Session 10 Satellite Measurements of Earth's Surface

Thursday, 18 January 2001: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Host: 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation
Organizer:
Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC

Papers:
10:30 AM
10.1
Ground-Truth Surface Water and Paved Surface Temperature Measurements for DOE's MTI Satellite
Matthew J. Parker, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC; and A. J. Garrett

10:45 AM
10.2
Soil moisture measurements and their applications at the Savannah River Site
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River Technology Center and U.S. Forest Service, Aiken, SC; and M. J. Parker and D. Shea

11:00 AM
10.3
Vegetation and Drought Monitoring of Mongolia using Remote Sensing and Ground Data
Bayarjargal U. Yunden, Jacob Blaustein International Desert Research Institute, Sede Boqer Campus, Negev, Israel; and A. B. Tsohio II

11:15 AM
10.4
Development of an aerosol-robust algorithm for remotely sensed sea surface temperatures from the NOAA AVHRR
Nicholas R. Nalli, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. L. Stowe

11:30 AM
10.5
Intercomparison of GOES-8 Imager and Sounder Land Surface Temperature Retrievals
Ronnie J. Suggs, Global Hydrology and Climate Center and NASA/MFSC, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines

11:45 AM
10.6
The Effect of Climate Regime on Satellite Estimates of Precipitation
Wesley K Berg, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

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