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Precipitation Analysis from AMSU (Nowcasting SAF)
SMHI.
SMHI, Research Department, Atmospheric remote sensing.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2138-4325
SMHI, Core Services.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0960-1622
SMHI, Research Department, Atmospheric remote sensing.
1999 (English)Report (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

We describe a method to remotely sense precipitation and classify its intensity over water, coast, and land surfaces. This method is intended to be used in a nowcasting environment. It is based on data obtained from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) onboard NOAA-15. Each observation is assigned a probability to belong to four different classes namely precipitation- free, risk of precipitation, precipitation between 0.5 and 5 mm/h and precipitation higher than 5 mm/h. Since the method is designed to work over different surface types, it mainly relies on the scatteringsignal of precipitation-sized ice particles received at high frequencies.

For the calibration and validation of the method we use an eight month dataset of combined radar and AMSU-data obtained over the Baltic area. We campare results for the AMSU-B channels at 89 GHz and 150 GHz and find that the high frequency channel at 150 GHz allows for a much better discrimination of different types of precipitation than the 89 GHz channel. While precipitation-free areas as well as heavily precipitating areas (> 5mm/h) can be identified to a high accuracy, the intennediate classes are more ambiguous. This ambiguity stems from the ambiguity of the passive microwave observations as well as from the non-perfect matching of the different data sources and non-perfect radar adjustment. In addition to a statistical assessment of the method's accuracy, we present case studies to demonstrate its capabilities to classify different types of precipitation and to seemlessly work over highly structured, inhomogeneous surfaces.

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SMHI , 1999.
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Meteorology, ISSN 0283-7730 ; 93
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Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
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Meteorology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:smhi:diva-2360Local ID: Meteorologi, Rapporter, Serie MeteorologiOAI: oai:DiVA.org:smhi-2360DiVA, id: diva2:947653
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