New possibilities of the use of synthetic aperture millimeter-wave radiometric interferometer for precipitation remote sensing from space

Author

Kutuza, B.G.

Author_Institution

KotePnikov Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Moscow, Russia

fYear

2012

fDate

5-9 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Results of computer simulation of the microwave upwelling emission polarization effect of a precipitating atmosphere are presented in this paper. Ground - based measurements of second and third Stokes parameters were used for model calculations. It is shown that the second Stokes parameter of brightness temperature of a precipitating atmosphere measured from space can reach from 3 to 5 K. It is necessary to improve essentially the spatial resolution of microwave radiometers to use the polarization effect for interpretation of satellite data.

Keywords

atmospheric optics; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; interferometry; radiometry; remote sensing; atmospheric precipitation; brightness temperature; microwave radiometer; microwave upwelling emission polarization effect; precipitation remote sensing; second Stokes parameter; synthetic aperture millimeter-wave radiometric interferometer; third Stokes parameter; Atmospheric measurements; Brightness; Frequency measurement; Rain; Slabs; Surface waves; Three dimensional displays; Stokes parameter; brightness temperature; polarization; precipitation; radiometric interferometer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2012 12th Specialist Meeting on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1468-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MicroRad.2012.6185241

Filename

6185241