On the use of microwave sounder data for high-temporal rainfall maps based on microwave radiometers

Author

Shige, Shoichi ; Yamamoto, Tomoya ; Kida, Satoshi ; Tsukiyama, Takeaki ; Kubota, Takuji ; Okamoto, Ken´ichi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai

fYear

2008

fDate

11-14 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this study, we have been developing rainfall retrievals for the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) based on the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) microwave radiometer algorithm to produce microwave-based rain maps at high-temporal resolution. The GSMaP-retrieved rainfall from the AMSU is compared to NOAA standard algorithm retrieved data using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data as the reference.

Keywords

rain; AMSU; Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit; GSMaP; Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation; NOAA standard algorithm retrieved data; TRMM; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission; high-temporal rainfall maps; microwave radiometer algorithm; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ice; Information retrieval; Instruments; Orbits; Radiometers; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; Microwave sounder; microwave radiometer; precipitation; rain-rate retrieval;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1986-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1987-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579506

Filename

4579506