A new instrument with rainfall monitoring potential
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- the special-sensor-microwave-imager
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 9 (12), 1943-1950
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01431168808954993
Abstract
The new Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) is introduced, and its global data acquisition pattern illustrated. Through an image for the morning of 29 July 1987 covering north-western Europe in general, and southern Britain in particular, its rainfall monitoring potential is illustrated and explained. An initial comparison with digital outputs from the FRONTIERS radar system of the U.K. Meteorological Office is presented, revealing very promising spatial correspondences between SSM/I and radar-derived rain areas.Keywords
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