Title :
Monitoring of atmospheric water around precipitation events using a scanning ground-based microwave radiometer
Author :
Basili, P. ; Bonafoni, S. ; Biondi, R. ; Mattioli, V. ; Ciotti, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Perugia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
This work considers the use of a dual-frequency, ground-based microwave radiometer with scanning capabilities to investigate the behaviour of the atmosphere in terms of precipitable water vapour and integrated cloud liquid before precipitation events.
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric precipitation; atmospheric techniques; clouds; radiometry; atmospheric water around precipitation monitoring; dual-frequency; integrated cloud liquid; precipitable water vapour; scanning capability; scanning ground-based microwave radiometry; Atmosphere; Clouds; Frequency; Global Positioning System; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Monitoring; Rain; Sampling methods; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294727
