A simulation of weather in 3D space
By: Irving I. Gringorten.
Contributors: U.S. Air Force Geophysics Laboratory. Atmospheric Sciences Division.
Series: AFGL-TR -- 84-0267.; Environmental research papers -- no. 892.; Environmental research papers (Hanscom AFB, Mass.) -- no. 892.
Publisher: Atmospheric Sciences Division, Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Hanscom AFB, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Clouds -- Mathematical models.; Clouds -- Simulation methods.
Description: A stochastic simulation process, known as the 3D-Boehm Sawtooth Wave model has been developed. It has greater versatility than previously applied models. For a real cloud cover, the input consists of the mean sky-cover and a scale parameter, depicted as a characteristic wavelength. The algorithm has been written and programmed to map the simulated clouds horizontally, or in vertical cross-section. Since the model requires climatology in the vertical, a procedure has been developed which takes the cumulative sky-cover as seen by a surface observer and produces estimates of mean cloudiness within any specified layer. Keywords: Cloud cover; Sawtooth wave model; CFLOS (Cloud-free line of sight); New England.
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