Contents
1 An Introduction to Satellite-Based Applications and Research
for Understanding Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Alfred M. Powell Jr., John J. Qu, and Mannava V.K. Sivakumar
2 Calibrating a System of Satellite Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Changyong Cao, Ruiyue Chen, and Sirish Uprety
3 MODIS Instrument Characteristics, Performance, and Data
for Climate Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Vincent V. Salomonson and Xiaoxiong Xiong
4 Evaluation of the Temperature Trend and Climate Forcing
in the Pre- and Post Periods of Satellite Data Assimilation . . . . . . . 49
Alfred M. Powell Jr. and Jianjun Xu
5 Development of the Global Multispectral Imager Thermal
Emissive FCDRs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Xianjun Hao and John J. Qu
6 Global Precipitation Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ralph Ferraro and Thomas Smith
7 Developing a Historical Precipitation Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Thomas M. Smith
8 Atmospheric Temperature Climate Data Records from Satellite
Microwave Sounders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cheng-Zhi Zou
9 Monitoring Change in the Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Jeffrey R. Key, Xuanji Wang, and Yinghui Liu
10 Assessing Hurricane Intensity Using Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Mark DeMaria, John A. Knaff, and Raymond Zehr
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