Abstract Monthly composite images have been constructed from 8 times of the day from the ISCCP B2 Meteosat data set. Average and standard deviation images in IR and WV channels have been constructed at first. These images allow to describe the mean diurnal cycle of convection over Africa, and show that this cycle is strongly influenced by the orography. Comparisons between two very different rainy seasons in West Africa, 1983 and 1985, show some differences in the diurnal cycles.
Diurnal variations of convective cloudiness in tropical Africa observed with Meteosat ISCCP B2 data
Advances in Space Research ; 7 , 3 ; 163-166
1987-01-01
4 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Cloudiness and radiation budget of the atmosphere from ISCCP data sets
Elsevier | 1987
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