Changes in Cloud-Ceiling Heights and Frequencies over the United States...

Journal of Climate;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......further comparison with changes in physically related...then used to determine changes in daytime ceiling height...with more significant changes in the period after the...shown no significant changes in the past 30 yr, but...physically consistent changes were identified as related to ...

Suspend changes to immigration rules, say Tories

The Hindustan Times;  June 13, 2007 ;     542 words ......Party has called for the suspension of the changes made to immigration rules in November...other non-European Union countries. The changes have led to several Indian professionals...of the retrospective application of the changes. The campaign has enlisted support from...

Changes rearranging pop sounds

Lake Forester (Lake Forest, IL);  August 11, 2005 ;     590 words ...The Changes were the only band at last month's Lollapalooza...people's eyes." And their ears, too. The Changes play a sophisticated and colorful style...from that era of punk and new wave, the Changes appreciate pretty melodies and mellow keyboard...

Retrieval of Cloud Properties for Partly Cloudy Imager Pixels

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Retrievals of cloud properties from satellite imagery...biases in the retrieved cloud properties: cloud amounts and droplet...was chosen because the cloud properties are typical of such...cover fraction. The changes are only about 20%-30...uncertainties in the ...

Lagrangian study of cloud properties and their relationships to...

Journal of Climate;  August 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......analyzed to study the scale-dependent cloud properties and their relationships to atmospheric...systems. The diurnal variation of the cloud properties is also examined. Using concurrent...NCEP, possible relationships between cloud properties and prevailing meteorological conditions...

Evaluation of Cirrus Cloud Properties Derived from MODIS Data Using Cloud...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  February 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......2002. In this paper, cirrus cloud properties derived from ground-based...are compared with similar cloud properties derived from MODIS data...the regionally averaged cloud properties derived from MODIS are similar...

KIP HAWLEY HOLDS A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ON TSA...

Political Transcript Wire;  December 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ......CLUB ON TSA STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE CHANGES DECEMBER 2, 2005 SPEAKER: KIP HAWLEY...introducing in the near future. These changes are consistent with and depend upon the...activities and we're in the process of making changes to TSA that align with Secretary Chertoff...

LAND USE CHANGES IN THE VESELOVIANKA RIVER CATCHMENT IN THE HORNÁ ORAVA...

Ekológia;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......research of the landscape structure and its changes was carried out in a part of the Horn...periods (1958 and 2001). Two types of changes were identified: anthropogenic and succession...successive, which were linked with land use changes, reduction of traditional management of...

Heritability of changes in genetic evaluations of dairy bulls from first...

Journal of Dairy Science;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Heritability of Changes in Genetic Evaluations of Dairy Bulls...Objectives of this study were to investigate changes in predicted transmitting abilities...daughters and determine whether these changes are heritable. Data were USDA sire evaluations...

Government rushing Indian Act changes

Saskatchewan Sage;  March 30, 2000 ;     514 words ...Government rushing Indian Act changes Lawyers working for the Assembly of First Nations are in the process of analyzing proposed changes to the Indian Act. The changes received first reading in Parliament on Feb. 11 and...

Managing technology changes.(Information Technology)

Bulletin (Northwest Public Power Association);  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...For many organizations, managing technology changes is a relatively new concept. Most consumer-owned...organizations can effectively manage and implement technology changes. Types of changes Changes occur for many reasons, but typically arise...

The Characterization of Ice Cloud Properties from Doppler Radar...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......algorithm method to characterize ice cloud properties. The method makes use of two measurements...new method for retrieval of the cloud properties, with a roughly unbiased estimate of all cloud properties with respect to the radar-lidar...

Ground-based infrared remote sensing of cloud properties over the...

Journal of Applied Meteorology;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......were of cloudy-sky conditions. Cloud-base heights are retrieved from...originally developed to retrieve cloud-top heights from satellite data...Introduction Retrievals of cloud properties from infrared satellite sensors...Mean climatic descriptions of cloud properties obtained from ...

Recent changes in NWS upper-air observations with emphasis on changes from...

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Changes from VIZ to Vaisala in U.S. radiosondes resulted in apparent...season, elevation, and region. Other recent U.S. radiosonde changes are documented. The detection of any climate change, whether due to human activity or natural changes, depends inter alia on the stability of the observing systems...

Impact of Cloud Model Microphysics on Passive Microwave Retrievals of...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......between the first EOF coefficients of cloud properties and T^sup B^ at frequencies associated...simulations indicates that the retrievals of cloud properties, especially latent heating, based...to relate microwave measurements to cloud properties. Databases from numerical ...