Profile for Amita Mehta

Affiliation: JCET/UMBC
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6270
Fax: 301-614-5492

Overview

Education Ph.D. - 1991 - Atmospheric Science - Florida State University Research Interests - Satellite remote sensing and analysis of atmospheric water vapor, clouds, and precipitation - Intra-seasonal to interannual tropical climate variability - Infrared and microwave passive radiative transfer in the terrestrial atmosphere

Publications

Smith, E., G. Asrar, Y. Furuhama, A. Ginati, R.F. Adler, V. Casse, J. Durning, J. Entin, P. Houser, T. Iguchi, R. Kakar, J. Kaye, M. Kojima, C. Kummerow, V. Levizzani, M. Luther, A. Mehta, P. Morel, A. Mugnai, K. Nakamura, T. Nakazawa, S. Neeck, R. Oki, G. Raju, M. Shepherd, J. Simpson, E. Stocker, and J. Testud (2007). International Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Program and Mission: An overview. Measuring Precipitation from Space: EURAINSAT and the Future, 611-653.

Otterman J., D. Starr, T. Brakke, R. Davies, H. Jacobowitz, A. Mehta, F. Cheruy, and C. Prabhakara (1997). Modeling zenith-angle dependence of outgoing-longwave radiation: Implication for flux measurements. Remote Sens. Environ., 62, 91-100.