Microwave radiometric remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds from space: Model and data analysis

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4678-4691

  Montopoli, Mario ^a   Cimini, Domenico ^b,c   Lamantea, Mirko ^d   Herzog, Michael ^a   Graf, Hans Friedrich ^a   Marzano, Frank Silvio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ash clouds; ash microphysical model; microwave passive and active sensors; radiative transfer model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SENSOR; ASH CLOUDS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; MICROPHYSICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER OBSERVATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VOLCANOES;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; PLUME; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SIMULATOR; TERRAIN; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER;

EID: 84883886550     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2260343     Document Type: Article

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