Abstract
Simulation of the brightness temperatures at frequencies of AMSR and AMSR-E radiometers and algorithms for retrieval of the integrated atmospheric parameters, sea surface temperature and sea surface wind are described. The developed algorithms were used to process Aqua and ADEOS-II microwave measurements over the ocean. Efficiency of satellite microwave sensing in combination with ancillary remote and in situ data is demonstrated by analysis of diurnal warming in the Okhotsk Sea and the various marine weather systems. AMSR/AMSR-E data were applied for detection of a warm core of the tropical cyclones and estimation of their central pressure, for investigation of structure and parameters of intense mesoscale vortices and mesoscale convective cells and rolls.
