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a) The microwave signal over land is contaminated by diurnal temperature
changes, making retrieval impractical.
b) Retrieval of these products depends upon the changing surface roughness
of the ocean.
c) These products are heavily influenced by varying and largely unknown
amounts of soil moisture, making retrieval impractical over land.
d) The surface wind speed product depends upon ocean surface roughness
and retrieval of TPW and CLW over land is impractical due to large emissivities/brightness
temperatures that mask the cloud water and water vapor signals. |