Study of the ocean-atmosphere interaction with the microwave radiometric means of the satellites EOS Aqua and Meteor-M No. 1

 

A. G. Grankov¹, A. A. Milshin¹, N. K. Shelobanova¹, I. V. Cherny², G. G. Jazeryan³

¹Kotel`nikov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of RAS
²Scientific and Technological Center “Kosmonit”, Russian Space Systems Corporation
³Russian Space Systems Corporation

 

The paper is received on March 12, 2014

 

Abstract. Some original results of studies of ocean/atmosphere heat and dynamic interaction in the North Atlantic derived from US satellite EOS Aqua with radiometer AMSR-E and Russian satellite Meteor-M No.1 equipped by radiometer MTVZA-G are presented. A capability of these means for analyzing the monthly mean fluxes of heat, moisture and momentum at the ocean-atmosphere boundary and their seasonal variability is demonstrated. These studies are carried out basing on the archives of long-term satellite measurement data accumulated in IRE RAS under support of the Roscosmos and NASA organizations.

Keywords: Satellite microwave radiometry, brightness temperature, system ocean-atmosphere, heat, moisture and impulse fluxes.