Validation of ground-based microwave radiometers at 22 GHz for stratospheric and mesospheric water vapor

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Haefele, A ^a   De Waehter, E ^a   Hocke, K ^a   Kampfer N ^a   Nedoluha, G E ^b   Gomez, R M ^b   Eriksson, R ^c   Forkman, R ^c   Lambert, A ^d   Schwartz, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALTITUDE RANGE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; DATA SETS; GLOBAL MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; GROUND BASED; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; GROUND-BASED SYSTEMS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; PLANETARY WAVES; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE DATA; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPECTROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; STRONG CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; WATER VAPOR PROFILE;

WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MESOSPHERE; MICROWAVE LIMB SOUNDER; MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 72049099309     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011997     Document Type: Article

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