Remote Sensing of Clouds and Precipitation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Andronache, Constantin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry,
• Subjects: Remote sensing.; Atmospheric sciences.; Meteorology.; Environmental monitoring.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.

This book presents current applications of remote sensing techniques for clouds and precipitation for the benefit of students, educators, and scientists. It covers ground-based systems such as weather radars and spaceborne instruments on satellites. Measurements and modeling of precipitation are at...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. Ground-based remote sensing. 1. Weather radars
• 2. Tropical storms
• 3. Mid latitude storms
• 4. Thunderstorms
• 5. Tornadoes
• 6. Cloud radars
• Part II. Spaceborne remote sensing. 7. Remote sensing of clouds: potential and limitations
• 8. Water vapor estimation from satellite microwave sensors
• 9. TRMM
• 10. GPM
• 11. Clouds and water vapor from MODIS and VIIRS
• 12. CloudSat and CALIPSO
• 13. Observations of Arctic clouds
• 14. The future of cloud systems observations
• 15. Advances in cloud modeling.