Temperature sounding by RASS with wind profiler radars: a preliminary study

Author

May, Peter T. ; Strauch, Richard G. ; Moran, Kenneth P. ; Ecklund, Warner L.

Author_Institution

Cooperative Inst. for Res. in Environ. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1990

fDate

1/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

28

Abstract

The radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) is a method of remotely measuring atmospheric temperature profiles by combining acoustic and radar techniques. This method has been applied to wind profiler radars in Colorado, and excellent performance in both height coverage and accuracy has been obtained. Various acoustic source functions are examined, and it is shown that FM-CW acoustic signals are less susceptible to error than pulsed acoustic systems when using pulsed radars for RASS. The remotely determined temperature profiles are compared with co-located radiosonde soundings, and good agreement is found

Keywords

atmospheric acoustics; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; backscatter; radar applications; radar measurement; remote sensing; Colorado; FM-CW acoustic signals; United States; accuracy; acoustic source functions; atmospheric temperature profiles; error; height coverage; pulsed acoustic systems; pulsed radars; radio acoustic sounding system; remote sensing; wind profiler radars; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Acoustic waves; Atmospheric measurements; Backscatter; Doppler radar; Helium; Radar measurements; Temperature measurement; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.45742

Filename

45742