Measurement Of High Resolution Microwave Surface Emittance Using Advanced Multisensor Data Fusion Techniques

Abstract

Multisensor satellite data applications require a tremendous investment regarding data preparation and analysis. Advanced software processing techniques used in the Polar Orbiter Remapping and Transformation Application Library (PORTAL) (Jones and Vonder Haar, 1992) are used to show how polar DMSP SSM/I microwave data and geostationary GOES VISSR infrared data can be combined to measure the microwave surface emittance at the full spatial sensor resolution. In addition, the infrared data is also used to cloud-clear the microwave surface emittance results.