Active and Passive Radiative Transfer Simulations for GPM-Related Field Campaigns

Adams, Ian S ; Munchak, S Joseph ; Kuo, Kuo-Sen ; Pelissier, Craig ; Clune, Thomas ; Kroodsma, Rachael ; Loftus, Adrian ; Li, Xiaowen

关键词: PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT;    RADIATIVE TRANSFER;    REMOTE SENSING;    SIMULATION;    SPACE BASED RADAR;    RADIOMETERS;    CLOUDS (METEOROLOGY);    PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);   

RP-ID  :  GSFC-E-DAA-TN72148

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Radiative transfer modeling is an important tool for interpreting remote sensing observations. It allows us to determine how sensor characteristics will impact observations, and it gives us a framework for us to test assumptions about the phenomena we are attempting to observe. In this work, we use cloud simulations for precipitation events observed during various GPM-related field campaigns. The simulations show how various properties of clouds and precipitation affect the measurements.