Land surface temperature retrieval from passive microwave satellite observations: State-of-the-art and future directions

SB Duan, XJ Han, C Huang, ZL Li, H Wu, Y Qian… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Land surface temperature (LST) is an important variable in the physics of land–surface
processes controlling the heat and water fluxes over the interface between the Earth's …

The global precipitation measurement (GPM) microwave imager (GMI): Instrument overview and early on-orbit performance

DW Draper, DA Newell, FJ Wentz… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is an international satellite mission
that uses measurements from an advanced radar/radiometer system on a core observatory …

An overview of offshore wind energy resources in Europe under present and future climate

M deCastro, X Costoya, S Salvador… - Annals of the New …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term sustainable development of European offshore wind energy requires knowledge
of the best places for installing offshore wind farms. To achieve this, a good knowledge of …

Effect of precipitation sampling error on simulated hydrological fluxes and states: Anticipating the Global Precipitation Measurement satellites

B Nijssen, DP Lettenmaier - Journal of geophysical research …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation is the single most important determinant of the fluxes and states of the land
surface hydrological system and the most important atmospheric input to hydrological …

[HTML][HTML] Intercalibration of the GPM microwave radiometer constellation

W Berg, S Bilanow, R Chen, S Datta… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is a constellation-based
satellite mission designed to unify and advance precipitation measurements using both …

[HTML][HTML] Intercalibrated passive microwave rain products from the Unified Microwave Ocean Retrieval Algorithm (UMORA)

KA Hilburn, FJ Wentz - Journal of Applied Meteorology and …, 2008 - journals.ametsoc.org
Intercalibrated Passive Microwave Rain Products from the Unified Microwave Ocean Retrieval
Algorithm (UMORA) in: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 47 Issue 3 …

In situ validation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission microwave sea surface temperatures

CL Gentemann, FJ Wentz, CA Mears… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
We present a validation study of sea surface temperature (SST) retrievals from the Tropical
Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI). TMI SSTs are calculated using …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between winds, surface roughness, and radar backscatter at low incidence angles from TRMM precipitation radar measurements

MH Freilich, BA Vanhoff - Journal of atmospheric and oceanic …, 2003 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Relationship between Winds, Surface Roughness, and Radar Backscatter at Low Incidence
Angles from TRMM Precipitation Radar Measurements in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic …

Inter-calibration of satellite passive microwave land observations from AMSR-E and AMSR2 using overlap** FY3B-MWRI sensor measurements

J Du, JS Kimball, J Shi, LA Jones, S Wu, R Sun… - Remote Sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
The development and continuity of consistent long-term data records from similar
overlap** satellite observations is critical for global monitoring and environmental change …

[HTML][HTML] A 17-yr climate record of environmental parameters derived from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager

FJ Wentz - Journal of Climate, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite began operating in
December 1997 and was shut down on 8 April 2015. Over the oceans, the microwave (MW) …