A database of cloud genera is illustrated in terms of statistical distributions of hydrometeor vertical profiles. Since it is mainly derived from a microphysical model, it keeps both the microphysical consistency and the meteorological meaning. A simulated database of brightness temperatures, observed both from a spaceborne radiometer as the Special Sensor Microwave Imager and from a ground-based radiometer, is produced. An automatic classifier of cloud genera is proposed and its performances analyzed. Comparisons among SSM/I data, ground-based measurements and meteorological information are also described
Cloud classification and retrieval from spaceborne microwave radiometry using a simulated cloud database / Marzano, F.S., Pierdicca, N., Basili, P., Ciotti, P., R., P.N.. - 4:(1997), pp. 2087-2089. (Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote 1997) [10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609234].
Cloud classification and retrieval from spaceborne microwave radiometry using a simulated cloud database
MARZANO, FRANK SILVIO;PIERDICCA, Nazzareno;BASILI, Patrizia;CIOTTI, Piero;
1997
Abstract
A database of cloud genera is illustrated in terms of statistical distributions of hydrometeor vertical profiles. Since it is mainly derived from a microphysical model, it keeps both the microphysical consistency and the meteorological meaning. A simulated database of brightness temperatures, observed both from a spaceborne radiometer as the Special Sensor Microwave Imager and from a ground-based radiometer, is produced. An automatic classifier of cloud genera is proposed and its performances analyzed. Comparisons among SSM/I data, ground-based measurements and meteorological information are also describedI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
