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NOAA Technical Reports' 



NESS 55 The Use of Satellite-Observed Cloud Patterns in Northern Hemisphere 500-mb Numerical Analysis. 

 Roland E. Nagle and Christopher M. Hayden, April 1971, 25 pp. plus appendixes A, B, and C. 

 (COM-73-50262) 



NESS 57 Table of Scattering Function of Infrared Radiation for Water Clouds. Gilchl Yamamoto, 

 Masayuki Tanaka, and Shoji Asano, April 1971, 8 pp. plus tables. (COM-71-50312) 



NESS 58 The Airborne ITPR Brassboard Experiment. W. L. Smith, D. T. Hilleary, E. C. Baldwin, W. Jacob, 

 H. Jacobowltz, G. Nelson, S. Soules, and D. Q. Wark, March 1972, 74 pp. (COM-72-10557) 



NESS 59 Temperature Sounding From Satellites. S. Fritz, D. Q. Wark, H. E. Fleming, W. L. Smith, H. 

 Jacobowltz, D. T. Hilleary, and J. C. Allshouse, July 1972, 49 pp. (COM-72-50963) 



NESS 60 Satellite Measurements of Aerosol Backscattered Radiation From the Nimbus F Earth Radiation 

 Budget Experiment. H. Jacobowltz, W. L. Smith, and A. J. Drummond, August 1972, 9 pp. (COM-72- 

 51031) 



NESS 61 The Measurement of Atmospheric Transmlttance From Sun and Sky With an Infrared Vertical 

 Sounder. W. L. Smith and H. B. Howell, September 1972, 16 pp. (COM-73-50020) 



NESS 62 Proposed Calibration Target for the Visible Channel of a Satellite Radiometer. K. L. Coulson 

 and H. Jacobowltz, October 1972, 27 pp. (COM-73-10143) 



NESS 63 Verification of Operational SIRS B Temperature Retrievals. Harold J. Brodrlck and Christopher 

 M. Hayden, December 1972, 26 pp. (COM-73-50279) 



NESS 64 Radiometric Techniques for Observing the Atmosphere From Aircraft. William L. Smith and Warren 

 J. Jacob, January 1973, 12 pp. (COM-73-50376) 



NESS 65 Satellite Infrared Soundings From NOAA Spacecraft. L. M. McMillin, D. Q. Wark, J.M. Siomkajlo, 

 P. G. Abel, A. Werbowetzki, L. A. Lauritson, J. A. Pritchard, D. S. Crosby, H. M. Woolf, R. C. 

 Luebbe, M. P. Welnreb, H. E. Fleming, F. E. Bittner, and C. M. Hayden, September 1973, 112 pp. 

 (COM-73-50936/6AS) 



NESS 66 Effects of Aerosols on the Determination of the Temperature of the Earth's Surface From Radi- 

 ance Measurements at 11.2 m. H. Jacobowltz and K. L. Coulson, September 1973, 18 pp. (COM-74- 

 50013) 



NESS 67 Vertical Resolution of Temperature Profiles for High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder 

 (HIRS). Y. M. Chen, H. M. Woolf, and W. L. Smith, January 1974, 14 pp. (COM-74-50230) 



NESS 68 Dependence of Antenna Temperature on the Polarization of Emitted Radiation for a Scanning Mi- 

 crowave Radiometer. Norman C. Grody, January 1974, 11 pp. (COM-74-50431/AS) 



NESS 69 An Evaluation of May 1971 Satellite-Derived Sea Surface Temperatures for the Southern 

 Hemisphere. P. Krishna Rao, April 1974, 13 pp. (COM-74-50643/AS) 



NESS 70 Compatibility of Low-Cloud Vectors and Rawins for Synoptic Scale Analysis. L. F. Hubert and L. 

 F. Whitney, Jr., October 1974, 26 pp. (COM-75-50065/AS) 



NESS 71 An Intercomparison of Meteorological Parameters Derived From Radiosonde and Satellite Vertical 

 Temperature Cross Sections. W. L. Smith and H. M. Woolf, November 1974, 13 pp. (COM-75-10432) 



NESS 72 An Intercomparison of Radiosonde and Satellite-Derived Cross Sections During the AMTEX. W. C. 

 Shen, W. L. Smith, and H. M. Woolf, February 1975, 18 pp. (COM-75-10439/AS) 



NESS 73 Evaluation of a Balanced 300-mb Height Analysis as a Reference Level for Satellite-Derived 

 soundings. Albert Thomasell, Jr., December 1975, 25 pp. (PB-253-058) 



NESS 74 On the Estimation of Areal Windspeed Distribution in Tropical Cyclones With the Use of Satel- 

 lite Data. Andrew Tlmchalk, August 1976, 41 pp. (PB-261-971) 



NESS 75 Guide for Designing RF Ground Receiving Stations for TIROS-N. John R. Schneider, December 

 1976, 126 pp. (PB-262-931) 



NESS 76 Determination of the Earth-Atmosphere Radiation Budget from NOAA Satellite Data. Arnold Gruber, 

 November 1977, 31 pp. (PB-279-633) 



NESS 77 Wind Analysis by Conditional Relaxation. Albert Thomasell, Jr., January 1979. 



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