Space-borne remote sensing of cloud liquid water content by combined radar-radiometer

Author

Liu, Jinli ; Zhang, Ling ; Lu, Daren

Author_Institution

LAGEO, Inst. of Atmospheric Phys., Beijing, China

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1120

Abstract

A retrieval method of remote sensing of cloud liquid water content by space-borne combined radar-radiometer is suggested. A 3-layer vertical cloud model is chosen to represent the typical stratified precipitating cloud. The retrieval method mainly follows the authors´ previously suggested scheme (1994) with minor modification. Numerical comparative study shows that in space-borne remote sensing of liquid water content the combined method is much better than by radar only. Also the retrieval accuracy of liquid water content may increase when using the 3-layer cloud model in the combined method

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; 3-layer vertical cloud model; atmosphere; cloud; combined radar-radiometer; liquid water content; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microwave radiometry; precipitating cloud; radar remote sensing; retrieval method; spaceborne radar; stratified cloud; Attenuation; Clouds; Content based retrieval; Ice; Ocean temperature; Radar remote sensing; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.606370

Filename

606370