Applications of the Nimbus 5 ESMR to Rainfall Detection Over the Oceans and to Sea-Ice Detection.

Abstract : The report explores the applicability of the applicability of the Nimbus 5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) to rainfall detection over the oceans and to sea ice detection. Two different but complementary approaches are taken - a theoretical approach which involved the theoretical calculations of brightness temperature (t sub b) in a prepared scenario of model atmospheres and surface conditions, and an empirical approach which made use of simultaneous measurements of our parameters of interest from other sensors: WSR-57 radar for precipitation, and images from other satellites (NOAA and LANDSAT) for sea-ice.