Author: V. R. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical photometry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Monthly and Seasonal Mean Global Charts of Brightness from ESSA 3 and ESSA 5 Digitized Pictures, February 1967-February 1968
Author: V. R. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Astronomical photometry
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
NOAA Technical Report NESS.
Author: Verification of Operational SIRS B Temperature Retrievals
Author: Harold J. BrodrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric pressure
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
A verification procedure is applied to determine the accuracy of the Satellite Infrared Spectrometer (SIRS) B temperature retrievals by measuring their usefulness in the context of the National Meteorological Center (Suitland, Md.) operations. Three pressure levels are considered. It is shown that temperatures derived from satellite data for application at 200 mb are definitely useful while at 500 and 300 mb, under certain cloud conditions, the SIRS temperatures are moderately useful.
Satellite Infrared Soundings from NOAA Spacecraft
Author: L. M. McMillinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artificial satellites in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Data are currently being received from a Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) aboard the NOAA 2 spacecraft to produce operational atmospheric soundings of temperature and humidity on a global scale. This report describes the VTPR instrument, its calibration, the procedure to obtain "clear radiances" from cloud-contaminated radiance measurements, retrieval techniques used to obtain temperature and humidity profiles from "clear radiances", the quality checks performed on the profiles, and the various forms in which data are available to potential users.
Radiometric Techniques for Observing the Atmosphere from Aircraft
Author: William Lee SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics in meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Radiometric observations have been made from aircraft with spacecraft prototype instruments to test satellite remote sensing techniques. At the same time these observations have been used to study the problem of remote sensing from aircraft because of its own particular value in providing data in the support of sub-synoptic scale meteorological experiments such as the forthcoming GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment. This paper describes aircraft radiometric methods of obtaining clear column radiances, vertical temperature profiles, total precipitable water, and cloud heights and amounts. Questions regarding vertical resolution and accuracy specification as a function of aircraft altitudes are answered. Results obtained using observations made during June 1970 with prototype versions of the Nimbus-E ITPR aboard the NASA CV-990 are presented and discussed. It is concluded that multi-spectral radiometers aboard an aircraft can be effective meteorological observing tools.
Climatology from Satellites
Author: Eric BarrettPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100068265X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 451
Book Description
Originally published in 1974, was a pioneering study which summarized, within the pre-existing framework of atmospheric knowledge, the more significant findings that emerged from the first decade of climatological analyses of meteorological satellite data. It shows how these data complement and extend the traditional coverage of climatology. The book draws together in one volume research findings which were not previously available in book form and which significantly improve the understanding of climate, especially in regions that were conventionally data-remote.
Vertical Resolution of Temperature Profiles for High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)
Author: Y. M. ChenPublisher:
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Category : Infrared equipment
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
ESSA Technical Report NESC.
Author: Calculation of Atmospheric Radiances and Brightness Temperatures
Author: Michael P. WeinrebPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
"We describe a method of simulating measurements of atmospheric radiances and brightness temperatures in wide-bank window channels (at 11 and 3.7 um) of satellite radiometers. As input the simulation takes vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and water-vapor mixing ratio, as well as the spectral response functions of the window channels. It models the atmospheric transmittances and integrates the equation of radiative transfer. We demonstrate the use of the method with applications to the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer on the TIROS-N satellite."--p.1.
Time-longitude Sections of Tropical Cloudiness (December 1966-November 1967)
Author: John M. WallacePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cloudiness
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description