Improved Simulation Methodology for Retrieval of Convective Precipitation from Spaceborne Passive Microwave Measurements

Author

Leslie, R. Vincent ; Bickmeier, Laura J. ; Blackwell, William J. ; Jairam, Laura G. ; Chen, Frederick W.

Author_Institution

MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

This manuscript focuses on recent efforts for the development and validation of passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms for the NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) satellite program. Emphasis will be placed on the following three critical components: a methodology for simulating passive microwave observations, a technique for validating the methodology with aircraft measurements, and a statistics-based algorithm for estimating precipitation rate.

Keywords

atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; radiative transfer; remote sensing; NPOESS satellite program; National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; aircraft measurements; atmospheric precipitation rate estimation; convective precipitation retrieval methodology; passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms; radiative transfer modeling; spaceborne passive microwave measurements; statistics-based algorithm; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Neural networks; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Solid modeling; Microwave radiometry; Precipitation retrievals; Radiative transfer modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778852

Filename

4778852