Abstract: Satellite microwave measurements of sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface wind speed, atmospheric water vapor and cloud liquid water have been analyzed for the three-month period from July to October 1978. During this ...

Abstract: The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on the Seasat and Nimbus-7 satellite measured microwave radiation at 6.6, 10.69, 18.0, 21.0 and 37.0 GHz with both horizontal and vertical polarizations. Numerical ...

Abstract: Successful prediction of possible climate change depends on realistic parameterization of land surface processes in climate models. Such parameterizations must take appropriate account of the heterogeneities that are found ...