Satellite Products:
ETL Satellite Climate Research Group
ETL Satellite Climate Research Group
A number of satellite products and images will be produced at ETL during PACJET
both for large-scale monitoring and algorithm calibration/validation
efforts. Data from numerous operational satellites are currently
archived by ETL and will be used to support the PACJET field program.
Some examples of satellite products planned for PACJET include
individual overpass and daily composite satellite derived estimates of
precipitation, cloud liquid water, total precipitable water, and ocean
surface wind speed from SSM/I passive microwave observations. Other
satellite products will include daily surface wind vectors from the
Quikscat scatterometer and sea surface temperature estimates from GOES
and AVHRR data. An example image of SSM/I derived total precipitable
water with surface wind vectors from QuikScat is shown here. In
addition, mid and upper tropospheric water vapor imagery from the
microwave SSM/T2 and AMSU-B moisture sounders will be available.
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