Title :
Satellite X-band real aperture radar signatures of nonprecipitating clouds, rain cells and rain bands
Author :
Mitnik, Leonid ; Mitnik, Maia ; Hsu, Ming-Kuang
Author_Institution :
Pacific Oceanological Inst., Vladivostok, Russia
Abstract :
This paper describes the results of analysis of heavy precipitation signatures revealed on the real aperture radar (RAR) images of the ocean obtained from Okean series satellites. The signatures are determined by combination of spatial variability of atmospheric (rainfall rate, total cloud liquid water content, distribution in size of hydrometeors, etc.) and oceanic (surface roughness) characteristics. Usage of collocated quasisynchronous visible, infrared and microwave satellite observations and weather maps interpretation of the brightness variations of the RAR images
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorological radar; radar imaging; rain; spaceborne radar; Okean series satellites; RAR images; brightness variations; heavy precipitation; hydrometeors; nonprecipitating clouds; ocean; rain bands; rain cells; rainfall rate; satellite X-band real aperture radar signatures; spatial variability; total cloud liquid water content; Clouds; Image analysis; Oceans; Radar imaging; Rough surfaces; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface roughness; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699569
