Validate Algorithms for the Determination of Rainfall Rates from SSM/I Microwave Satellite Imagery.

Abstract

This research effort has focussed on (a) obtaining and processing radar and calibrating raingage data from our primary validation sites which correspond to SSM/I overpasses, (b) ordering the SSM/I data for the same cases, and (c) completing the software required for merging the surface data and the SSM/I measurements. Since the required surface data has only recently arrived only a preliminary assessment has been made of the SSM/I brightness temperature measurements and rainfall products using National Weather Service raingage reports and GOES infrared imagery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188769

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Brightness
  • Climate Change
  • Colorado
  • Databases
  • Measurement
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Rain
  • Rainfall
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Space Flight
  • Space Sciences
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.

Technology Areas

  • Space