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ISSN 2070-7401 (Print), ISSN 2411-0280 (Online)
Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2017, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 300-320

Detection and assessment of cloud cover and precipitation parameters using data from MSU-MR radiometer of the polar-orbiting Meteor-M No. 2 for the European territory of Russia

E.V. Volkova 1 
1 State Research Centre of Space Hydrometeorology "Planeta", Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 25.09.2017
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2017-14-5-300-320
A multispectral threshold technique, first created for AVHRR/NOAA data, has been developed and tested for automatic classification of MSU-MR/Meteor-M No. 2 data which provides day-and-night detection and assessment of cloud cover parameters (cloud mask, cloud types, cloud top height and temperature, water phase at cloud top, cloud bottom height, cloud thickness, cloud optical depth and thickness, cloud water content, total cloud water content, effective radius) as well as discrimination of precipitation zones (of different precipitation rate and type at ground, daily and monthly precipitation) and severe weather phenomena (hail, thunderstorm, icing) above any ground surface all year round. The validation of output information products, performed with ground-based conventional meteorological observations and climatic estimations as well as with independent satellite-based estimates of cloud cover and precipitation parameters, confirms the feasibility of developed techniques and reasonable accuracy of the output products which meets the demands of the World Meteorological Organization. Thus, the developed technique, being quite concurrent to those implemented in foreign satellite centers, is recommended for cloud monitoring over the European territory of Russia and neighboring countries.
Keywords: MSU-MR, Meteor, cloud mask, cloud top height, cloud type, precipitation zone, precipitation intensity
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