| Title | Microwave remote sensing of tropical cyclones from space |
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| Author | Katsaros, K B; Vachon, P W; Liu, W T; Black, P G |
| Source | Journal of Oceanography; vol. 58, no. 1, 2002 p. 137-151, https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015884903180 |
| Year | 2002 |
| Alt Series | Natural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20181180 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | paper; on-line; digital |
| File format | pdf |
| Subjects | geophysics; remote sensing |
| Program | Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion |
| Released | 2002 01 01 |
| Abstract | This article reviews several microwave instruments employed in research and analysis of tropical cyclones (TCs), typhoons, and hurricanes. The instruments discussed include scatterometers, microwave
radiometers, synthetic aperture radars (SARs), and rain radar from space. Examples of the particular contribution by one or more of these instruments in analysis of several storms illustrate the comprehensive new views provided by the Sea Winds
scatterometers, the detailed high-resolution wind field provided by RADARSAT-1 SAR, particularly inside and in the vicinity of hurricane "eyes" and the presence of secondary flows in the region between rainbands in TCs. The high spatial resolution of
precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission's rain radar, combined with scatterometer or SAR data, give a significant improvement in the details that can be seen from space, at the surface, and in the precipitating areas of TCs.
The microwave instruments provide a penetrating view below the upper level cirrus clouds. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 311534 |
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