Title :
On the combination of active and passive measurements in the study of clouds and precipitation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Atmos. Sci., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
Presents an approach that combines millimetric radar measurements and radiometer measurements for deriving the water contents of clouds and precipitation and does so within the context of the CloudSat satellite mission
Keywords :
atmospheric precipitation; clouds; meteorological radar; radiometry; remote sensing by radar; 94 GHz; CloudSat; active measurements; clouds; millimetric radar measurements; passive measurements; precipitation information; radiometer measurements; satellite mission; water contents; Clouds; Extraterrestrial measurements; Ice; Planets; Radar measurements; Radiometry; Reflectivity; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar; Water;
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.2001.976605
