TY - BOOK AU - Kantor,Arthur J. TI - Objective estimate of the climatology of very tall convective clouds - a negative report U1 - 551.6/K21 PY - 1970/// CY - L.G. Hanscom Field PB - Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, KW - NUBES KW - CLIMATOLOGÍA KW - ESTRATOSFERA KW - NUBES CONVECTIVAS N1 - Incluye bibliografía N2 - An objective method has been developed for determining the occurrence and altitude of tall convective clouds for the purpose of construction of a global climatology of such clouds. The particular computer program selected is the version that produced maximum cloud-top estimates in closest agreement with highest radar precipitation echoes for a three-year period at Miami, Fla., Lake Charles, La., New York, N. Y., and Oklahoma City, Okla. A day-by-day comparison of radar echoes and computed cloud tops reveals such numerous and sufficiently large discrepancies that the computerized parcel method does not appear satisfactory for providing a climatology of convective clouds above 40, 000 ft ER -