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RISThe Impact of Satellite-Derived Polar Winds on Lower-Latitude Forecasts
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The use of atmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) in NWP models continues to be an important source of information in data-sparse regions. These AMVs are derived from a time sequence of images from geostationary and polar-orbiting ...
Measuring the Global Distribution of Intense Convection over Land with Passive Microwave Radiometry
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The global distribution of intense convective activity over land is shown to be measurable with satellite passive-microwave methods through a comparison of an empirical rain rate algorithm with a climatology of thunderstorm ...
Severe Storm Identification with Satellite Microwave Radiometry: An Initial Investigation with Nimbus-7 SMMR Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In an attempt to determine the feasibility of detecting and monitoring severe weather with future satellite passive microwave observations, the severe weather characteristics of convective storms as observed by the Nimbus ...
Cloud-Top Heights from GOES-8 and GOES-9 Stereoscopic Imagery
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Operational satellite data from GOES-8 and GOES-9 were used to make stereoscopic measurements of cloud heights during the National Aeronautics and Space Administration?s Subsonic Aircraft: Contrail and Cloud Effects Special ...
A Model for Calculating Desert Aerosol Turbidity over the Oceans from Geostationary Satellite Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A technique has been developed to infer the optical thickness of Saharan dust from Synchronous Meteorological Satellite (SMS) brightness measurements at visible wavelengths. The scattering model consists of an air layer, ...
Recent Innovations in Deriving Tropospheric Winds from Meteorological Satellites
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The evolving constellation of environmental/meteorological satellites and their associated sensor technology is rapidly advancing. This is providing opportunities for creatively improving satellite-derived products used ...
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Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractAutomated aircraft observations of wind and temperature have demonstrated positive impact on numerical weather prediction since the mid-1980s. With the advent of the Water Vapor Sensing System (WVSS-II) humidity ...
High-Latitude Atmospheric Motion Vectors from Composite Satellite Data
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: tmospheric motion vectors (AMVs) are derived from satellite-observed motions of clouds and water vapor features. They provide crucial information in regions void of conventional observations and contribute to forecaster ...
The Man computer Interactive Data Access System: 25 Years of Interactive Processing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: On 12 October 1998, it was the 25th anniversary of the Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS). On that date in 1973, McIDAS was first used operationally by scientists as a tool for data analysis. Over the ...
Recent advances in satellite data rescue
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: tellite data rescue activities uncover dormant records of our recent past. Unavailable back then, powerful methods enable today to assess and utilize early images and soundings for climate studies.