Title :
A simple method to estimate clear air refractivity profile in the stably stratified marine atmospheric boundary layer
Author :
Xiangming Guo ; Shifeng Kang ; Yusheng Zhang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Key Lab. of Electromagn. Environ., China Res. Inst. of Radio-wave Propagation, Qingdao, China
Abstract :
A method to estimate clear air atmospheric refractivity profile in the stable marine atmospheric boundary layer is presented. The method is based upon the extended similarity theory for the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer and determines the refractivity profile from measuring atmospheric pressure, air temperatures, air humidity and wind speed at a single height within the marine atmospheric surface layer, and sea surface temperature. The proposed method is simple to determine electromagnetic propagation effects for radar, communication over sea.
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric pressure; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; ocean temperature; radiowave propagation; refractive index; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; wind; air humidity; air temperatures; atmospheric pressure; clear air atmospheric refractivity profile; electromagnetic propagation effects; extended similarity theory; sea surface temperature; stably stratified marine atmospheric boundary layer; wind speed; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Humidity; Ocean temperature; Refractive index; Sea surface; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929672
