Title :
Improved rapid transmittance algorithm for microwave sounding channels
Author :
Rosenkranz, Philip W.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. of Electron., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Improvements to a rapid transmittance algorithm for the Advanced Microwave Sounding Units A and B are described. The improved algorithm includes water-line self-broadening, and can compute transmittances at pressure levels other than the pre-computed set of levels
Keywords :
atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; microwave propagation; remote sensing; Advanced Microwave Sounding Units; improved rapid transmittance algorithm; microwave sounding channels; pressure levels; water-line self-broadening; Algorithm design and analysis; Artificial satellites; Cloud computing; Frequency; Instruments; Integral equations; Laboratories; Passband; Physics computing; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699564
