主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2016, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (2): 59-65.doi: 10.11927/j.issn.1673-503X.2016.02.008

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Polarization-difference parameterization in estimating liquid water path based on AMSR-E data

WANG Ying1, LI Guo-chun2, GAO Yang-hua3, DU Qin3, ZHAO Zi-qi4   

  1. 1. Jiangjin Modern Agrometeorological Experiment Station, Chongqing 402260, China;
    2. Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, China;
    3. Chongqing Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Chongqing 401147, China;
    4. Institute of Atmospheric Environment, China Meteorological Administration, Shenyang 110166, China
  • Received:2014-08-20 Revised:2015-07-08 Online:2016-04-30 Published:2016-04-30

Abstract: Cloud liquid water (vertically-integrated cloud liquid water) is a key parameter in meteorology and cloud physics, and its quantitative measurement is important to climate change, numerical weather prediction (NWP), and severe weather monitoring.Using a combination of the space-borne microwave radiometer AMSR-E and the Moderate Resolution Imaging MODIS with AUQA, relationship between microwave polarization channel bright ness temperature and atmospheric moisture ω was established, and the polarization-difference parameterization (PDP) was improved.The results indicate that cloud liquid water path can be directly retrieved by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for earth observing plan (EOS) (AMSR-E) polarization-difference signals at 36.5 GHz and 89 GHz, and the resolution could reach 1 km according to retrieved ω of MODIS.Retrieval of cloud liquid water path from AMSR-E and the presented cloud image by MODIS conforms completely.Compared with the retrieved products from the NCEP 1°×1° 6 h vertically-integrated cloud liquid water data, the error is less than 0.04 kg·m-2.

Key words: Cloud liquid water path, Microwave remote sensing, AMSR-E (Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for earth observing plan), MODIS(Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer)

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