ATS-3 observed cloud brightness field related to a meso-to-subsynoptic scale rainfall pattern

D. N. Sikdar

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v24i5.10654

ATS-3 observed cloud brightness field related to a meso-to-subsynoptic scale rainfall pattern

Tellus

Volume 24 (1972): Issue 5

By: D. N. Sikdar

Open Access

|Jan 1972

Abstract

The geosynchronous satellite (ATS-III) time lapse cloud brightness data have been analyzed with a view to correlating the time variations of cirrus shield area to rainfall rate in mid-latitude storm complexes. While inadequate rainfall sampling precludes point-to-point comparison, an excellent correlation is obtained with the time-change of radar echo areas in the cloud complex. Also presented are preliminary results on excellent correspondence between subsynoptic scale cloud brightness anomaly patterns and the precipitation patterns in mid-latitude frontal zones.

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