The retrieval of water vapor content under various cloud conditions as measured by the dual-frequency radiometer during the Zvenigorod-94 experiment

Author

Penrfiliev, Yu.P. ; Etkin, V.S. ; Dzura, M.S.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

239

Abstract

The results of microwave remote sensing of the atmosphere during the climate experiment Zvenigorod-94 conducted by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russ. Acad. Sci. are presented. Two ground-based K- and Ka-band radiometers were successfully operated in May-June 1994 in Zvenigorod (Moscow region). The dual-frequency K-band radiometer allowed to obtain directly water vapor content under cloud conditions. The data of water vapor content measurements derived from different retrieval techniques are compared. The data from radiosonde observations were also available. The influence of various cloud types on the accuracy of water vapor retrieval is investigated

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; microwave measurement; millimetre wave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; K-band; Ka-band; Moscow; Russia; SHF EHF; Zvenigorod-94 experiment; atmosphere meteorology; cloud conditions; dual-frequency radiometer d; humidity; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; mm wave millimetric; remote sensing; retrieval; troposphere; water vapour vapor; Aircraft; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Brightness temperature; Calibration; Clouds; Content based retrieval; Laser radar; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520247

Filename

520247