The cloud fraction diurnal variation (CDV) regulates the Earth system's radiative budget and balance, influencing atmospheric variables such as temperature and humidity, as well as physical processes ...

Twelve cirrus scenes are analyzed to determine textural and structural features using LANDSAT imagery. The main structural characteristics are: 1) cirrus cloud size distributions obey a power law, ...

Lightning is a natural electric discharge phenomenon consisting of cloud-to-ground (CG) and intracloud (IC) flashes, and accounts for many human casualties and tremendous property damage worldwide ...