Retrieval of atmospheric water vapor density with fine spatial resolution using three-dimensional tomographic inversion of microwave brightness temperatures measured by a network of scanning compact radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3708-3721

  Padmanabhan, Sharmila ^a   Reising, Steven C ^a   Vivekanandan, Jothiram ^a   Iturbide Sanchez, Flavio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Atmospheric measurement; Electromagnetic tomography; Humidity measurement; Microwave radiometry; Remote sensing; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; REMOTE SENSING; TOMOGRAPHY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY; REMOTE-SENSING; WATER VAPOR DENSITY; WATER VAPOR FIELDS; WATER VAPOUR;

RADIOMETERS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; HUMIDITY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESOLUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TOMOGRAPHY; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350646895     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2031107     Document Type: Article

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