This book summarizes the author's research resulted in developing the satellite radiothermovision approach which allows retrieving dynamical and energy characteristics of atmospheric mesoscale and synoptic-scale processes based on a close scheme of satellite passive radiometry data processing.
The book introduces new applications of the satellite passive microwave observations to detailed systematic study of tropical cyclones' evolution, climatology and characteristics of atmospheric river, parameters of global atmospheric circulation and their variations on climatically significant scales.
The results presented in the book demonstrate a clear relation between the convergence/divergence of latent heat from the lower atmosphere to the center of tropical cyclone with variations of its intensity and provide a better insight into the tropical cyclone dynamical energy balance based on remote data.
Author(s): Dmitry M. Ermakov
Series: Springer Praxis Books
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 290
City: Cham
Preface and Acknowledgements
About This Book
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Weather, Climate and the Water Vapor
1.2 Satellite Microwave Radiometry of the Atmosphere
1.2.1 What Do We See?
1.2.2 Where Do We See?
1.2.3 When Do We See?
1.2.4 What Don’t We See?
1.2.5 A Broader View in Conclusion
2 Why Satellite Radiothermovision?
2.1 Elements of Mesoscale and Synoptic Atmospheric Dynamics
2.1.1 Mesoscale and Synoptic Atmospheric Processes
2.1.2 Mesoscale: Tropical Cyclones
2.1.3 Synoptic Scale: Atmospheric Rivers
2.1.4 Planetary Scale: Global Atmospheric Circulation
2.1.5 The Commonality of Research Objects of Various Scales in the Context of Satellite Radiothermovision
2.2 Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere in Short
2.2.1 Brief Historical Overview
2.2.2 Present State
2.3 Instruments and Data to Our Service
2.4 The Idea of “Dynamic” Data Analysis
2.5 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
3 Fundamentals of Satellite Radiothermovision
3.1 Physical Foundations
3.2 Mathematical Apparatus
3.2.1 Optical Flow Analysis Problem
3.2.2 Optical Flow Analysis in Earth Remote Sensing Problems
3.2.3 The Bases of the Satellite Radiothermovision Approach
3.3 Algorithms and Software Realization
3.3.1 Constructing Reference Fields: Transformation to a Regular Grid
3.3.2 Constructing Reference Fields: Lacunae Stapling
3.3.3 Spatiotemporal Interpolation
3.3.4 Some Brief Notes on Software Implementation
3.4 Accuracy Analysis
3.5 Iterative Extension of the Basic Scheme: A Multisensory Approach
3.6 New Opportunities in the Remote Sensing
3.6.1 Joint Analysis of Independent Satellite Measurements
3.6.2 Ensuring Spatial Connectivity of Fragmented Observations
3.6.3 The Study of Vector Fields of Advection
3.6.4 Calculation of the Integral Characteristics of Mass and Energy Transfer
3.7 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
4 Satellite Radiothermovision of Tropical Cyclones
4.1 Energy Characteristics and Energy Balance of a Tropical Cyclone
4.1.1 Tropical Cyclone Energy Characteristics
4.1.2 Tropical Cyclone Energy Balance Factors
4.2 General Characteristics of the Data Used and Analysis Methods
4.3 Evolution of Tropical Cyclones in the Field of Total Precipitable Water
4.4 Complex Analysis in the Fields of Several Geophysical Parameters
4.5 Expanding the Approach for Exploring a System of Interacting Typhoons
4.6 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
5 Satellite Radiothermovision of Atmospheric Rivers
5.1 Problems of Detecting Atmospheric Rivers
5.1.1 Data Gaps
5.1.2 Setting Detection Criteria
5.1.3 Advection Field Accounting
5.1.4 Satellite Data Synchronization
5.2 Synthesis of an Algorithm for Automatic Detection of Atmospheric Rivers
5.2.1 Specification of the Boundaries of the Basin
5.2.2 Discrimination of Air Masses of Middle Latitudes
5.2.3 Morphological Analysis
5.2.4 Combining the Fragments
5.2.5 Pruning Branches
5.3 Retrieval of Atmospheric River Characteristics
5.3.1 Analysis of Latent Heat Fluxes
5.3.2 Analysis of AR Images in Dynamics
5.3.3 Joint Analysis in the Fields of Several Geophysical Parameters of the Atmosphere
5.3.4 Joint Analysis Over the Ocean and Land
5.4 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
6 Satellite Radiothermovision of Global Atmospheric Circulation
6.1 Characteristics of the Problem in the Light of Satellite Radiothermovision
6.2 Used Data and Analysis Technique
6.3 Analysis of the Retrieved Global Circulation Characteristics
6.4 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
7 Welcome to the Geoportal of Satellite Radiothermovision
7.1 The Concept of Geoportal of Satellite Radiothermovision and the Network Service ICAR
7.2 Geoportal of Satellite Radiothermovision: Description of Data and Services
7.2.1 External Data Sources
7.2.2 Reference Collection
7.2.3 User-Level Products
7.2.4 User-Level Product File Output Format
7.2.5 Network Services
7.3 ICAR Network Service: Remote Processing of Virtually Integrated Data
7.3.1 Interface Solution
7.3.2 Syntax and Semantics of ICAR
7.3.3 Software Implementation
7.3.4 Data Provisioning and Functional Content
7.4 The Practice of Using Implemented Software Solutions
7.5 Concluding Remarks to this Chapter
References
8 Conclusion
8.1 Improving the Quality of Dynamic Analysis Products
8.2 Enhanced Spatial Coverage and Improved Detail
8.3 Extension of Analysis Time Interval
8.4 Extension of the Dimensionality of the Task
