Core Microwave Remote Sensing Topics

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  • Microwave Remote Sensing: Overview, 2nd Edition
    

    Languages: English, Spanish
    Publish Date: 2012-05-18
    Skill Level: 1
    Completion Time: .50 - .75 h
    Topics:
    Oceanography/Marine/Tsunami, Satellite Meteorology
    (258 ratings)

  • This module presents an overview of space-based microwave remote sensing for environmental applications with a focus on meteorological applications. It delivers basic information on polar-orbiting satellite characteristics, current microwave instruments, and the products ... Read more »

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  • Microwave Remote Sensing: Applications for Water Vapor, Clouds and Precipitation
    

    Languages: English, Spanish
    Publish Date: 2019-11-22
    Skill Level: 2
    Completion Time: .75 - 1.00 h
    Topics:
    Hydrology/Flooding, QPF/QPE (Precip), Satellite Meteorology, Tropical/Hurricanes
    (172 ratings)

  • This lesson introduces microwave products available from JPSS and other polar and low Earth orbiting satellites that depict clouds, atmospheric moisture and precipitation through the use of passive microwave sensing instruments. Through an exploration of two separate ... Read more »

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  • Microwave Remote Sensing: Land and Ocean Surface Applications, 2nd Edition
    

    Languages: English, Spanish
    Publish Date: 2015-01-29
    Last Updated On: 2015-01-23
    Skill Level: 2
    Completion Time: 1.50 - 2.00 h
    Topics:
    Satellite Meteorology
    (175 ratings)

  • This lesson introduces the concepts and principles basic to retrieving important land and ocean surface properties using microwave remote sensing observations from polar-orbiting satellites. Section one reviews the advantages of microwave remote sensing from polar-orbiting ... Read more »

Resources (optional)

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  • Microwave Remote Sensing Resources
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    Languages: English
    Publish Date: 2007-04-20
    Skill Level: 2
    Completion Time: 0 - .25 h
    Topics:
    Satellite Meteorology
    (56 ratings)

  • This module provides background information on microwave remote sensing with polar-orbiting satellites. It reviews coverage, orbits, and data latency issues of current operational and selected research satellites and notes improvements expected in the NPP and NPOESS era. ... Read more »

Additional Applications (optional)

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  • Using Scatterometer Wind and Altimeter Wave Estimates in Marine Forecasting
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    Languages: English, French, Spanish
    Publish Date: 2015-07-31
    Last Updated On: 2015-02-05
    Skill Level: 3
    Completion Time: 1.00 - 1.25 h
    Topics:
    Oceanography/Marine/Tsunami, Satellite Meteorology
    (215 ratings)

  • Scatterometers and altimeters provide a variety of space-based observations that are useful for marine analysis and forecasting as well as other applications. Key among the products are ocean surface winds from scatterometers and significant wave heights from altimeters. ... Read more »

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  • Using ASCAT Wind and Other Data in Marine Forecasting
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    Languages: English, French
    Publish Date: 2015-09-30
    Skill Level: 1
    Completion Time: .75 - 1.00 h
    Topics:
    Oceanography/Marine/Tsunami, Satellite Meteorology
    (125 ratings)

  • This case study lesson demonstrates the use of scatterometer wind and, to a lesser extent, altimeter significant wave height products in marine forecasting. A brief introduction to cold fronts and their impact on weather and sea state conditions sets the stage for the main ... Read more »

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  • Microwave Analysis of Tropical Cyclones, 2nd Edition
    Optional

    Languages: English, Spanish
    Publish Date: 2022-05-18
    Skill Level: 2
    Completion Time: 1.50 - 2.00 h
    Topics:
    Coastal Weather, Satellite Meteorology, Tropical/Hurricanes
    (114 ratings)

  • This lesson introduces forecasters to the use of microwave image products for observing and analyzing tropical cyclones. Microwave observations from low Earth orbiting satellites are crucial to today’s operational forecasters, and particularly for those with maritime and ... Read more »