Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
Quartly, Graham D., Poulsen, Caroline A. and Guymer, Trevor H. (2007) Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms. In, Envisat Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland, 23 - 27 Apr 2007. Noordwijk, European Space Agency5pp.
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Description/Abstract
Envisat carries a number of sensors able to provide quantitative information on raining clouds: AATSR delivers information on cloud microphysics (particle size, temperature etc.), MWR-2 gives columnar totals for liquid and vapour forms of water, and RA-2 yields rain rate and wind speed. This paper examines the complementarity of these sensors, with a focussed study on significant rain events in the N. Atlantic, covering both coherent large storms and fronts with smaller scale structure. The difference in liquid water estimates from the infra-red and passive systems appears to be related to the temperature and sizes of drops being detected.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | ESA SP-636 |
| Keywords: | Envisat rain storms synergy satellite instruments |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > National Oceanography Centre (NERC) |
| Item ID: | 46521 |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2012 12:16 |
| Contributors: | Quartly, Graham D. (Author) Poulsen, Caroline A. (Author) Guymer, Trevor H. (Author) |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Additional Information: | ESA SP-636 |
| Status: | Published |
| Publisher: | European Space Agency |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46521 |
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