Abstract
Abstract High-resolution passive microwave observations within the stratiform regions of two different tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems are investigated in detail. The observations were obtained from the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer (AMPR) during the Tropical Ocean and Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. The AMPR records data at 10.7, 19.35, 37.1, and 85.5 GHz. Data collected during one ER-2 leg over the stratiform regions of each system are examined in detail. (Each leg is well coordinated with the low-flying WP-3s.) The passive microwave observations of the two stratiform regions, with similar surface rain rates, are found to differ significantly from one another. The average 85.5-GHz brightness temperature was 30 K colder on 22 February compared with 20 February. This greater ice scattering on 22 February is found to be consistent with the simultaneous radar reflectivity profile, which shows that upper-level reflectivities are greater through a de...
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