Update on cloud-tracked winds by Japanese satellite

Vlcek, Charles L.

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Update on cloud-tracked winds by Japanese satellite

1982
By Vlcek, Charles L.
Series: Office note (National Centers for Environmental Prediction (U.S.)) ; 268

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Vlcek, Charles L.
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National Meteorological Center (U.S.)
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"Cloud-tracked winds measured by Japanese satellites have been shown to be persistently slower than winds measured by colocated aircraft or radiosondes in the winter hemisphere, particularly in regions where winds are strong (Vlcek, 1981, Statistical Surveys of Wind Sensor Colocations, NMC O.N. 238). Various causes of this phenonenon have been suggested, but the most likely cause appears to be a bias in the satellite measured altitude of the cloud tops. A spurious altitude that was consistently in a region of stronger winds than at the true altitude would readily explain the behavior of the cloud-tracked wind bias"--Page 1, paragraph 1.
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C.L. Vlcek.

"December 1982."

"This is an unreviewed manuscript, primarily intended for informal exchange of information among NMC staff members."

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Office note (National Centers for Environmental Prediction (U.S.)) ; 268
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