NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Case pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Case

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Modeled temperature data from a one-dimensional, time-dependent, initial value, planetary boundary layer model for 16 separate model runs with varying initial values of moisture availability are applied, by the use of a regression equation, to longwave infrared GOES satellite data to infer moisture availability over a regional area in the central U.S. This was done for several days during the summers of 1978 and 1980 where a large gradient in the antecedent precipitation index (API) represented the boundary between a drought area and a region of near normal precipitation. Correlations between satellite derived moisture availability and API were found to exist. Errors from the presence of clouds, water vapor and other spatial inhomogeneities made the use of the measurement for anything except the relative degree of moisture availability dubious

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 12/1/1983
• Year: 1983
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DIURNAL VARIATIONS, INFRARED SPECTRA, MOISTURE CONTENT, PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER, SOIL MOISTURE, THERMAL MAPPING, DATA CORRELATION, GOES SATELLITES, REGRESSION ANALYSIS, REMOTE SENSING, SATELLITE IMAGERY, Rose, F. G

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