Performance of commercial radiometers in very low temperature and pressure environments typical of polar regions and of the stratosphere: A laboratory study

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 558-569

  Su, Wenying ^a   Dutton, Ellsworth ^b   Charlock, Thomas P ^c   Wiscombe, Warren ^d  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTITASKING; PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); APPLIED (CO); BODY TEMPERATURES; CHAMBER PRESSURES; CLIMATE STUDIES; FLUX MEASUREMENTS; GROUND-BASED; HIGH-ALTITUDE PLATFORMS (HAP); LOW PRESSURE (LP); OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; POLAR REGIONS; PRESSURE DEPENDENCIES; PYRANOMETER; PYRANOMETERS; PYRGEOMETER; PYRGEOMETERS; RADIOMETER SENSITIVITY; SENSITIVITY INCREASES; TEMPERATURE CHANGING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCIES; UPPER TROPOSPHERE (UT); VACUUM CHAMBERS; VERY LOW TEMPERATURE (VLT);

TEMPERATURE;

FLUX MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; LOW PRESSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLAR REGION; RADIOMETER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 45749115772     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1005.1     Document Type: Article

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