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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"passive microwave"”.

  1. PASSIVE MICROWAVE SATELLITE SNOW OBSERVATIONS FOR HYDROLOGIC APPLICATIONS

    Vuyovich, Carrie Micheline

    … research was to investigate the potential for passive microwave remotely sensed data to characterize snow water equivalent (SWE) and snowmelt across diverse regions and snow regimes to improve snowmelt runoff estimation. The first step was to evaluate the current, empirically-based passive …

    unh-thes Repository record

  2. Temperature profile retrievals with the NAST-M passive microwave spectrometer

    Leslie, Robert Vincent, 1972-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2000

    Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2000.

    mit Repository record

  3. Studies of atmospheric water vapor by means of passive microwave techniques

    Gaut, Norman EugeneMassachusetts Institute of Technology1967

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Meteorology. Thesis. 1967. Ph.D.

    mit Repository record

  4. Passive microwave and hyperspectral infrared retrievals of atmospheric water vapor profiles

    Hancock, Jay Brian, 1976-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2001

    … and implemented using neural networks. The microwave estimator is the first to utilize 54-, 118-, and 183-GHz channels for simultaneously retrieving a relative humidity profile. It utilizes 2 separate instruments simultaneously. The first instrument is a medium-resolution dual-band …

    mit Repository record

  5. The Study of Weddell Sea Ice using passive microwave and buoy data

    Massom, Robert AnthonyUniversity of Cambridge1989

    … using Nimbus-7 satellite Scanning Multi-channel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) data in combination with data (positional, air temperature and atmospheric pressure) from 4 Nimbus-tracked drifting buoys. Ice concentrations are retrieved from the SMMR data by applying a cluster analysis algorithm …

    cambridge Repository record

  6. Rotational Transformation Methods for Radio Occultation and Passive Microwave Radiometry Colocation Analysis

    Halperin, LucyMassachusetts Institute of Technology2021

    … Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) and passive microwave radiometry (MWR) provide useful atmospheric profiles for inputs into Numerical Weather Prediction models. However, both remote sensing techniques face unique challenges that require auxiliary atmospheric data to mitigate. GNSS-RO …

    mit Repository record

  7. Sampling error and environmental noises in passive microwave rainfall retrieval from space

    Li, Qihang, 1964-Massachusetts Institute of Technology1996

    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.

    mit Repository record

  8. Potential for tsunami detection and early-warning using space-based passive microwave radiometry

    Myers, Rebecca G. (Rebecca Gwen)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2008

    … deep ocean is proposed using a new space-based passive microwave radiometer system. Passive microwave radiometry can detect oceanic parameters such as sea-surface temperature and sea surface roughness to contribute to earlier tsunami detection, when the tsunami is farther from shore, which will …

    mit Repository record

  9. Geophysical parameter estimation with a passive microwave spectrometer at 54 / 118 / 183 / 425 GHz

    Leslie, Robert Vincent, 1972-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2004

    (cont.) model of a convective cell is presented that provides a physical basis for this relationship.

    mit Repository record

  10. Convective structure and its evolution in tropical cyclones as observed by passive microwave sensors in relation to intensity change

    Harnos, DanielUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2011

    The use of passive microwave sensors in analysis of tropical cyclones provide unique insight into the microphysical attributes and system structure opposed to other instruments that are only able to detect information about the cloud top. With the ability to infer information about key …

    uiuc Repository record

  11. Multi-Satellite Remote Sensing of Land-Atmosphere Interactions: Advanced Data-Driven Methodologies for Passive Microwave Retrievals of Flood and Precipitation

    Takbiri, Zeinab2018

    … observations from optical, short-infrared, and microwave bands, thereby allowing the detection under all-sky (clear and cloudy) conditions. Last, this dissertation quantifies the effects of snow cover, particularly the snow depth, on the radiometric signal of snowfall in an attempt to mitigate …

    umn Repository record

  12. The impact of snow cover variability on snow water equivalent estimates derived from passive microwave brightness temperatures over a prairie environment.

    Turchenek, Kim RichardFaculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina2010

    regina Repository record

  13. Estimation de la superficie du couvert nival à partir d'une combinaison des données de télédétection MODIS et AMSR-E dans un contexte de prévision des crues printanières au Québec

    Bergeron, JeanUniversité de Sherbrooke2012

    … by cloud cover and incoming solar radiation. Passive microwave remote sensing is complementary by its near-transparence to cloud cover and independence to incoming solar radiation, but is limited by its coarse spatial resolution. The study aims to create an improved SCA product from blended …

    sherbrooke Repository record

  14. An Ocean Surface Wind Vector Model Function For A Spaceborne Microwave Radiometer And Its Application

    Soisuvarn, Seubson

    … global ocean wind speeds have been obtained from passive microwave radiometers. Also, vector ocean surface wind data were primarily obtained from several scatterometry missions that have flown since the early 1990's. However, other than SeaSat-A in 1978, there has not been combined active and …

    ucf

  15. Storm-wide precipitation retrievals

    Loparo, Jessica A. (Jessica Ann), 1980-Massachusetts Institute of Technology2004

    … based radar systems, and visible, infrared, and passive microwave sensors in orbiting satellites. This research project uses data from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A and AMSU-B) which consists of passive microwave sensors that collect data in the opaque water vapor and oxygen …

    mit Repository record

  16. Design and development of an airborne microwave radiometer for atmospheric sensing

    Scarito, Michael PMassachusetts Institute of Technology2011

    Satellite-based passive microwave remote sensing is a valuable tool for global weather monitoring and prediction. This thesis presents the design and development of a low-cost airborne weather sensing instrument to independently validate a satellite-based sensor platform. The NPOESS Aircraft …

    mit Repository record

  17. Land Surface Phenologies and Seasonalities Using Cool Earthlight in Temperate and Tropical Croplands

    Alemu, Woubet Gashaw2017

    … needed. Land surface parameters derived from the passive microwave Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on EOS (AMSR-E) and AMSR2 data enable monitoring of cropland dynamics and they can complement visible to near infrared (VNIR) and thermal infrared (TIR) data. Passive microwave data are less …

    sdstate Repository record

  18. Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites

    Calder-Potts, GeorgeDepartment of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics2012

    … the forms of electro-magnetic remote sensing is microwave radiometry. This dissertation presents a short review of currently available space-faring radiometer technologies and applications, which are then discussed in the context of today's South Africa. For instance Passive Microwave Radiometers …

    cape-town Repository record

  19. Characterization of the role of precipitation in tropical cyclone intensification

    Harnos, DanielUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … have been put forth based upon space-borne passive microwave records. Furthermore, studies have suggested multiple archetypical structural modes dependent upon environmental wind shear associated with the most extreme intensification events, known as rapid intensification (RI). Here two …

    uiuc Repository record

  20. Calibration and validation for CubeSat Microwave Radiometers

    Crews, Angela B.(Angela Beth)Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019

    Miniaturized microwave radiometers deployed on nanosatellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) are now demonstrating the ability to provide science-quality weather measurements. For instance, the Micro-sized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite-2A (MicroMAS-2A) is a 3U CubeSat launched in January 2018 that …

    mit Repository record

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