Download or read book DMSP Water Vapor Radiances written by Francis R. Valovcin and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SSH data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program were received for analysis and evaluation. Valuable inherent water vapor information is contained in the eight DMSP Water Vapor Channels that operate in the 18-30 micrometer rotational water vapor band. Middle and/or high tropospheric cloudiness may be determined by analysis of the spectral radiances measured by the various DMSP water vapor channels. Clear or cloudy conditions may be determined by analysis of the slope of the spectral radiance of only three DMSP SSH Channels. (Author).

Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

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Download or read book A Ground Truth Analysis of DMSP Water Vapor Radiances written by Francis R. Valovcin and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SSH H2O data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) were received for analysis and evaluation. Approximately 70 measurements of upwelling radiation in the 8-sounder channels of the 18 to 30 micron rotational water vapor band have been compared with calculations for both clear and cloud contaminated conditions. The calculated radiances generally exceed the measured radiances in the clear column comparison. In the mean, the radiance comparison indicates a discrepancy less than 5 percent in the water vapor continuum band. This systematic discrepancy, by approximately a 4:1 ratio, is found in all the DMSP SSH H2O channels. These results are in agreement with McClatchey's 1976 results in his analysis of the DMSP 15 micron CO2 sounder channels. The data sets comparison were divided into three latitude belts, that is, Tropical, Mid-latitude and Arctic. In turn, the discrepancies between calculated and measured radiances appear to be latitudinally dependent. Smaller discrepancies are found in the Tropics and the larger discrepancies are found in the Arctic latitude belt. Also, it appears that the DMSP SSH H2O channels cannot discriminate between low cloud contamination and clear column conditions.

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Download or read book A Half Century of Progress in Meteorology written by Richard Johnson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a series of reviews by invited experts, this monograph pays tribute to Richard Reed's remarkable contributions to meteorology and his leadership in the science community over the past 50 years. It is a recollection of Reed’s life and his observations of the world of international science.

Download or read book An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation written by Liou and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1981-01-12 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation

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Download or read book Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-09-08 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Commerce (DOC) acquire and operate separate polarorbiting environmental satellite systems that collect data needed for military and civil weather forecasting. The National Performance Review (NPR) and subsequent Presidential Decision Directive (PDD), directed the DOD (Air Force) and the DOC (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA) to establish a converged national weather satellite program that would meet U.S. civil and national security requirements and fulfill international obligations. NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), and potentially other NASA programs, were included in the converged program to provide new remote sensing and spacecraft technologies that could improve the operational capabilities of the converged system. The program that followed, called the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), combined the follow-on to the DOD's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program and the DOC's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) program. The tri-agency Integrated Program Office (IPO) for NPOESS was subsequently established to manage the acquisition and operations of the converged satellite. Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research analyzes issues related to the integration of EOS and NPOESS, especially as they affect research and monitoring activities related to Earth's climate and whether it is changing.

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