Remote sensing of cloud properties and rainfall: three decades of satellite observations over Australia
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Open access
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Date
2017Supervisor
Prof. Mervyn Lynch
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Thesis
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PhD
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Science and Engineering
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Abstract
A remote sensing study of global and Australian cloud cover was undertaken using a combination of High-resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) and MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data for a 31-year period (1985 to 2015). Regional characterisations of potential rain clouds were investigated in the Southwest and Kimberley regions of Western Australia using satellite-derived cloud physical and micro-physical properties (cloud top pressure, cloud effective emissivity, cloud top temperature, cloud optical thickness and cloud effective radius).
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