A network suitable microwave radiometer for operational monitoring of the cloudy atmosphere

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-200

  Rose, Thomas ^a   Crewell, Susanne ^b   Löhnert, Ulrich ^b   Simmer, Clemens ^c  

^a Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary layer profiling; Microwave radiometry; Radiometer technology; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MAINTENANCE; MICROWAVE DEVICES; SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; HIGH-QUALITY OBSERVATIONS; LIQUID WATER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS;

RADIOMETERS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD WATER; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 19144370595     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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