A multichannel radiometric profiler of temperature, humidity, and cloud liquid

Radio Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ware, Randolph ^a   Carpenter, Richard ^b   Güldner, Jürgen ^c   Liljegren, James ^d   Nehrkorn, Thomas ^e   Solheim, Fredrick ^a   Vandenberghe, Francois ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Weather Decision Technologies   (United States)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometer; Thermodynamic profiling; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

WATER VAPOR;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 0142188684     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002rs002856     Document Type: Review

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