The global satellite precipitation constellation: Current status and future requirements

C Kidd, G Huffman, V Maggioni… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
To address the need to map precipitation on a global scale, a collection of satellites carrying
passive microwave (PMW) radiometers has grown over the last 20 years to form a …

An evaluation of atmospheric absorption models at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths using airborne observations

S Fox, V Mattioli, E Turner, A Vance… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
Accurate gas absorption models at millimetre and sub-millimetre wavelengths are required
to make best use of observations from instruments on board the next generation of …

The Ice Cloud Imager: retrieval of frozen water column properties

E May, B Rydberg, I Kaur, V Mattioli… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
Abstract The Ice Cloud Imager (ICI) aboard the second generation of the EUMETSAT Polar
System (EPS-SG) will provide novel measurements of ice hydrometeors. ICI is a passive …

The State of Precipitation Measurements at Mid-to-High Latitudes

L Milani, C Kidd - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
The measurement of global precipitation is important for quantifying and understanding the
Earth's systems. While gauges form the basis of conventional measurements, global …

[HTML][HTML] snowScatt 1.0: consistent model of microphysical and scattering properties of rimed and unrimed snowflakes based on the self-similar Rayleigh–Gans …

D Ori, L von Terzi, M Karrer… - Geoscientific Model …, 2021 - gmd.copernicus.org
More detailed observational capabilities in the microwave (MW) range and advancements in
the details of microphysical schemes for ice and snow demand increasing complexity to be …

Uncertainty of simulated brightness temperature due to sensitivity to atmospheric gas spectroscopic parameters

D Gallucci, D Cimini, E Turner, S Fox… - …, 2024 - egusphere.copernicus.org
Atmospheric radiative transfer models are extensively used in Earth observation to simulate
radiative processes occurring in the atmosphere and to provide both upwelling and …

Investigating spaceborne millimeter-wave ice cloud imager geolocation using landmark targets and frequency-scaling approach

M Papa, V Mattioli, M Montopoli… - … on Geoscience and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The forthcoming spaceborne Ice Cloud Imager (ICI) radiometer has 11 channels in the
millimeter (mm) and sub-mm wave range from 183 up to 664 GHz. At some of these …

Assessing the spaceborne 183.31-GHz radiometric channel geolocation using high-altitude lakes, ice shelves, and SAR imagery

M Papa, V Mattioli, J Avbelj… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The goal of this work is to perform the geolocation error assessment of the channel imagery
at 183.31 GHz of the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS). The frequency …

Geolocation Assessment/validation Methods for EUMETSAT Polar System–Second Generation (EPS-SG) ICI conical scanning radiometer

FS Marzano, V Mattioli, C Accadia… - 2023 17th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Methodologies have been developed for the validation during the Cal/Val phase of the
geolocation error of the ICI radiometer that will be onboard of the Second Generation (SG) of …

[PDF][PDF] The Global Satellite Precipitation

C Kidd, G Huffman, V Maggioni, P Chambon, R Oki - 2021 - ceos.org
The Global Satellite Precipitation Constellation: current status and future requirements Page 1
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Precipitation Virtual Constellation The Global Satellite …