Abstract
Multichannel microwave radiometers on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites offer a quantitative method to measure rainfall amounts over the ocean. The emissivity of the ocean surface is low and varies predictably with wind speed; it thus provides a good background for observing precipitation. The theory and initial validation of this concept was given by Wilheit et al. [1]
© 1983 Optical Society of America
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