Towards a long-term homogenized UTH data set derived from satellite microwave measurements

V. O. John; S. A. Buehler; M. Kuvatov; B. J. Soden; T. R. Sreerekha

doi:10.1117/12.694305

Towards a long-term homogenized UTH data set derived from satellite microwave measurements

V. O. John, S. A. Buehler, M. Kuvatov, B. J. Soden, T. R. Sreerekha

Atmospheric Sciences

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Abstract

This article presents some ideas and issues related to the creation of a long-term upper tropospheric humidity (UTH) data set using satellite based microwave measurements. Polar orbiting satellites have been measuring UTH for more than a decade now. There are three microwave instruments which can measure UTH from Space: Special Sensor Microwave/Temperature-2 (SSM/T2), Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B), and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS). These instruments have channels at 183.31±1.00GHz which are sensitive to UTH. Retrieval of UTH and cloud issues are discussed in detail. Advantage of microwave measurements of UTH over infrared measurements are demonstrated. Preliminary results on the inter-calibration of these instruments are also shown.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.694305
State	Published - 2006
Event	Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V - Goa, India Duration: Nov 15 2006 → Nov 16 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6410
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Other

Other	Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V
Country	India
City	Goa
Period	11/15/06 → 11/16/06

Keywords

Inter-calibration
Microwave
Upper tropospheric humidity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V. 2006. 64100K (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6410).

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John, VO, Buehler, SA, Kuvatov, M, Soden, BJ & Sreerekha, TR 2006, Towards a long-term homogenized UTH data set derived from satellite microwave measurements. in Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V., 64100K, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6410, Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment V, Goa, India, 11/15/06. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.694305

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