Seminar: Sensing Cloud and Precipitation from Space

Dr Maki Kikuchi (Earth Observation Research Center, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Center for Water, Climate and Land (CWCL), the University of Newcastle) Serving as two key determinants of the planet’s radiation budget and the water cycle, cloud and precipitation have fundamental influences on the formation of the climate system. Satellite remote sensing of cloud and precipitation has evolved from the need to detect their spatial and temporal distribution characteristics on a global scale, to untangle their underlying complex processes... View Article