Title :
Precipitation retrieval from AMSR
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Meteorol., Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a precipitation retrieval algorithm for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) on the ADEOS-II satellite. This algorithm was developed based on results of radiative transfer model simulations. It uses a combination of microwave emission and scattering signatures, and has a correction for beam-filling. Besides a general description of the algorithm, we show some validation results in this paper
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; microwave measurement; radiative transfer; radiometry; remote sensing; ADEOS-II; AMSR; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer; beam-filling; microwave emission; microwave scattering; precipitation retrieval algorithm; radiative transfer model simulations; Brightness temperature; Electromagnetic heating; Frequency; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Particle scattering; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976144
