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Potential Application of Airborne Passive Microwave Observations for Monitoring Inland Flooding Caused by Tropical CyclonesInland flooding from tropical cyclones can be a significant factor in storm-related deaths in the United States and other countries. Information collected during NASA tropical cyclone field studies suggest surface water and flooding induced by tropical cyclone precipitation can be detected and therefore monitored using passive microwave airborne radiometers. In particular, the 10.7 GHz frequency of the NASA Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) flown on the NASA ER-2 has demonstrated high resolution detection of anomalous surface water and flooding in numerous situations. This presentation will highlight the analysis of three cases utilizing primarily satellite and airborne radiometer data. Radiometer data from the 1998 Third Convection and Moisture Experiment (CAMEX-3) are utilized to detect surface water during landfalling Hurricane Georges in both the Dominican Republic and Louisiana. A third case is landfalling Tropical Storm Gert in Eastern Mexico during the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) experiment in 2005. AMPR data are compared to topographic data and vegetation indices to evaluate the significance of the surface water signature visible in the 10.7 GHz information. The results of this study suggest the benefit of an aircraft 10 GHz radiometer to provide real-time observations of surface water conditions as part of a multi-sensor flood monitoring network.
Document ID
20080032370
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Hood, Robbie E.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Radley, C.D.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
LaFontaine, F.J.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
April 28, 2008
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Meeting Information
Meeting: AMS 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
Location: Florida
Country: United States
Start Date: April 28, 2008
End Date: May 2, 2008
Sponsors: American Meteorological Society
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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