A 22 GHz mobile microwave radiometer for the study of stratospheric water vapor

Author

Motte, E. ; Ricaud, P. ; Niclas, M. ; Gabard, B. ; Gangneron, F.

Author_Institution

CNRS / Univ. Toulouse, Toulouse

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

4415

Lastpage

4418

Abstract

We present a new compact ground-based microwave radiometer dedicated to the study of middle atmospheric water vapor. The instrument detects the 6₁₆- 523 H₂O transition line at 22.235 GHz. This radiometer has been designed to be easily transported and operated during measurement campaigns in remote places. The first retrievals, performed with the MOLIERE inversion and radiative transfer software, show good agreement with MIAWARA, the 22 GHz Radiometer developed at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and the Microwave Limb Sounder instrument onboard the Aura satellite.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric measuring apparatus; radiometers; stratosphere; Aura satellite; MIAWARA; MOLIERE software; Microwave Limb Sounder instrument; frequency 22.235 GHz; ground based microwave radiometer; mobile microwave radiometer; stratospheric water vapor; Antarctica; Atmospheric measurements; Bandwidth; Hydrogen; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Satellite broadcasting; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423833

Filename

4423833