A preliminary report on Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer measurements of tropical rainfall of cyclone Oliver

Author

Wu, S. ; Spencer, R. ; Hood, R.

Author_Institution

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, AL, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1235

Abstract

The Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) was deployed during the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Coupled Ocean-Atmospheric Response Experiment (COARE) from January 4 to February 24, 1993. The passive microwave signatures of a variety of precipitation features were sampled by the AMPR during this time. These data are used for convection and precipitation studies supporting the goals of NASA´s Mission to Planet Earth. On February 8, 1993, the AMPR was flown over tropical cyclone Oliver which developed in the Western Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Townsville, Australia. The results of measurements indicated heavy rain within the eyewall of the cyclone as shown in the 10.7 GHz imagery, with precipitation size ice displaced down-shear (away from the eye) in the sloping eyewall

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; microwave imaging; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; storms; 10.7 GHz; AD 1993 01 AD 1993 02; AMPR; Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer; Australia; COARE; South Pacific; TOGA; Townsville; Western Pacific; atmosphere; eyewall SHF; geophysical measurement technique; microwave radiometry; passive microwave signature; precipitation; rain; satellite remote sensing; storm; tropical cyclone Oliver; tropical rainfall; Atmosphere; Australia; Displacement measurement; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Planets; Sea measurements; Tropical cyclones;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322111

Filename

322111