Proceedings of the NMC/NESDIS/DOD Conference on DMSP Retrieval Products (1st), Held in Washington, DC on 14-15 April 1992

• Main Authors: Isaacs, Ronald G., Kalnay, Eugenia, Ohring, George, McClatchey, Robert A.
• Other Authors: PHILLIPS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Meteorology; Unmanned Spacecraft; *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; CLOUDS; SYMPOSIA; PRECIPITATION; ICE; RAINFALL; WATER VAPOR; SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES; ARCTIC REGIONS; HUMIDITY; RADIOMETERS; SNOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER; WIND; MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT; VERTICAL MOISTURE RETRIEVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSING; MICROWAVE HUMIDITY PROFILE; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM); PE62101F; WUPL6670GRAA; SBI1; FISCAL YEAR 92; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA256707; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA256707

A collection of state-of-the-art papers on products from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) sensors, particularly the SSM/T and SSM/I products are presented. Partial contents include: SM/I: Status Report; Calibration/Validation of the DMSP Microwave Water Vapor Sounder (SSM/T-2); Performance of DMSP Special Sensor Microwave Humidity Profiler (SSM/T-2) Preliminary Results; DMSP Block 6: A Data Driven Approach; NOAA/NESDIS: operational SSM/T Products and Distribution; NOAA/NESDIS SSM/T Algorithms and Evaluation; Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Microwave Radiometer Processing at Air Force Global Weather Central; DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Processing at the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center: Operational Status, Application and Plans; An Overview of the Experimental SSM/I Orbit-by- Orbit Products System (SSMIPROD) at NOAA/NESDIS; SSM/I Mapped Experimental Environmental Image Products; SSM/I Total Precipitable Water Vapor Algorithms: A Reprise and Update; The Use of the DMSP SSM/I for the Generation of Precipitation Products at NOAA/NESDIS: Part 1: A Status Report; The Use of the DMSP SSM/I for the Generation of Precipitation Products at NOAA/NESDIS: Part 2: Scientific Results; Production and Evaluation of Experimental SSM/I Ice and Wind Products at NOAA/NESDIS; Real Time Quality Control of SSM/I Wind Speed Data; Status of NESDIS Distribution of SSM/I Products; Processing and Distributing SSM/I Data via the Wet Net Project.