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False-color display of special sensor microwave/imager (SSM/I) dataDisplays of multifrequency passive microwave data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) flying on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft are presented. Observed brightness temperatures at 85.5 GHz (vertical and horizontal polarizations) and 37 GHz (vertical polarization) are respectively used to 'drive' the red, green, and blue 'guns' of a color monitor. The resultant false-color images can be used to distinguish land from water, highlight precipitation processes and structure over both land and water, and detail variations in other surfaces such as deserts, snow cover, and sea ice. The observations at 85.5 GHz also add a previously unavailable frequency to the problem of rainfall estimation from space. Examples of mesoscale squall lines, tropical and extra-tropical storms, and larger-scale land and atmospheric features as 'viewed' by the SSM/I are shown.
Document ID
19890043163
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Negri, Andrew J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Adler, Robert F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Kummerow, Christian D.
(Universities Space Research Association Columbia, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: American Meteorological Society, Bulletin
Volume: 70
ISSN: 0003-0007
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
89A30534
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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