Influence of nonuniform vertical profile of cloud water content on the brightness temperature

Author

Tkacheva, Tatiana ; Linkova, A. ; Khlopov, Grygoriy

Author_Institution

Radar Dept., Usikov Inst. of Radiophys. & Electron., Kharkov, Ukraine

fYear

2013

fDate

5-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Algorithm of radiometer signal processing is considered for reconstruction of water content profile in clouds. The procedure of signal processing is described and results of numerical simulation of brightness temperature are presented at 8 mm and 32 mm wavelengths. The study is performed for different cloud thickness and various types of water content profiles. It was shown that water content profile strongly influences on dependence of brightness temperature on water content while it does not influence on dependence of brightness temperature on integral water content.

Keywords

atmospheric humidity; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; clouds; brightness temperature; cloud water content; integral water content; nonuniform vertical profile; radiometer signal processing algorithm; signal processing procedure; water content profile reconstruction; wavelength 32 mm; wavelength 8 mm; Attenuation; Brightness temperature; Clouds; Integral equations; Radiometry; Signal processing; brightness temperature; cloud; radar; radiometer; water content;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Processing Symposium (SPS), 2013

Conference_Location

Serock

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPS.2013.6623618

Filename

6623618