Microwave and millimeter-wave radiometric and radiosonde observations in an arctic environment

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1768-1777

  Mattioli, Vinia ^a   Westwater, E R ^b   Cimini, D ^c   Gasiewski, A J ^b   Klein, M ^b   Leuski, V Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION MEASUREMENT PROGRAMS; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; GROUND-BASED; GROUND-BASED SCANNING; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER PROFILERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPORS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; WATER VAPOR PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSONDES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER SATELLITES;

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; GPS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOSONDE; STRATOSPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 65549106119     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JTECHA1078.1     Document Type: Article

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