Weighted mean tropospheric temperature and transmittance determination at millimeter-wave frequencies for ground-based applications

Radio Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 905-918

  Ingold, T ^a   Peter, R ^a   Kampfer N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPOSPHERE; ERRORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MILLIMETER WAVE PROPAGATION MODEL; ZENITH TRANSMITTANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; MILLIMETER WAVES;

ACTUAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH ALTITUDE SITES; MILLIMETER WAVE FREQUENCIES; MILLIMETER-WAVE PROPAGATION MODEL; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; TEMPERATURE PROPERTIES; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032115375     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98RS01000     Document Type: Article

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