Title

The Relationship Between Large-Scale Vertical Motion and Sky Cover

Date

1962

Index Abstract

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Photo Quality

Incomplete

Report Number

AFCRL 62-425

Creator

Curtis, Robert C.

Leese, John A.

Valovcin, Francis R.

Corporate Author

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Extent

82

Identifier

AD0277004

Distribution Classification

1

DTIC Record Exists

No

Distribution Change Authority Correspondence

None

Abstract

The characteristic features of the sky cover in the northern hemisphere and their relationship to large-scale vertical motion are discussed. Evidence is presented in support of the hypothesis that the principal characteristics of the sky cover--amount and average height of cloud tops--are primarily determined by the largescale vertical motion, with convection playing a secondary role. Some implications of this hypothesis for analysis and forecasting of cloudiness and for the use of satellite observations of clouds and radiation in studies of atmospheric dynamics are mentioned.

Report Availability

Full text available by request

Date Issued

1962-02

Provenance

IIT

Type

report

Format

82 pages ; 28 cm.