Research Summaries

Back Satellite Analysis Graduate Studies Support

Fiscal Year 2010
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Meteorology
Investigator(s) Durkee, Philip A.
Sponsor National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Other-Fed)
Summary For decades satellite analysis techniques have primarily focused on single satellite systems to provide retrievals of environmental parameters (e.g.; AVHRR MCSST, TOVS temperature and water vapor profiles, SeaWiFS ocean optical analysis, etc.). With the development of the NPOESS constellation, in combination with METOP and specialty research satellites, the era when environmental analysis will not be constrained to a single satellite system is approaching. A point on the earth will be observed by numerous polar and geostationary satellites with high spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution. Polar orbiters will provide the best spatial and spectral resolution while the geostationary satellites will provide the best temporal information. Analysis techniques that exploit the synergies from the full set of satellite measurements will be able to provide a more comprehensive analysis over both space and time. This project will explore and develop methods to combine information from multiple satellite platforms into a comprehensive satellite analysis scheme. Each satellite data collection opportunity provides a measure of radiance at designed wavelengths, spatial resolutions, angles, and at a specific time. The measurement set from each satellite is unique in either its spectral, spatial, and/or temporal capabilities. A comprehensive satellite analysis will combine the unique measurements from individual satellites into a regional domain where the full set of observations will be used, as appropriate, to develop a regional analysis.
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