[Multifractal Cloud Properties Data Assessment]

• Main Authors: Gautier, C., Ricchiazzi, P., Peterson, P., Lavallee, D., Frouin, R., Lubin, D., Lovejoy, S., Schertzer, D.
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: University of California, Santa Barbara 1992
• Subjects: Data Analysis; Antarctic Regions; Fractals; Cloud Cover; Antarctica; 54 Environmental Sciences; Polar Regions 540110*; Ozone; Insolation; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/7015434; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1190780/

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.