Extended Abstract (100K)P2.12
Diurnal Cycle of Hydrological Parameters as Observed from the NOAA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit
Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Pellegrino
With the launch of the NOAA-17 satellite in June 2002, there now exists a three satellite constellation of measurements from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) which are making global measurements at approximately every four hours (NOAA-17 joins NOAA-15 and NOAA-16). Scientists at the NOAA/NESDIS have been generating operational hydrological products from the AMSU for the past three years in a system known as the Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS). The MSPPS product suite includes global rain rate and ice water path; land-based surface temperature, emissivity and snow cover; ocean-based sea-ice concentration, cloud liquid water and total precipitable water.
It is the purpose of this paper to utilize the 4-hour sampling from these satellites to explore the diurnal cycle of a number of these parameters on various time scales (daily, pentad and monthly). We hope to employ color animations in an electronic poster to demonstrate the robustness of the MSPPS products.
Poster Session 2, Environmental Applications
Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
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