A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973
The Nimbus 5 meteorological satellite has a full complement of radiation sensors. Data from these sensors were analyzed and intercompared for orbits 569 and 570. The electrically-scanning microwave radiometer (19.35-GHz region) delineated rain areas over the ocean off the U.S. east coast, in good ag...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19750009839 2023-05-15T15:05:36+02:00 A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 Wilheit, T. T. Allison, L. J. Rodgers, E. B. Wexler, R. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Mar 1, 1975 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19750009839 unknown Document ID: 19750009839 Accession ID: 75N17911 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19750009839 No Copyright CASI METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY NASA-TN-D-7911 G-7507 1975 ftnasantrs 2019-07-21T11:14:36Z The Nimbus 5 meteorological satellite has a full complement of radiation sensors. Data from these sensors were analyzed and intercompared for orbits 569 and 570. The electrically-scanning microwave radiometer (19.35-GHz region) delineated rain areas over the ocean off the U.S. east coast, in good agreement with radar imagery, and permitted the estimation of rainfall rates in this region. Residual ground water, from abnormal rainfall in the lower Mississippi Valley, was indicated under clear sky conditions by soil brightness temperature values in the Nimbus 5 electrically scanning microwave radiometer and U.S. Air Force Data Acquisition and Processing Program infrared data. The temperature-humidity infrared radiometer (6.7 micron and 11 micron) showed the height and spatial configuration of frontal clouds along the east coast and outlined the confluence of a polar jet stream with a broad subtropical jet stream along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Temperature profiles from three vertical temperature sounders are found to be in good agreement with related radiosonde ascents along orbit 569 from the subtropics to the Arctic Circle. Other/Unknown Material Arctic NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Arctic |
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The Nimbus 5 meteorological satellite has a full complement of radiation sensors. Data from these sensors were analyzed and intercompared for orbits 569 and 570. The electrically-scanning microwave radiometer (19.35-GHz region) delineated rain areas over the ocean off the U.S. east coast, in good agreement with radar imagery, and permitted the estimation of rainfall rates in this region. Residual ground water, from abnormal rainfall in the lower Mississippi Valley, was indicated under clear sky conditions by soil brightness temperature values in the Nimbus 5 electrically scanning microwave radiometer and U.S. Air Force Data Acquisition and Processing Program infrared data. The temperature-humidity infrared radiometer (6.7 micron and 11 micron) showed the height and spatial configuration of frontal clouds along the east coast and outlined the confluence of a polar jet stream with a broad subtropical jet stream along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Temperature profiles from three vertical temperature sounders are found to be in good agreement with related radiosonde ascents along orbit 569 from the subtropics to the Arctic Circle. |
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A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 |
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A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 |
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A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 |
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A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 |
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A multisensor analysis of Nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 January 1973 |
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multisensor analysis of nimbus-5 data recorded on 22 january 1973 |
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