Global satellite composites — 20 years of evolutionReview ArticleVolumes 135–136, January 2014, Pages 8-34Richard A. Kohrs, Matthew A. Lazzara, Jerrold O. Robaidek, David A. Santek, Shelley L. KnuthAbstractClose research highlightsPDF (12644 K)Supplementary contentHighlights•Significant improvements have been made to the algorithms used to produce global composites of satellite data.•Different applications require unique compositing techniques.•Challenges still exist with temporal differences and parallax displacement where multi-satellite observations intersect.•Composites are valuable for scientific, operational and educational applications.Open AccessOpen Access ArticleGridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description
For two decades, the University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) have been creating global, regional and hemispheric satellite composites. These composites have proven useful in research, operational forecasting, commercial applications and educational outreach. Using the Man computer Interactive Data System (McIDAS) software developed at SSEC, infrared window composites were created by combining Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES), and polar orbiting data from the SSEC Data Center and polar data acquired at McMurdo and Palmer stations, Antarctica. Increased computer processing speed has allowed for more advanced algorithms to address the decision making process for co-located pixels. The algorithms have evolved from a simplistic maximum brightness temperature to those that account for distance from the sub-satellite point, parallax displacement, pixel time and resolution. The composites are the state-of-the-art means for merging/mosaicking satellite imagery.
Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA; Antarctic Meteorological Research Center, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA;Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1225 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53706, USA
d Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Richard A. Kohrsa,,Author Vitae,等. Global satellite composites — 20 years of evolutionReview ArticleVolumes 135–136, January 2014, Pages 8-34Richard A. Kohrs, Matthew A. Lazzara, Jerrold O. Robaidek, David A. Santek, Shelley L. KnuthAbstractClose research highlightsPDF (12644 K)Supplementary contentHighlights•Significant improvements have been made to the algorithms used to produce global composites of satellite data.•Different applications require unique compositing techniques.•Challenges still exist with temporal differences and parallax displacement where multi-satellite observations intersect.•Composites are valuable for scientific, operational and educational applications.Open AccessOpen Access ArticleGridded lightning climatology from TRMM-LIS and OTD: Dataset description[J]. Atmospheric Research,2014-01-01,Volumes 135–136