Microwave multisensor rainfall retrieval applied to TOGA-COARE observations

Author

Marzano, F.S. ; Turk, J. ; Dietrich, S. ; Mugnai, A. ; Panegrossi, G. ; Pierdicca, N. ; Smith, E.A.

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Rome Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1895

Abstract

Rainfall retrieval estimation algorithms, based on passive and active microwave sensor data, are applied to along-track nadir-looking observations of a cyclone over ocean that occurred on February 8, 1993 during TOGA-COARE. The estimated rainfall rates derived from the radiometer data are compared with those obtained from ARMAR radar. Results in terms of reflectivity profiles and upwelling brightness temperatures, reconstructed from the estimated cloud structures, are discussed

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; microwave measurement; millimetre wave measurement; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; AD 1993 02 08; ARMAR; COARE; EHF SHF; TOGA; along-track nadir-looking observations; cloud; cyclone; estimation algorithm; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; millimetric wave; multisensor rainfall retrieval; radar; rain; rainfall; reflectivity profile; remote sensing; storm; upwelling brightness temperature; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Information retrieval; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Rain; Reflectivity; Sea measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524059

Filename

524059