Active and passive microwave for rainfall monitoring

Author

Nativi, S. ; Baldini, Luca ; Giuli, Dino ; Mazzetti, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Electtronica, Univ. di Firenze

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1367

Abstract

This paper reports the experimentation of a joint use of ground-based radars and satellite radiometer in order to obtain more information at diverse spatial and temporal scales to improve quantitative measurement of rainfall over the centre of Italy. In particular the utilisation of radar vertical profile measurements to validate and calibrate passive microwave data is outlined. Experimentation has been conducted on a data set made up of Montagnana multiparameter C-band and DMSP-SSM/I data

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; microwave measurement; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; C-band; atmosphere; ground-based radar; measurement technique; meteorology; passive microwave radiometry; radar remote sensing; rain; satellite radiometer; spatial variation; temporal scale; vertical profile; Clouds; Meteorological radar; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Monitoring; Passive radar; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516665

Filename

516665