A joint analysis of microwave radiometer and scatterometer data to characterize meso-scale structures in the Mediterranean Sea

Author

Pierdicca, N. ; Pulvirenti, L. ; De Biasio, F. ; Zecchetto, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. Electron. Eng., Rome Univ. "La Sapienza", Italy

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

2760

Abstract

An analysis of a large set of data, collected from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) radiometer and from the NASA SeaWinds scatterometer over the Mediterranean Sea is presented, with the aim of studying the mean behavior of various geophysical parameters, such as water vapor, surface rain rate, wind speed and Ekman pumping for the years 2000 and 2001. This paper presents the results of the study of two different meteorological situations occurring in the Mediterranean basin. Moreover, ability of these instruments for analyzing extreme events is shown through examples.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; backscatter; data acquisition; meteorology; microwave measurement; oceanographic regions; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; wind; AD 2000 to 2001; Ekman pumping; Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean basin; NASA SeaWinds scatterometer; SSM/I radiometer; Special Sensor Microwave/Imager; climatology; mesoscale structures; meteorology; microwave radiometer; surface rain rate; water vapor; wind speed; Image analysis; Image sensors; Microwave radiometry; Microwave sensors; NASA; Radar measurements; Rain; Sea surface; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1369874

Filename

1369874