Optika Atmosfery i Okeana Journal

Vol. 25, issue 09, article # 6

Troshkin D. N., Kabanov M. V., Pavlov V. E., Romanov A. N., Khvostov I. V. Repetition of cloudiness situations and cloud optical thickness over the West-Siberian plain on the basis of ENVISAT data. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2012. V. 25. No. 09. P. 784–787 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

Statistical analysis of results of measurements of cloud optical thickness over the West-Siberian plain made by Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) onboard the ENVISAT are presented in this paper. Data for the 2008–2011 with a spatial resolution of 4.5 km/pixel were used. The territory was divided to south and north zones. For each of them monthly averaged cloud amount were calculated and data for the winter season compared with data for the summer time. The function of cloud optical thickness distribution by the number of pixels is shown and table of parameters of distribution for each zone is presented.

Keywords:

cloud amount, cloud optical thickness, satellite sounding, statistical distribution function