Exploratory Study of an Icing Index from Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Liquid Water Over Land.

Applications of satellite microwave measurements to aircraft icing have been restricted to areas over the ocean. In this study, data from the DMSP SSM/I polar orbiter high frequency channels (85.5 GHz) and GOES 7 infrared (IR) and visible data are used to retrieve cloud liquid water (CLW) over land...

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Main Author: Lawyer, David T.
Other Authors: AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1995
Subjects:
Meteorology
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ICE FORMATION
*CLOUD PHYSICS
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
POLARIZATION
RESOLUTION
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
THESES
RADIATIVE TRANSFER
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
WEATHER FORECASTING
MOISTURE CONTENT
EMITTANCE
WINTER
SNOW COVER
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
INFRARED IMAGES
REMOTE DETECTORS
VISIBLE SPECTRA
INFRARED DETECTORS
SKY
PIXELS
AREA COVERAGE
CLOUD COVER
LAND AREAS
WATER VAPOR
ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
ICE FORECASTING
WATER ANALYSIS
REMOTE SENSING
SATELLITE IMAGERY
LIQUID WATER CONTENT
SSM/I(SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGER)
Ice
permafrost
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA299876
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA299876
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Summary:Applications of satellite microwave measurements to aircraft icing have been restricted to areas over the ocean. In this study, data from the DMSP SSM/I polar orbiter high frequency channels (85.5 GHz) and GOES 7 infrared (IR) and visible data are used to retrieve cloud liquid water (CLW) over land areas and determine if it is feasible to develop an icing index from this information. The area selected for the study was over the northern plains during the first weeks of February and March 1992 when icing conditions were known to exist.

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