Author: L. M. McMillin
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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.
Satellite Infrared Soundings from NOAA Spacecraft
Author: L. M. McMillin
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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.
Publisher:
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.
NOAA Technical Report NESS.
The Global Weather Experiment
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Application of Meteorological Satellite Data in Analysis and Forecasting
Author: Ralph K. Anderson
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Category : Clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The report represents the combined efforts of personnel of the Applications Group, National Environmental Satellite Center (NESC), now the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS); the NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND Project FAMOS; and the Satellite Section, USAF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER (ETAC). Topics discussed include the following: Satellite cloud atlas and glossary; Synoptic cloud patterns; Application of satellite data to synoptic analysis in the tropics; Local phenomena; Infrared.
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Category : Clouds
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The report represents the combined efforts of personnel of the Applications Group, National Environmental Satellite Center (NESC), now the National Environmental Satellite Service (NESS); the NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND Project FAMOS; and the Satellite Section, USAF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER (ETAC). Topics discussed include the following: Satellite cloud atlas and glossary; Synoptic cloud patterns; Application of satellite data to synoptic analysis in the tropics; Local phenomena; Infrared.
An Intercomparison of Meteorological Parameters Derived from Radiosonde and Satellite Vertical Temperature Cross Sections
Author: William Lee Smith
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Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Vertical cross-sections of temperature between 60°S and 50°N for Apr. 6, 1973, are derived from (a) radiosonde, (b) Nimbus-5 Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer, Nimbus-E Microwave Spectrometer and Selective Chopper Radiometer, and (c) NOAA-2 Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) data. Comparisons are made of the level temperatures and latitudinal temperature gradients, geopotential heights and the latitudinal gradients, and geostrophic winds inferred from the radiosonde and satellite cross-sections. The results of this limited case study indicate: 1. Temperature accuracies for the lower troposphere obtained with Nimbus-5 sounding data are superior to those achieved with the NOAA-2 VTPR data. 2. The agreement between latitudinal gradients of temperature derived from satellite data and radiosonde observations is much better than the agreement between level temperatures obtained from satellite and radiosonde observations. 3. The geostrophic wind distribution of jet streams derived from satellite data possesses more character and intensity than does the geostrophic wind distribution obtained from radiosonde data.
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Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Vertical cross-sections of temperature between 60°S and 50°N for Apr. 6, 1973, are derived from (a) radiosonde, (b) Nimbus-5 Infrared Temperature Profile Radiometer, Nimbus-E Microwave Spectrometer and Selective Chopper Radiometer, and (c) NOAA-2 Vertical Temperature Profile Radiometer (VTPR) data. Comparisons are made of the level temperatures and latitudinal temperature gradients, geopotential heights and the latitudinal gradients, and geostrophic winds inferred from the radiosonde and satellite cross-sections. The results of this limited case study indicate: 1. Temperature accuracies for the lower troposphere obtained with Nimbus-5 sounding data are superior to those achieved with the NOAA-2 VTPR data. 2. The agreement between latitudinal gradients of temperature derived from satellite data and radiosonde observations is much better than the agreement between level temperatures obtained from satellite and radiosonde observations. 3. The geostrophic wind distribution of jet streams derived from satellite data possesses more character and intensity than does the geostrophic wind distribution obtained from radiosonde data.
An Evaluation of May 1971 Satellite-derived Sea Surface Temperatures for the Southern Hemisphere
Author: Potarazu Krishna Rao
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Category : Meteorological satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Meteorological satellites
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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An Intercomparison of Radiosonde and Satellite-derived Cross Sections During the AMTEX
Author: William C. Shen
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Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"A comparison is made between zonal cross-sections of meteorological parameters obtained from Nimbus-5 radiance measurements and those observed by radiosondes during the Air Mass Transformation Experiment (AMTEX) during February 1974."--p.1.
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Category : Atmosphere, Upper
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
"A comparison is made between zonal cross-sections of meteorological parameters obtained from Nimbus-5 radiance measurements and those observed by radiosondes during the Air Mass Transformation Experiment (AMTEX) during February 1974."--p.1.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1854
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 1854
Book Description
Earth Resources
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Category : Astronautics in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 910
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Publisher:
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Category : Astronautics in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description