Validation of QuikScat radiometric estimates of rain rate

Author

Jones, W. Linwood ; Susanj, Mladen ; Zec, Josko ; Park, Jun-Dong

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1229

Abstract

The SeaWinds scatterometer on the QuikScat satellite simultaneously measures the active (scattering) and passive (emission) microwave characteristics of the Earth´s surface. This paper describes the use of the QuikScat Radiometer (QRad) brightness temperature measurements to infer rain rate over the oceans. A discussion of the rain rate algorithm is presented, and comparisons are made with near-simultaneous integrated rain rate measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI). These results demonstrate the potential for using QRad rain index to infer moderate to high rain rates over the ocean

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; radiometry; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; QRad; QuikScat; SeaWinds scatterometer; algorithm; brightness temperature; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microwave radiometry; radar remote sensing; radiometric estimate; rain rate; spaceborne radar; validation; Earth; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar measurements; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858076

Filename

858076