Session: Environmental Applications (11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)

P1.1

Snow emissivity simulated using Mie theory

Banghua Yan, Decision Systems Technologies, Rockville, MD; and F. Weng

P1.2

Snow cover extent over South America derived from passive microwave and visible/infrared observations

Peter Romanov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Tarpley

P1.3

Retrieval and interpretation of snow cover parameters microwave remote sensing data

Cezar E. Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and N. C. Grody

P1.4

Near real time remote sensing of lake surface temperature and ice cover

John H. Marsham, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and C. J. Merchant

P1.5

Monitoring the Seasonal Decay of First Year Sea Ice at the Canadian Ice Service with NOAA AVHRR

Roger A. De Abreu, MSC/EC/Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Arkett and B. Ramsay

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P1.6

Diurnal variation of GOES SST

Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel

P1.7

Tropical cyclone forcing in the Gulf of Mexico

Mark A. Bourassa, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Morey, J. Zavala, and J. J. O'Brien

P1.8

Using QuikSCAT data to determine the strength of a polar lows

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

P1.9

AIR-SEA FLUXES FROM SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR: AN UPDATE

Todd D. Sikora, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. R. Thompson

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.10

Realtime remote sensing-based modeling and in situ validation of land surface energy and water fluxes

George R. Diak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, R. D. Torn, and J. Hoss

P1.11

Desert dust storms as detected by Meteosat and SeaWiFS multispectral imagery

Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee

P1.12

Characterization of clouds, fires and smoke plumes in hyperspectral images

Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and S. M. Hsu, H. K. Burke, and J. W. Snow

Poster PDF (351.5 kB)

P1.13

A comparison of the GOES-8 ABBA and INPE AVHRR fire products for South America from 1995–2000

Joleen M. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins and A. W. Setzer

Poster PDF (109.3 kB)

P1.14

Principal Component Image analysis of MODIS for volcanic ash

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Clark

P1.15

Loss of the 12.0 mm "Split Window" band on GOES-M: Impacts on volcanic ash detection

Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

P1.16

Recent Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns along Louisiana's Coastal Zone Using ER-2 Based MAS Data and Terra Based MODIS Data.

Christopher C. Moeller, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, W. P. Menzel, O. K. Huh, N. D. Walker, and L. J. Rouse

Poster PDF (730.7 kB)

P1.17

Comparisons and Contrasts of AVHRR, SeaWiFS, FY1-C and CODAR Data in Coastal Ocean Research

P1.18

MODIS Ocean color data for studying ocean circulation features

P1.19

TOPEX/POSEIDON ALTIMETRY REVEALS THE VIETNAM SUMMER RECIRCULATION

Eric J. Bayler, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu

Poster PDF (148.2 kB)

P1.20

Sea Surface Salinity from Space: Science Goals and measurement Approach

C. J. Koblinsky, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. H. Hildebrand, Y. Chao, A. de Charon, W. Edelstein, G. Lagerloef, D. Le Vine, F. Pellerino, Y. Rahmat-Samii, C. Ruf, F. Wentz, W. Wilson, and S. Yueh

Poster PDF (543.5 kB)

P1.21

Accumulation of floating marine debris simulated by surface currents derived from satellite data

P1.22

Spectral Transfer of Humidity and Temperature Correlations for Inhomogeneous Turbulence for Land and Agriculture Processes

Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil

P1.23

Refractive Index Spectral Transfer in Inhomogeneous Turbulence in Atmospheric/Oceanic Surface Layer

Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil

P1.24

Assimilation of Soil Moisture from Satellite-derived Skin Temperature within the PENN State/NCAR Mesoscale Model MM5

Jing Zhang, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley

Poster PDF (957.0 kB)

P1.25

A synergistic surface BRDF/Albedo retrieval with MODIS and MISR observations 1.INTERCOMPARISION

Yufang Jin, Boston University, Boston, MA; and F. Gao, C. Schaaf, A. Strahler, C. Bruegge, J. Martonchik, and D. Diner

Poster PDF (943.6 kB)

P1.26

Fractional green vegetation cover of the Conterminous USA for use in numerical weather models.

Kevin Gallo, NOAA/NESDIS, Sioux Falls, SD; and D. Tarpley, K. Mitchell, I. Csiszar, T. Owen, and B. Reed

P1.27

Using DMSP imagery and SSM/I data to analyze a von Karman vortex over the Black Sea

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and P. J. McCrone

P1.28

Study of fog properties using LANDSAT data

Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Labs., Redmond, WA; and M. Nunez, J. Ramaprasad, M. R. Witiw, and J. A. Baars

Poster PDF (269.3 kB)

P1.29

Incorporating data from GOES and POES platforms into an integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska

P1.30

Use of GOES Satellite Data in Mesoscale Surface Boundary Conditions for a Desert Region

Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.31

On precipitation modification by major urban areas: A new perspective from TRMM

J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Pierce

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/912/urban

Poster PDF (78.0 kB)

P1.32

APPLICATION OF REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGY IN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Xuemei Wang, Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, China

Poster Session 1: Environmental Applications