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Estimation and evaluation of rainfall from INSAT-3D improved IMSRA algorithm during 2018 summer monsoon season
Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) multi-spectral Rainfall Algorithm (IMSRA) is an operational rainfall estimation technique of INSAT-3D at Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and Meteorological and ...
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Assessment of Kalpana-1 Rainfall Product over Indian Meteorological Sub-Divisions During the Summer Monsoon Season
In this paper, Kalpana-1 derived INSAT Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm (IMSRA) rainfall estimates are compared with two multisatellite rainfall products namely, TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMP...
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Retrieval of hydrometeors from microwave radiances with a polarized radiative transfer model
This paper reports the results of a Bayesian-based algorithm for the retrieval of hydrometeors from microwave satellite radiances. The retrieval technique proposed makes use of an indigenously developed polari...
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Polarized microwave forward model simulations for tropical storm Fanoos
In the present study, forward radiative transfer simulations are carried out for the tropical cyclone Fanoos that hit the coast off south India in December 2005. The in-house radiative transfer package used for t...
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Intercomparison of IRS-P4-MSMR derived geophysical products with DMSP-SSM/I and TRMM-TMI finished products
In this paper, MSMR geophysical products like Integrated Water Vapour (IWV), Ocean Surface Wind Speed (OWS) and Cloud Liquid Water (CLW) in different grids of 50, 75 and 150 kms are compared with similar produ...
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Rain rate measurements over global oceans from IRS-P4 MSMR
In this paper rain estimation capability of MSMR is explored. MSMR brightness temperature data of six channels corresponding to three frequencies of 10, 18 and 21 GHz are colocated with the TRMM Microwave Imag...
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The effect of whitecaps and foam on wind speed extraction with a pulse limited radar altimeter
The effect of whitecaps and foam on wind speed extraction with a pulse limited radar altimeter has been studied using a specular point model. By modelling foam and water as a two-layer media, we have investiga...