Air and sea surface temperature measurements using a 60 GHz microwave rotating radiometer

Author

Trokhimovski, Yuri G. ; Westwater, Ed R. ; Han, Yong

Author_Institution

Environ. Technol. Lab., NOAA, Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1110

Abstract

Data obtained from a single-channel 5-mm radiometer on a research vessel were used for study of sea water temperature and the temperature profile in the lower atmosphere. The technique has shown an accuracy for air-water temperature difference retrieval of about 0.1 K. Experimental values of air temperature gradient are compared with model predictions both under stable and unstable conditions

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; millimetre wave measurement; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; 60 GHz; 60 GHz microwave rotating radiometer; EHF; air-water temperature difference retrieval; sea surface temperature measurements; sea water temperature; stable conditions; temperature profile; unstable conditions; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Brightness temperature; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Predictive models; Radiometry; Rotation measurement; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;

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.1995.521153

Filename

521153