Advances in microwave remote sensing of the ocean and atmosphere |
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Authors: | P C Pandey T A Hariharan |
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Institution: | (1) Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, 380053 Ahmedabad, India |
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Abstract: | This article reviews the current state-of-the-art and future prospects of the microwave techniques for remote sensing of the
earth’s atmosphere and ocean. Geophysical parameters and their relationship with measured thermal microwave radiation is established
through radiative transfer processes. The atmospheric temperature profile obtained from microwave sounding unit (msu) onboardtiros-N series of satellites is operational and is used for numerical weather prediction. The demonstrated applications of scanning
multichannel microwave radiometer (smmr) onboard most recent and advancedseasat satellite are highlighted.The capability ofseasat active sensors for monitoring ocean parameters have also been indicated. Feasible applications of microwave techniquese.g. moisture profile with advanced moisture sounder (amsu), and surface pressure from multifrequency active microwave pressure sounder (mps) are also described. Finally the recent and advanced microwave limb sounding (mls) technique and its applications to upper atmospheric research has been reviewed. |
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Keywords: | Microwave remote sensing geophysical parameters thermal microwave radiation radiative transfer atmospheric temperature profile seasat satellite" target="_blank">seasat satellite moisture profile surface pressure microwave limb sounding technique |
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