The NCAR Microwave Temperature Profiler: Data applications from recent deployments

Author

Haggerty, John ; Schick, Kelly ; Mahoney, Michael J. ; Boon Lim

Author_Institution

Nat. Center for Atmos. Res., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

24-27 March 2014

Firstpage

133

Lastpage

135

Abstract

A Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) was developed for research with the NSF-NCAR Gulfstream-V aircraft. MTP is a scanning microwave radiometer that measures thermal emission at spectral lines in the 50-60 GHz oxygen complex. A statistical retrieval method derives vertical temperature profiles from the measurements using radiosonde profiles in the vicinity of the aircraft as a priori information. This paper describes application of MTP data for analysis of data collected in recent field projects with varied scientific objectives.

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric temperature; microwave measurement; radiometers; remote sensing; NCAR Microwave Temperature Profiler; O; frequency 50 GHz to 60 GHz; radiosonde profiles; scanning microwave radiometer; spectral lines thermal emission; statistical retrieval method; vertical temperature profiles; Aircraft; Microwave measurement; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; microwave radiometer; profiling; temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad), 2014 13th Specialist Meeting on

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-4645-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MicroRad.2014.6878924

Filename

6878924