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The promise of remote sensing in the atmospheric sciencesThe applications and advances in remote sensing technology for weather prediction, mesoscale meteorology, severe storms, and climate studies are discussed. Doppler radar permits tracking of the three-dimensional field of motion within storms, thereby increasing the accuracy of convective storm modeling. Single Doppler units are also employed for detecting mesoscale storm vortices and tornado vortex signatures with lead times of 30 min. Clear air radar in pulsed and high resolution FM-CW forms reveals boundary layer convection, Kelvin-Helmoltz waves, shear layer turbulence, and wave motions. Lidar is successfully employed for stratospheric aerosol measurements, while Doppler lidar provides data on winds from the ground and can be based in space. Sodar is useful for determining the structure of the PBL. Details and techniques of satellite-based remote sensing are presented, and results from the GWE and FGGE experiments are discussed.
Document ID
19830028795
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Atlas, D.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Location: Washington, DC
Start Date: June 8, 1981
End Date: June 10, 1981
Accession Number
83A10013
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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