Abstract
The Detrended Fluctuation Analysis statistical method is applied to microwave radiometer and infrared thermometer radiance data in order to examine stratus cloud dynamics. The existence of long-range power law correlations in stratus cloud liquid water path and radiance (brightness temperature) fluctuations is demonstrated to occur over about a two-hour period. Moreover, using a finite-size (time) interval window, a change from non-Brownian to Brownian fluctuation regimes is clearly shown to define the cloud structure changes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 40-46 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Europhysics Letters |
Volume | 52 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)