Nimbus 7 SMMR precipitation observations calibrated against surface radar during TAMEXThis paper compares recent (Petty and Katsaros, 1990) satellite passive microwave observations of tropical cloud clusters over the South China Sea, using the 37-GHz channels of the Nimbus-7 SMMR, to the surface digital radar observations of oceanic precipitation during the Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment (TAMEX) conducted in May and June, 1987 (Kuo and Chen, 1990). The data confirm the existence of useful statistical relationships between surface rainfall parameters and satellite microwave observations. It is suggested that the approach applied in this study can be expanded to include other microwave frequencies (for example, the 19- and 85-GHz channels of the SSM/I)
Document ID
19920039967
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Petty, Grant W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Katsaros, Kristina B. (Washington, University Seattle, United States)