Deciphering the Signatures of Oceanic Convective Rain Cells Using Simultaneous Observations From C‐Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Onboard EOS‐04 Satellite and GPM Measurements

Earth Observation Satellite (EOS)‐04 launched on 14 February 2022, carries a C‐band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Agriculture, Forestry, Hydrology, and Flood mapping applications. In this paper, we have used C‐band SAR images and near‐simultaneous observations from the global precipitation measurements (GPM) to study the signatures of multiple convective rain cells. The bright patches are found on C‐band SAR imagery, which depicts the information of hydrometeors such as graupels or hails in the melting layer. For the first time, unambiguously estimated the diameter of the convective core rain cells from the C‐band SAR backscattered signal and compared with near‐simultaneous observations from GPM‐GMI and Ku‐band radar to confirm our findings. Thus, the present study demonstrates the potential of C‐band SAR for identifying the signatures of convective rain cells.

• Publication year

  2023

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  Geophysical Research Letters

• Publication date

  2023-03-02

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  DOI 10.1029/2022GL102317
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