Recovering of atmospheric water vapor and liquid water contents by multifrequency radiometer: experiments and modeling

Author

Perfiliev, Yu.P.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Space Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1701

Abstract

The optimal pair of frequencies for dual-frequency radiometer presuming the presence of clouds and accounting on the possible accuracy of the instrument are investigated. The water vapor and liquid water contents retrieved from microwave measurements with dual-frequency radiometer were averaged over various types of clouds. To reduce the influence of strong cloud conditions the third frequency band is proposed. Optimal frequency set is estimated in the case of zenith-looking observation

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; clouds; humidity measurement; microwave measurement; millimetre wave measurement; radiometry; rain; remote sensing; 22.23 GHz; 37 GHz; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; cloud; humidity; liquid water content; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; millimetric radiometry; mm wave; multifrequency radiometer; precipitation; remote sensing; water vapor; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Content based retrieval; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Equations; Frequency estimation; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516775

Filename

516775