Microwave remote sensing of tropical cyclones from space

被引:87
作者
Katsaros, KB
Vachon, PW
Liu, WT
Black, PG
机构
[1] NOAA, Atlantic Oceanog & Meteorol Lab, Miami, FL 33149 USA
[2] Canada Ctr Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y7, Canada
[3] Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
关键词
microwave remote sensing; tropical cyclones; scatterometer; SAR; synthetic-aperture-radar; rain radar;
D O I
10.1023/A:1015884903180
中图分类号
P7 [海洋学];
学科分类号
0707 ;
摘要
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 SeaWinds 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.
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页码:137 / 151
页数:15
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