Observations from space of meteorological fields on the scale of numerical weather forecasting models

Author

Perona, G. ; Notarpietro, R. ; Gabella, M. ; Speranza, A.

Author_Institution

Dip. Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1565

Abstract

In this paper we report the results of some preliminary studies concerning the use of a weather radar from a polar orbiting space platform for the direct observation of meteorological fields (rain and large-scale small-value vertical velocity) at horizontal resolutions which are useful in the initialisation-diagnosis of numerical limited area models (LAMs). The studies have been performed with specific reference to the "Cassini" radar from the International Space Station (ISS)

Keywords

atmospheric movements; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; weather forecasting; Cassini radar; International Space Station; LAM; initialisation-diagnosis; large-scale small-value vertical velocity; limited area models; numerical weather forecasting models; rain; resolutions; weather radar; Extraterrestrial measurements; Meteorological radar; Meteorology; Numerical models; Predictive models; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Spaceborne radar; Transmitting antennas; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976995

Filename

976995