Surface and atmospheric contributions to passive microwave brightness temperatures for falling snow events

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Skofronick Jackson, Gail ^a   Johnson, Benjamin T ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SNOW; STORMS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER ABSORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; BULK STRUCTURE; CLOUD-RESOLVING MODEL SIMULATIONS; ICE WATER PATHS; ILL POSED; JACOBIANS; LAND SURFACE; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; PHYSICAL STATE; PHYSICALLY BASED; PRECIPITATION RETRIEVALS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SLANT PATH; SNOW EVENT; VIEWING ANGLE; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; SNOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 79551636740     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014438     Document Type: Article

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