Microwave Radiation of the Ocean-Atmosphere

This book provides readers insight into the application of satellite microwave radiometric methods for the study of the system ocean-atmosphere (SOA) interaction. It discusses the influence of the horizontal heat transfer in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), its temperature, humidity regime and energy exchange with the ocean surface as well as corresponding SOA brightness changes

Researches effects and regularities which can explain the behavior of the SOA heat and radiation characteristics at the stages of origin and development of tropical cyclones

Some topics of this book can have implications for research of the weather inter- and intra annual changes in the West Europe

Auteur

Alexander G. Grankov received his PhD at the Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences (IRE RAS), Fryazino Department (2002), where he is currently the head of the laboratory. He has a wide experience in remote sensing of the ocean and land covers from aircrafts and satellites, gained in numerous national and international aerospace experiments. Study of the intercommunication between natural microwave radiation and heat processes in the air-water interface is the specific and important topic of his activity. He is a member of the Popov Society for Radio Engineering and the author of over 200 scientific publications.

Alexander A. Milshin is a principal investigator of Kotel'nikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fryazino Department, and the JSC "Research & Production Corporation "Istok". He has a great experience in remote sensing of the ocean and land covers, and in processing microwaveradiometric measurement data from satellites and aircrafts, acquired in numerous national and international aerospace experiments. He is a member of Popov Society for Radio Engineering and the author of 200 scientific publications.

Contenu

Parameters Accessible for the Satellite MCW Radiometric Means and Their Relations with the Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction.- Modeling of the SOA MCW and IR Radiation Characteristics and Their Relations with the Surface Heat Fluxes at the Synoptic Time Scales.- Search of Direct Relations Between Heat Fluxes and Parameters Associated with the SOA Brightness Temperature.- Influence of the Vertical Heat Transfer on Relations Between the SOA MCW and IR Radiation Intensity and the Surface Heat Fluxes (Modeling).- Influence of the Horizontal Heat Transfer in the ABL on Relations Between the SOA Brightness Temperature and the Surface Heat Fluxes (Modeling).- Experimental Studies of Relations Between the SOA Radiation and Heat Characteristics in the Synoptic Range of Time Scales.- Seasonal and Interannual Changeability of Heat Fluxes in the North Atlantic as Seen from the SSM/I Radiometer.- Fluxes of Sensible, Latent Heat, Impulse, and Atmosphere Water Vapor over North Atlantic from the EOS Aqua AMSR-E Radiometer.- Analysis of Dynamics of the SOA Parameters in Areas of Activity of the Tropical Cyclones.- Comparative Analysis of the Prestorm Situations in the Florida Straight and Golubaya Bay in the Black Sea.- Modern Satellite MCW Radiometric Means for an Analysis of the Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.- Key Terms and Abbreviations.- Index.