Improved modeling and retrieval of convective precipitation from spaceborne passive microwave measurements

Author

Vincent Leslie, R. ; Bickmeier, Laura J. ; Blackwell, William J. ; Chen, Frederick W. ; Jairam, Laura G.

Author_Institution

MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA

fYear

2008

fDate

11-14 March 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This manuscript focuses on recent efforts for the development and validation of passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms for the NPOESS (National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) satellite program. Emphasis will be placed on the following three critical components: a methodology for simulating passive microwave observations, a technique for validating the methodology with aircraft measurements, and a statistics-based algorithm for estimating precipitation rate.

Keywords

atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; convection; radiative transfer; radiometry; statistical analysis; NPOESS program; National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System; convective precipitation modeling; convective precipitation retrieval; method validation technique; passive microwave observation simulation; precipitation rate statistics based estimation; spaceborne passive microwave measurements; Aircraft; Atmospheric modeling; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Microwave theory and techniques; Neural networks; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Solid modeling; Microwave radiometry; Precipitation retrievals; Radiative transfer modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1986-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1987-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MICRAD.2008.4579486

Filename

4579486