Statistical analysis of cloud characteristics in Northwest China based on Fengyun satellite data. (15th October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhao, Mengyue; Wu, Jiaji; Jeon, Gwanggil; Guo, Xing
• Other Names: Jeon Gwanggil guestEditor.; Abdellah Chehri guestEditor.; Cuomo Salvatore guestEditor.; Din Sadia guestEditor.; Jabbar Sohail guestEditor.; Kosta Sokol guestEditor.; Laccetti Giuliano guestEditor.; Lapegna Marco guestEditor.; Mele Valeria guestEditor.; Montella Raffaele guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Concurrency and computation. Volume 33:Number 4(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2018-10-15
• Subjects: cloud classification -- cloud coverage -- Fengyun satellite -- Northwest China -- optical thickness; Parallel processing (Electronic computers) -- Periodicals; Parallel computers -- Periodicals; 004.35
• DOI: 10.1002/cpe.4972
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1532-0626

Abstract

Summary: The northwest region in China located at arid and semiarid areas, atmospheric precipitation converted by the cloud is an important part of water resources, and if we fully utilize cloud for cloud‐water conversion to alleviate the scarcity of water, thereby it is particularly important to analyze the macroscopic characteristics and the changing trends of clouds in the northwest region. In this paper, the 2016 Level 1 data of Fengyun Satellite has been calibrated, corrected, and processed, using the improved multi‐spectral thresholding method to calculate cloud coverage and cloud classification data. The optical thickness inversion uses the SBDART (Santa Barbara DISORT Atmospheric Radiative Transfer) radiation transmission mode to establish a radiation look‐up table with optical thickness as a function variable under different conditions of observation geometry, underlying surface type, and atmospheric environment. The results show that the coverage of clouds in the northwest region accounts for about 45%, and the cloud coverage changes with the seasons. The classification of clouds mainly consists of high clouds, low clouds, and cumulonimbus. The optical thickness of clouds is largely distributed between 10 and 25.