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Multisensor Observation and Simulation of Snowfall During the 2003 Wakasa Bay Field ExperimentThis research seeks to assess and improve the accuracy of microphysical assumptions used in satellite passive microwave radiative transfer models and retrieval algorithms by exploiting complementary observations from satellite radiometers, such as TRMM/AMSR-E/GPM, and coincident aircraft instruments, such as the next generation precipitation radar (PR-2). We focus in particular on aircraft data obtained during the Wakasa Bay field experiment, Japan 2003, pertaining to surface snowfall events. The observations of vertical profiles of reflectivity and Doppler-derived fall speeds are used in conjunction with the radiometric measurements to identify 1-D profiles of precipitation particle types, sizes, and concentrations that are consistent with the observations.
Document ID
20050210138
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Johnson, Benjamin T. (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Petty, Grant W. (Wisconsin Univ. Madison, WI, United States)
Skofronick-Jackson, Gail (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Wang, James W. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2005 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI Meeting
Location: Washington, DC
Country: United States
Start Date: July 5, 2005
End Date: July 8, 2005
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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