Evidence for island effects and diurnal signals in satellite images of clouds over the tropical western pacific

• Main Authors: Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, S.A., Reynolds, R.M., Minnett, P.J.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLOUD COVER; DAILY VARIATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SEAS; CLIMATES; ISLANDS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; Pacific; Myriad Islands
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/263502; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/263502

Instruments to measure atmospheric radiation and ancillary meteorological variables will be set up on Manus Island as the first site of the tropical western pacific (TWP) locale of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) program. Manus is in the {open_quotes}warm pool{close_quotes} region of th...