Physical properties of maritime low clouds as retrieved by combined use of Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner: Algorithm

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 9-10, 2002, Pages 1-1

  Masunaga, Hirohiko ^a   Nakajima, Takashi Y ^a   Najajima, Teruyuki ^b   Kachi, Misako ^a   Oki, Riko ^a   Kuroda, Shunsuke ^b,c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SUN MICROSYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Effective radius; Low clouds; TRMM

Indexed keywords

CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; INFRARED IMAGERY; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0037182642     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Brenguier, J.-L., H. Pawlowska, L. Schüller, R. Preusker, J. Fischer, and Y. Fouquart, Radiative properties of boundary layer clouds: Droplet effective radius versus number concentration, J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 803-821, 2000.
2. Chang, A. T. C., and T. T. Wilheit, Remote sensing of atmospheric water vapor, liquid water, and wind speed at the ocean surface by passive microwave techniques from the Nimbus 5 satellite, Radio Sci., 14, 793-802, 1979.
3. Greenwald, T. J., G. L. Stephens, T. H. Vonder Haar, and D. L. Jackson, A physical retrieval of cloud liquid water over the global oceans using Special Sensor Microwave/Image (SSM/I) observations, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 18,471-18,488, 1993.
4. Greenwald, T. J., G. L. Stephens, S. A. Christopher, and T. H. Vonder Haar, Observations of the global characteristics and regional radiative effects of marine cloud liquid water, J. Clim., 8, 2928-2946, 1995.
5. Han, Q., W. B. Rossow, and A. A. Lacis, Near-global survey of effective droplet radii in liquid water cloud using ISCCP data, J. Clim., 7, 465-497, 1994.
6. Kawamoto, K., T. Nakajima, and T. Y. Nakajima, A global determination of cloud microphysics with AVHRR remote sensing, J. Clim., 14, 2054-2068, 2001.
7. Kummerow, C., W. Barnes, T. Kozu, J. Shiue, and J. Simpson, The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensor package, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 15, 809-817, 1998.
8. Liebe, H. J., and Layton D.H., Millimetre-wave properties of the atmosphere: Laboratory studies and propagation modeling, Rep. 87-224, 80 pp., Natl. Telecommun. and Inf. Admin., Washington, D. C., 1987.
9. Lin, B., and W. B. Rossow, Observations of cloud liquid water path over oceans: Optical and microwave remote sensing methods, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 20,907-20,927, 1994.
10. Lin, B., B. Wielicki, P. Minnis, and W. Rossow, Estimation of water cloud properties from satellite microwave, infrared, and visible measurements in oceanic environments, 1, Microwave brightness temperature simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3873-3886, 1998a.
11. Lin, B., P. Minnis, B. Wielicki, D. R. Doelling, R. Palikonda, D. F. Young, and T. Uttal, Estimation of water cloud properties from satellite microwave, infrared, and visible measurements in oceanic environments, 2, Results, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3887-3905, 1998b.
12. Lojou, J.-Y., R. Frouin, and R. Bernard, Comparison of Nimbus-7 SMMR and GOES-1 VISSR atmospheric liquid water content, J. Appl. Meteorol., 30, 187-198, 1991.
13. Nakajima, T., and M. D. King, Determination of the optical thickness and effective particle radius of clouds reflected solar radiation measurements, part I, Theory, J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1878-1893, 1990.
14. Nakajima, T. Y., and T. Nakajima, Wide-area determination of cloud microphysical properties from NOAA AVHRR measurements for FIRE and ASTEX regions, J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4043-4059, 1995.
15. Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka, Effect of wind-generated waves on the transfer of solar radiation in the atmosphere-ocean system, J. Quant. Spectros. Radiat. Transfer, 29, 521-537, 1983.
16. Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka, Matrix formulations for the transfer of solar radiation in a plane-parallel scattering atmosphere, J. Quant. Spectros. Radiat. Transfer, 35, 13-21, 1986.
17. Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka, Algorithms for radiative intensity calculations in moderately thick atmospheres using a truncation approximation, J. Quant. Specros. Radiat. Transfer, 40, 51-69, 1988.
18. Petty, G. W., On the response of the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) to the marine environment-Implications for atmospheric parameter retrievals, Ph.D. dissertation, 291 pp., Univ. of Wash., Seattle, 1990.
19. Prabhakara, C., H. D. Chang, and A. T. C. Chang, Remote sensing of precipitable water over the oceans from Nimbus-7 microwave measurements, J. Appl. Meteorol., 21, 59-68, 1982.
20. Shibata, A., K. Imaoka, M. Kachi, and H. Murakami, SST observation by TRMM Microwave Imager aboard Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (in Japanese), Umi Kenkyu, 8, 135-139, 1999.
21. Stamnes, K., S.-C. Tsay, W. Wiscombe, and K. Jayaweera, Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media, Appl. Opt., 27, 2502-2509, 1988.
22. Takeda, T., and G. Liu, Estimation of atmospheric liquid-water amount by Nimbus 7 SSMR data: A new method and its application to the western North-Pacific region, J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn., 65, 931-947, 1987.
23. Tjemkes, S. A., G. L. Stephens, and D. L. Jackson, Spaceborne observation of columnar water vapor: SSM/I observations and algorithm, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 10,941-10,954, 1991.
24. Wentz, F. J., and T. Meissner, Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document Version 2: AMSR Ocean Algorithm, RSS Tech. Proposal 121599A, 58 pp., Remote Sens. Sys., Santa Rosa, 1999.
25. Wilheit, T. T., and A. T. C. Chang, An algorithm for retrieval of ocean surface and atmospheric parameters from the observations of the scanning multichannel microwave radiometer, Radio Sci., 15, 525-544, 1980.
26. Zuidema, P., and D. L. Hartmann, Satellite determination of stratus cloud microphysical properties, J. Clim., 8, 1638-1657, 1995.