Open AccessApplication of microwave remote sensing data for Indian summer monsoon studies
Author(s) -
V. Sathiyamoorthy,
B. Simón,
P. C. Joshi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v54i1.1504
Subject(s) - monsoon , microwave , environmental science , remote sensing , climatology , cloud cover , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , cloud computing , computer science , telecommunications , operating system
Microwave remote sensing is increasingly being used for studying the atmospheric and oceanic processes for the last few decades. Advantage of the microwave sensors is that they can see through the clouds and to some extent rain. Monsoon studies received considerable thrust from microwave remote sensing because clouds cover most parts of Asia during the summer monsoon season and the visible and infrared sensors poorly perform over this region. This paper summarizes the significant results obtained towards the understanding and forecasting of Indian summer monsoon especially monsoon onset, intraseasonal oscillation of monsoon, diurnal variability of rainfall and boundary layer fluxes with the help of microwave remote sensing.