Investigation of ground-based microwave radiometer calibration techniques at 530 hPa

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2641-2658

  Maschwitz, G ^a   Lohnert U ^a   Crewell, S ^a   Rose, T ^b   Turner, D D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG)   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; HEATING; HUMIDITY; NITROGEN; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHILE;

EID: 84880380227     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-6-2641-2013     Document Type: Article

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