[Multifractal cloud properties data assessment]

• Main Authors: Gautier, C., Ricchiazzi, P., Peterson, P., Lavallee, D. ), Frouin, R., Lubin, D. ), Lovejoy, S. ), Schertzer, D. )
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CLOUD COVER; DATA ANALYSIS; ANTARCTICA; FRACTALS; INSOLATION; OZONE; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; POLAR REGIONS; Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7015434; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7015434; https://doi.org/10.2172/7015434

Our group has been very active over the last year, analyzing a number of data sets to characterize multifractal cloud properties and assess the effects of clouds on surface radiation properties (spectral and broadband). The data sets analyzed include: AVHRR observations of clouds over the ocean, SPOT observations of clouds over the ocean, SSM/I observations of clouds over the ocean, pyranometer data with all-sky photographs, pyrgeometer data all-sky photographs, and spectral surface irradiance all-sky photographs. A number of radiative transfer computations have been performed to help in the interpretation of these observations or provide theoretical guidance for their analysis. Finally 4 number of radiative transfer models have been acquired and tested to prepare for the interpretation of ARM/CART data.