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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2015, Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 170-187

Latent heat polar transfer by mesoscale tropospheric systems: animation analysis of microwave satellite data

E.A. Sharkov 1 
1 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
In this paper, a brief review of main scientific results in the field of microwave radiothermal investigation of special features in the planet ocean-atmosphere system associated with polar transfer of latent heat by mesoscale tropospheric systems from tropical regions to polar regions is presented. The first stage of this research was concentrated on physical approaches to the investigation of genesis of tropical cyclones as most dramatic and hazardous mesoscale events in tropical regions of the Earth. Theoretical approaches were proposed in 1983 by academician R.Z. Sagdeev and professor S.S. Moiseev, while and experimental (marine) and observational works were performed by scientists of the Department of Space Geophysics IKI RAS. Based on detailed reanalysis of satellite and contact data, GLOBAL-TC scientific database of multiyear (1983–2014) data on global tropical cyclogenesis was built. Beginning in 2002, these investigations were continued in the Department of Earth Research from Space on a much larger scale, including development of scientific foundations and methods of analysis of global satellite radiophysical observations for reliable evaluation of changes in Earth environment and climate. First and foremost, we focus on the development of animation techniques of investigating circulation and transport features of global fields of water vapor in Earth’s atmosphere based on data of satellite radiothermal sensing.
Keywords: Earth research from space, microwave passive remote sensing, atmospheric catastrophes, polar transfer, climate, animation of global fields
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