Determination of Vertical Wind Shear from Linear Combinations of Satellite Radiance Gradients: A Theoretical Study.

Abstract

By applying the thermal wind equation to the radiative transfer equation, one can derive the vertical wind shear from horizontal gradients of radiances measured by satellite. The vertical resolution of the wind shear can be optimized by using linear combinations of radiance gradients. A theoretical study was conducted to determine the optimal pressure intervals over which wind shears could be resolved when using weighting functions associated with the SSH sounder of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, and those associated with the TOVS instrument package on the TIROS-N/NOAA series of operational satellites. Two distinct computational approaches are presented and their respective results are summarized. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA075213

Entities

People

  • Henry E. Fleming

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geography
  • Geostrophic Wind
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Kernel Functions
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Meteorology
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Research Facilities
  • Space Sciences
  • Wind Shear

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.

Technology Areas

  • Space