Feb 5, 2010 · ATMS retrieves all precipitation parameters up to ~ 25% more accurately than AMSU except for cloud ice and snow water paths, which are ...

Apr 29, 2010 · This next-generation passive microwave sounder will provide temperature and humidity profile retrievals in combination with the Cross-track ...

ATMS retrieves all precipitation parameters up to ~ 25% more accurately than AMSU except for cloud ice and snow water paths, which are comparable. Image ...

This paper evaluates the ability of the United States National Polar Orbiting Environmental Sensor System (NPOESS) Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder ...

Recent studies demonstrate that ATMS will perform better than. AMSU for these retrieved precipitation parameters. (Surussavadee and Staelin 2008). The IPO has ...

We describe a simulation methodology used to develop and validate precipitation retrieval algorithms for current and future passive microwave sounders.

A prototype precipitation algorithm for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) was developed by using 3-yr coincident ground radar and ATMS ...

It is a 22-channel passive microwave spectrometer imaging the earth with spatial resolutions at nadir of ~75 km at 23.8-31.4 GHz (oceanic humidity), ~33 km at ...

This paper develops a precipitation retrieval algorithm for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) recently launched aboard the U.S. Suomi ...

The methods were developed by reconciling two years of passive millimeter-wave surface precipitation estimates [1] [6] from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit ...