Precipitable water vapour estimation on the basis of sky temperatures measured by a single-pixel IR detector and screen temperatures under clear skies

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-286

  Maghrabi, A ^a   Clay, R ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clear sky; Energy budget; GPS; IR radiometer; Meteorology; Precipitable water vapour; Sky temperature

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; INFRARED DETECTORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METEOROLOGY; PIXELS; RADIOMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER VAPOR;

CLEAR SKY; ENERGY BUDGETS; IR RADIOMETERS; PRECIPITABLE WATER VAPOUR; SKY TEMPERATURES;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DETECTION METHOD; ENERGY BUDGET; EQUIPMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RADIOMETER; RADIOSONDE; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77956796807     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.168     Document Type: Article

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