Microwave radiometric measurements of atmospheric temperature and water from an aircraft
| Autor: | David H. Staelin, Philip W. Rosenkranz, E. J. Johnston, Joe W. Waters, F. T. Barath, W. B. Lenoir, J. C. Blinn |
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| Rok vydání: | 1972 |
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Atmospheric Science
Ecology Spectrometer Aeronomy Paleontology Soil Science Forestry Aquatic Science Oceanography Atmospheric temperature Atmospheric sciences Troposphere Wavelength Geophysics Space and Planetary Science Geochemistry and Petrology Liquid water content Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Environmental science Water vapor Microwave Earth-Surface Processes Water Science and Technology Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Geophysical Research. 77:5833-5844 |
| ISSN: | 0148-0227 |
| Popis: | A five-channel microwave spectrometer operating near the 1.35-cm wavelength water vapor and the 5-mm wavelength oxygen resonances was flown in the NASA Convair 990 aircraft at altitudes near 12 km and used to infer layer thicknesses and water vapor and liquid water abundances in the troposphere. The calibration of the spectrometer and a multiple regression method of interpretation of the data obtained from the flights are described. Possible errors from clouds and from the terrestrial surface are discussed. Values of atmospheric layer thicknesses, water vapor content, and liquid water content inferred from microwave data obtained over two frontal systems are presented. The inferred values of 1000- to 500-mb and 500- to 250-mb thicknesses agree with directly measured values to within 15 meters at the places where the direct measurements were made. This agreement is equivalent to errors of less than 1 K in mean temperature. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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