Title

Microwave Radiometer (Mwr) Oceanic Integrated Rain Rate Algorithm For Aquarius/Sac-D

Keywords

Integrated rain rate; MWR; Radiometer; Rain rate algorithm; WindSat

Abstract

The Microwave Radiometer (MWR) flying on the Aquarius/SAC-D mission is a Dicke radiometer operating at 23.8 and 36.5 GHz that is developed by the Argentina Space Agency CONAE. This instrument will complement Aquarius (NASA's L-band radiometer/scatterometer) by providing simultaneous spatially collocated environmental measurements such as oceanic wind speed and rain rate. This paper describes the development of the pre-launch MWR rain rate algorithm using simulated MWR brightness temperatures from actual WindSat radiometer observations. WindSat provides high spatial resolution brightness temperatures that are spatially averaged to simulate the resolution of MWR. Also WindSat provides retrieved environmental parameters (EDR's), which includes rain rate for developing the statistical regression algorithm. Examples of simulated MWR rain retrievals are presented. © 2010 IEEE.

Publication Date

10-26-2010

Publication Title

11th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, MicroRad 2010 - Proceedings

Number of Pages

191-195

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/MICRORAD.2010.5559562

Socpus ID

77958109360 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77958109360

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS