Inference of Cloud Temperature and Thickness by Microwave Radiometry from Space

dc.contributor.author	Pandey, P. C.
dc.contributor.author	Njoku, E. G.
dc.contributor.author	Waters, J. W.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-06-09T13:59:50Z
dc.date.available	2017-06-09T13:59:50Z
dc.date.copyright	1983/11/01
dc.date.issued	1983
dc.identifier.issn	0733-3021
dc.identifier.other	ams-10610.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4145747
dc.description.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 simulations have been performed to explore the potential of using the 18.0, 21.0 and 37.0 GHZ SMMR channels with simultaneous infrared measurements of cloud top height for retrieving cloud temperature differential and thickness over the ocean. The results suggest it is possible to infer cloud vertical thickness to ?0.4 km rms accuracy and cloud temperature differential to ?3°C rms. These accuracies are approximately half the a prior variances.
dc.publisher	American Meteorological Society
dc.title	Inference of Cloud Temperature and Thickness by Microwave Radiometry from Space
dc.type	Journal Paper
dc.journal.volume	22
dc.journal.issue	11
dc.journal.title	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
dc.identifier.doi	10.1175/1520-0450(1983)022<1894:IOCTAT>2.0.CO;2
dc.journal.fristpage	1894
dc.journal.lastpage	1898
dc.tree	Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1983:;volume( 022 ):;issue: 011
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