Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms

Envisat carries a number of sensors able to provide quantitative information on raining clouds: AATSR delivers information on cloud microphysics (particle size, temperature etc.), MWR-2 gives columnar totals for liquid and vapour forms of water, and RA-2 yields rain rate and wind speed. This paper e...

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Main Authors: Quartly, Graham D., Poulsen, Caroline A., Guymer, Trevor H.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/1/Montreux_rain_QPG.pdf
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spelling ftsouthampton:oai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:46521 2023-07-30T04:05:19+02:00 Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms Quartly, Graham D. Poulsen, Caroline A. Guymer, Trevor H. 2007 text https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/ https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/1/Montreux_rain_QPG.pdf en eng https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/1/Montreux_rain_QPG.pdf Quartly, Graham D., Poulsen, Caroline A. and Guymer, Trevor H. (2007) Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms. ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland. 22 - 26 Apr 2007. 5 pp . Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed 2007 ftsouthampton 2023-07-09T20:52:25Z Envisat carries a number of sensors able to provide quantitative information on raining clouds: AATSR delivers information on cloud microphysics (particle size, temperature etc.), MWR-2 gives columnar totals for liquid and vapour forms of water, and RA-2 yields rain rate and wind speed. This paper examines the complementarity of these sensors, with a focussed study on significant rain events in the N. Atlantic, covering both coherent large storms and fronts with smaller scale structure. The difference in liquid water estimates from the infra-red and passive systems appears to be related to the temperature and sizes of drops being detected. Conference Object North Atlantic University of Southampton: e-Prints Soton
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description Envisat carries a number of sensors able to provide quantitative information on raining clouds: AATSR delivers information on cloud microphysics (particle size, temperature etc.), MWR-2 gives columnar totals for liquid and vapour forms of water, and RA-2 yields rain rate and wind speed. This paper examines the complementarity of these sensors, with a focussed study on significant rain events in the N. Atlantic, covering both coherent large storms and fronts with smaller scale structure. The difference in liquid water estimates from the infra-red and passive systems appears to be related to the temperature and sizes of drops being detected.
format Conference Object
author Quartly, Graham D.
Poulsen, Caroline A.
Guymer, Trevor H.
spellingShingle Quartly, Graham D.
Poulsen, Caroline A.
Guymer, Trevor H.
Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
author_facet Quartly, Graham D.
Poulsen, Caroline A.
Guymer, Trevor H.
author_sort Quartly, Graham D.
title Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
title_short Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
title_full Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
title_fullStr Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
title_full_unstemmed Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms
title_sort envisat - taking the measure of north atlantic storms
publishDate 2007
url https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/
https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/46521/1/Montreux_rain_QPG.pdf
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Quartly, Graham D., Poulsen, Caroline A. and Guymer, Trevor H. (2007) Envisat - taking the measure of North Atlantic storms. ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland. 22 - 26 Apr 2007. 5 pp .
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