Analysis and Assimilation of Microsized Satellite-based Data in Tropical Cyclone Monitoring

Abstract

The need for low-cost, mission-flexible, and rapidly deployable spaceborne sensors that meet stringent performance requirements pervades extreme weather monitoring programs focused on intense rainfall and cyclone forecasting. In this paper we describe recent technology developed to address these challenges through the use of radiometers on micro-sized microwave sounding satellites which operates as part of a constellation. This paper focuses on specification determination and development of microsized microwave radiometer and its applications in extreme weather and aims at assimilating microwave observations for fast-evolving weather systems as well as entire globe using a optimally designed small satellite constellation.