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RISSevere Storm Observations Using the Microwave Sounding Unit
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The microwave sounding unit (MSU) aboard the NOAA polar orbiting satellites contains four channels in the oxygen band, at 50.30, 53.74, 54.96 and 57.95 GHz, which receive thermal radiation originating primarily from four ...
Retrieval of Ice Cloud Parameters Using a Microwave Imaging Radiometer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Based on the radiative transfer theory, the microwave radiance emanating from ice clouds at arbitrary viewing angles is expressed as an analytic function of the cloud ice water path (IWP), the particle effective diameter ...
Synoptic-Scale Studies Using the Nimbus 6 Scanning Microwave Spectrometer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Several frontal systems over Europe in August 1975 and January and February 1976 are examined using scanning microwave spectrometer (SCAMS) data. Comparisons are made with thermal fields constructed from radiosonde ...
An Eight-Year (1987–1994) Time Series of Rainfall, Clouds, Water Vapor, Snow Cover, and Sea Ice Derived from SSM/I Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), first placed into operation in July 1987, has been making measurements of earth-emitted radiation for over eight years. These data are used to estimate both atmospheric and ...
Global Atmospheric Temperature Monitoring with Satellite Microwave Measurements: Method and Results 1979–84
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method for measuring global atmospheric temperature anomalies to a high level of precision from satellites is demonstrated. Global data from the Microwave Sounding Units (MSUs), flying on NOAA satellites since late 1978, ...
Comparison of Tropospheric Temperature Derived from the Microwave Sounding Unit and the National Meteorological Center Analysis
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) aboard the NOAA series of polar-orbiting satellites (TIROS-N to NOAA-12) have provided stable and precise measurements of vertically integrated atmospheric temperature since December 1978. ...
Remote Sensing of Temperature Profiles from a Combination of Observations from the Satellite-Based Microwave Sounding Unit and the Ground-Based Profiler
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Temperature profiles are derived from ground- and satellite-based microwave radiometric observations. Data taken by the NOAA Profiler during December 1981 to December 1982, at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, ...
Using the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager to Monitor Land Surface Temperatures, Wetness, and Snow Cover
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The worldwide network of in situ land surface temperatures archived in near-real time at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has limited applications, since many areas are poorly represented or provide no observations. ...
A Blended Satellite–In Situ Near–Global Surface Temperature Dataset
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A near?global surface temperature dataset was produced by blending several sources of information. For the oceans, these include in situ and infrared satellite?derived sea surface temperatures that were already processed ...
Cloud Liquid Water Climatology from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) algorithm is developed to measure both cloud liquid water path (LWP) and cloud frequency (CF) over the oceans. For climate analysis, the LWP and CF parameters are computed on pentad ...