Determination of vertical wind shear from linear combinations of satellite radiance gradients
Subtitle: a theoretical study
By: Henry E. Fleming
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: United States Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Mathematical models; Atmospheric radiation; Vertical wind shear; Satellite meteorology
Description: By applying the thermal wind equation to the radiative transfer equation, one can derive the vertical wind shear from horizontal gradients of radiances measured by satellite. The vertical resolution of the wind shear can be optimized by using linear combinations of radiance gradients. A theoretical study was conducted to determine the optimal pressure intervals over which wind shears could be resolved when using weighting functions associated with the SSH sounder of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, and those associated with the TOVS instrument package on the TIROS-N/NOAA series of operational satellites. Two distinct computational approaches are presented and their respective results are summarized. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Department of the Navy; Washington, D.C. 20361" -- Cover.

"September 1979."

"Technical report period: 1 October 1978 - 22 September 1979."

"NPS-63-79-004."

Includes bibliographic references (p. 31).

"Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited."

Technical report; 1979.