NASA NTRS · 19870036136
A cloud model-radiative model combination for determining microwave TB-rain rate relations
Abstract
The development of a cloud model-radiative transfer model combination for computing average brightness temperature, T(B), is discussed. The cloud model and radiative transfer model used in this study are described. The relations between rain rate, cloud and rain water, cloud and precipitation ice, and upwelling radiance are investigated. The effects of the rain rate relations on T(B) under different climatological conditions are examined. The model-derived T(B) results are compared to the 92 and 183 GHz aircraft observations of Hakkarinen and Adler (1984, 1986) and the radar-estimated rain rate of Hakkarinen and Adler (1986); good correlation between the data is detected.
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Szejwach, Gerard, Adler, Robert F., Jobard, Esabelle, Mack, Robert A.. 1986-01-01. A cloud model-radiative model combination for determining microwave TB-rain rate relations. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19870036136
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