A Robust Satellite Technique (RST) for dust storm detection and monitoring: The case of 2009 Australian event

Author

Tramutoli, V. ; Filizzola, C. ; Marchese, F. ; Mazzeo, G. ; Paciello, R. ; Pergola, N. ; Pietrapertosa, C. ; Sannazzaro, F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. & Phys. of the Environ., Univ. of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

25-30 July 2010

Firstpage

1707

Lastpage

1709

Abstract

In this paper, an original method of satellite data analysis named RST (Robust Satellite Technique), already successfully used to study and monitor several natural and environmental hazards, is applied for the first time to a recent dust storm occurred in Australia in September 2009. This event was analyzed implementing RST on MTSAT-1R (Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1Replacement) Japanese geostationary satellite data. Some preliminary results of this study are presented, discussing RST performances even in comparison with traditional split window satellite techniques.

Keywords

artificial satellites; dust; remote sensing; storms; AD 2009 09; Australian dust storm event; MTSAT-1R; Multi-functional Transport Satellite-1Replacement; Robust Satellite Technique; dust storm detection; dust storm monitoring; Australia; Clouds; Monitoring; Remote sensing; Robustness; Satellites; Storms; MTSAT-1R; RST; dust storm;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9565-8

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650621

Filename

5650621