ALBERS S., J. MCGINLEY, D. BIRKENHEUER, and J. SMART 1996: The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS): Analyses of clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Weather and Forecasting, 11, 273-287.
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Birkenheuer, D., Shaw, B.L., Albers, S., and E. Szoke, 2001: Evaluation of local-scale forecasts for severe weather of July 20, 2000. Preprints, 14th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Html, PDF

Schultz, P. and S. Albers, 2001: The use of three-dimensional analyses of cloud attributes for diabatic initialization of mesoscale models. Preprints, 14th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc. Html, PDF

Software details in LAPS README sections CLOUD and DERIV

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