Search Results - "Rossow, W. B."

Interannual variability of surface water extent at the global scale, 1993-2004 by Papa, F., Prigent, C., Aires, F., Jimenez, C., Rossow, W. B., Matthews, E.

“…Land surface waters play a primary role in the global water cycle and climate. As a consequence, there is a widespread demand for accurate and long‐term…”
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Changes in land surface water dynamics since the 1990s and relation to population pressure by Prigent, C., Papa, F., Aires, F., Jimenez, C., Rossow, W. B., Matthews, E.

“…We developed a remote sensing approach based on multi‐satellite observations, which provides an unprecedented estimate of monthly distribution and area of…”
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ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CLOUD DATASETS FROM SATELLITES: Project and Database Initiated by the GEWEX Radiation Panel by Stubenrauch, C. J., Rossow, W. B., Kinne, S., Ackerman, S., Cesana, G., Chepfer, H., Di Girolamo, L., Getzewich, B., Guignard, A., Heidinger, A., Maddux, B. C., Menzel, W. P., Minnis, P., Pearl, C., Platnick, S., Poulsen, C., Riedi, J., Sun-Mack, S., Walther, A., Winker, D., Zeng, S., Zhao, G.

“…Clouds cover about 70% of Earth's surface and play a dominant role in the energy and water cycle of our planet. Only satellite observations provide a…”
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Global inundation dynamics inferred from multiple satellite observations, 1993–2000 by Prigent, C., Papa, F., Aires, F., Rossow, W. B., Matthews, E.

“…Wetlands and surface waters are recognized to play important roles in climate, hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles, and availability of water resources. Until…”
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Variations of surface water extent and water storage in large river basins: A comparison of different global data sources by Papa, F., Güntner, A., Frappart, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…For the period 2003–2004 and for six large river basins, the present study compares monthly time series of multi‐satellite‐derived surface water extent with…”
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A new neural network approach including first guess for retrieval of atmospheric water vapor, cloud liquid water path, surface temperature, and emissivities over land from satellite microwave observations by Aires, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B., Rothstein, M.

“…The analysis of microwave observations over land to determine atmospheric and surface parameters is still limited due to the complexity of the inverse problem…”
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20th century changes in surface solar irradiance in simulations and observations by Romanou, A., Liepert, B., Schmidt, G. A., Rossow, W. B., Ruedy, R. A., Zhang, Y.

“…The amount of solar irradiance reaching the surface is a key parameter in the hydrological and energy cycles of the Earth's climate. We analyze 20th Century…”
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The sensitivity of land emissivity estimates from AMSR-E at C and X bands to surface properties by Norouzi, H., Temimi, M., Rossow, W. B., Pearl, C., Azarderakhsh, M., Khanbilvardi, R.

“…Microwave observations at low frequencies exhibit more sensitivity to surface and subsurface properties with little interference from the atmosphere. The…”
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Ob' River flood inundations from satellite observations: A relationship with winter snow parameters and river runoff by Papa, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…Using a multisatellite method, including passive microwave land surface emissivities, along with active microwave, visible and near infrared observations…”
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Monitoring Flood and Discharge Variations in the Large Siberian Rivers From a Multi-Satellite Technique by Papa, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…Using a multi-satellite method, employing passive and active microwave along with visible and infrared observations developed to estimate monthly inundation…”
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Temporal interpolation of global surface skin temperature diurnal cycle over land under clear and cloudy conditions by Aires, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…The surface skin temperature is a key parameter at the land‐atmosphere interface. An accurate description of its diurnal cycle would not only help estimate the…”
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Uncertainties in Mean River Discharge Estimates Associated With Satellite Altimeter Temporal Sampling Intervals: A Case Study for the Annual Peak Flow in the Context of the Future SWOT Hydrology Mission by Papa, F., Biancamaria, S., Lion, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…In the context of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, investigations are needed to refine the error budget for discharge estimations. This…”
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Evaluation of "all weather" microwave-derived land surface temperatures with in situ CEOP measurements by Catherinot, J., Prigent, C., Maurer, R., Papa, F., Jiménez, C., Aires, F., Rossow, W. B.

“…Land surface skin temperature Ts plays a key role in meteorological and climatological processes but the availability and the accuracy of Ts measurements over…”
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Is there a trend in cirrus cloud cover due to aircraft traffic? by Stordal, F., Myhre, G., Stordal, E. J. G., Rossow, W. B., Lee, D. S., Arlander, D. W., Svendby, T.

“…Trends in cirrus cloud cover have been estimated based on 16 years of data from ISCCP (International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project). The results have…”
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Remote sensing from the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer instrument 2. Simultaneous retrieval of temperature, water vapor, and ozone atmospheric profiles by Aires, F., Rossow, W. B., Scott, N. A., Chédin, A.

“…A fast algorithm is developed to retrieve temperature, water vapor, and ozone atmospheric profile from the high spectral resolution Infrared Atmospheric…”
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CREST-Snow Field Experiment: analysis of snowpack properties using multi-frequency microwave remote sensing data by Lakhankar, T. Y, Muñoz, J, Romanov, P, Powell, A. M, Krakauer, N. Y, Rossow, W. B, Khanbilvardi, R. M

“…The CREST-Snow Analysis and Field Experiment (CREST-SAFE) was carried out during January–March 2011 at the research site of the National Weather Service…”
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Interannual variations of the terrestrial water storage in the Lower Ob' Basin from a multisatellite approach by Frappart, F., Papa, F., Güntner, A., Werth, S., Ramillien, G., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B., Bonnet, M.-P.

“…Temporal variations of surface water volume over inundated areas of the Lower Ob' Basin in Siberia, one of the largest contributor of freshwater to the Arctic…”
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Sensitivity of satellite microwave and infrared observations to soil moisture at a global scale: 2. Global statistical relationships by Aires, F., Prigent, C., Rossow, W. B.

“…In part 1 of this study (Prigent et al., 2004), in situ measurements were used to analyze and describe the sensitivities of satellite measurements (i.e.,…”
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Cloud effects on the radiation budget based on ISCCP data (1991 to 1995) by Raschke, E., Ohmura, A., Rossow, W. B., Carlson, B. E., Zhang, Y.‐C., Stubenrauch, C., Kottek, M., Wild, M.

“…Consistent and validated data sets of satellite‐borne radiances and of a large variety of products describing the characteristics of terrestrial cloud and…”
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Remote sensing from the infrared atmospheric sounding interferometer instrument 1. Compression, denoising, and first-guess retrieval algorithms by Aires, F., Rossow, W. B., Scott, N. A., Chédin, A.

“…A principal component analysis (PCA) scheme is developed for treatment of observations from the high spectral resolution Infrared Atmospheric Interferometer…”
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