best” resolution …

[HTML][HTML] Multiscale statistical properties of a high-resolution precipitation forecast

D Harris, E Foufoula-Georgiou… - Journal of …, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
Davis, A., Marshak A., Wiscombe W., and Cahalan R., 1996a: Multifractal characterizations
of intermittency in nonstationary geophysical signals and fields. A model based perspective …

Horizontal velocity structure functions in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: 2. Theoretical considerations

E Lindborg, JYN Cho - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The Kolmogorov equation for the third‐order velocity structure function is derived for
atmospheric mesoscale motions on an f plane. A possible solution is a negative third‐order …

Multifractals and resolution-independent remote sensing algorithms: the example of ocean colour

S Lovejoy, D Schertzer, Y Tessier… - International Journal of …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
We argue that geophysical and geographical fields are generally characterised by wide
range scaling implying systematic, strong (power law) resolution dependencies when they …

Liquid water path variability in unbroken marine stratocumulus cloud

R Wood, JP Taylor - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid water path variability in unbroken marine stratocumulus clouds is examined using a
simple adiabatic model and both ground‐based and airborne observations. Observations …

Joint statistics of photon path length and cloud optical depth: Case studies

Q Min, LC Harrison, EE Clothiaux - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
We show the joint statistics of photon path length and cloud optical depth for cloudy sky
cases observed at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains …

[HTML][HTML] Coherent scattering of microwaves by particles: Evidence from clouds and smoke

JS Erkelens, VKC Venema… - Journal of the …, 2001 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many radar measurements of the atmosphere can be explained in terms of two scattering
mechanisms: incoherent scattering from particles, and coherent scattering from variations in …

A study of magnetic fluctuations and their anomalous scaling in the solar wind: the Ulysses fast-latitude scan

C Pagel, A Balogh - Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 2001 - npg.copernicus.org
The solar wind is a highly turbulent and intermittent medium at frequencies between 10-4
and 10-1 Hz. Power spectra are used to look at fluctuations in the components of the …

Surface energy balance and turbulence characteristics observed at the SHEBA Ice Camp during FIRE III

PG Duynkerke, SR de Roode - Journal of Geophysical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht (IMAU) participated in the First
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment (FIRE III) in …