SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE SUBPOLAR HYDROLOGICAL FRONT FROM MICROWAVE RADIOMETRIC SATELLITE DATA

A. G. Grankov, A. A. Milshin, and N. K. Shelobanova

The paper illustrates the potential of microwave radiometric satellite methods of the analysis of spatial and temporal contrasts of total water content of the atmosphere and clouds, sea-level wind speed, and vertical turbulent fluxes of the total (sensible and latent) heat at the sea-air interface in the area of subpolar hydrological front of the North Atlantic. The analysis is made based on the microwave radiometer SSM/I data from the US meteorological satellite F-08 (DMSP) during a stationary phase of the NEWFOUEX-88 experiment in the Newfoundland energy active zone in March 1988.