Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30uasc1j&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 21, pp. ASC 1-1, CiteID 2082, DOI 10.1029/2003GL018367
Physics
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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical Meteorology, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote Sensing, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Convective Processes
Scientific paper
Identifying cloud regimes and their role in the climate system can serve a multitude of purposes, ranging from a better understanding of clouds to guiding field experiments to improving the representation of clouds in models. This study describes early results in identifying cloud regimes from ISCCP data using cluster analysis. A simple algorithm for cloud regime identification is introduced and applied to data in the Tropical Western Pacific region. Four major cloud regimes, namely a shallow cumulus regime, a transparent isolated cirrus regime, thick cirrus with convection and a deep and probably organized convective regime are identified and their frequency of occurrence is quantified. The use of the regime information for various applications is discussed and the use of regime classifications for representativeness studies is presented using the ARM TWP sites as an example.
Jakob Christian
Tselioudis George
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