Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
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.
Envisat rain storms synergy satellite instruments
Quartly, Graham D.
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Poulsen, Caroline A.
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Guymer, Trevor H.
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2007
Quartly, Graham D.
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Poulsen, Caroline A.
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Guymer, Trevor H.
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Quartly, Graham D., Poulsen, Caroline A. and Guymer, Trevor H.
(2007)
Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms.
ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.
23 - 27 Apr 2007.
5 pp
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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.
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Published date: 2007
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ESA SP-636
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ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland, 2007-04-23 - 2007-04-27
Keywords:
Envisat rain storms synergy satellite instruments
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Local EPrints ID: 46521
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46521
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Date deposited: 04 Jul 2007
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Graham D. Quartly
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Caroline A. Poulsen
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Trevor H. Guymer
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