@inproceedings{7a8bfc72d4514c9989c145e186a1bf68,
title = "Multiparameter radar and advanced microwave precipitation radiometer observations of tropical convection",
abstract = "The measurement and monitoring of tropical rainfall is currently a topic of interest to both the remote sensing and global climate communities. The latent heat associated with tropical rainfall patterns is an important factor in the balance of global energy. Combinations of both active and passive microwave sensors have been proposed for experiments such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). During the summer 1991 Convection and Precipitation/ Electrification experiment (CaPE) in central Florida, both cold- and warm-rain precipitation processes were studied with the NCAR CP-2 multiparameter radar, operating at 3 and 10 GHz. In addition, the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR), recently developed and operated by Marshall Space Flight Center, and which operates at 10.7, 19.35, 37.1, and 85.5 GHz, was flown aboard NASA's ER-2 high-altitude aircraft over storms being scanned by the CP-2 radar. Top-of-atmosphere multifrequency TB from the AMPR is presented along with coincident CP-2 radar observations. Joint analysis of both radar and radiometer data sets allows refinement of new and existing precipitation retrieval techniques which will utilize the multifrequency TB from an integrated spaceborne microwave radioineter/radar system.",
author = "J. Vivekanandan and J. Turk and Hood, \{R. E.\} and Griffin, \{V. L.\} and LaFontaine, \{F. J.\} and Bringi, \{V. N.\} and Spencer, \{R. W.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} IEEE 1992.; 12th Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 1992 ; Conference date: 26-05-1992 Through 29-05-1992",
year = "1992",
doi = "10.1109/IGARSS.1992.578848",
language = "English",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1719--1721",
editor = "Ruby Williamson and Tammy Stein",
booktitle = "IGARSS 1992 - International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium",
address = "United States",
}