Title :
A new tomographic inversion method applied to satellite-ground links to obtain atmospheric components distribution
Author :
Giuli, D. ; Tanelli, S. ; Facheris, L. ; Cuccoli, F. ; Di Sepia, D.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica, Univ. di Firenze, Italy
Abstract :
The principle of tomographic imaging for reconstruction of 2D vertical sections of atmosphere is investigated. The proposed application is water vapor monitoring through attenuation measurements at 22 GHz
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; inverse problems; remote sensing; tomography; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 22 GHz; SHF; atmosphere; chemical composition; humidity; measurement technique; microwave method; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; satellite-ground link; tomographic inversion method; vertical section; water vapor; water vapour; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Attenuation measurement; Delay; Image reconstruction; Performance evaluation; Phase measurement; Remote monitoring; Signal resolution; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.771566
