GROUND-BASED SENSING OF WATER-VAPOR IN THE STRATOSPHERE AND MESOSPHERE

被引:9
作者
THACKER, DL [1 ]
BEVILACQUA, RM [1 ]
WALTMAN, WB [1 ]
PAULS, TA [1 ]
GOMEZ, RM [1 ]
NEDOLUHA, GE [1 ]
SCHWARTZ, PR [1 ]
机构
[1] USN,RES LAB,WASHINGTON,DC 20375
关键词
D O I
10.1109/19.377851
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report on new developments of the WVMS instrument that provide extended altitude coverage (25-75 km) and precision that have not been achieved before with ground based microwave remote sensing of water vapor. This paper emphasizes the technical details of the instrument, experimental techniques, and especially accuracy and calibration issues.
引用
收藏
页码:355 / 359
页数:5
相关论文
共 12 条
[1]   VERTICAL RESOLUTION OF MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS BY GROUND-BASED MICROWAVE RADIOMETRY [J].
BEVILACQUA, RM ;
OLIVERO, JJ .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 1988, 93 (D8) :9463-9475
[2]   AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF WATER-VAPOR IN THE MID-LATITUDE MESOSPHERE USING GROUND BASED MICROWAVE TECHNIQUES [J].
BEVILACQUA, RM ;
OLIVERO, JJ ;
SCHWARTZ, PR ;
GIBBINS, CJ ;
BOLOGNA, JM ;
THACKER, DJ .
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 1983, 88 (NC13) :8523-8534
[3]  
BEVILACQUA RM, 1991, SPIE P, V1491
[4]  
NEDOLUHA G, UNPUB J GEOPHYS RES
[5]  
PARRISH A, 1987, RADIO SCI, V23
[6]  
PAULS TA, 1994, JAN URSI NAT RAD SCI
[7]  
PAULS TA, 1993, OBSERVING DISTANCE, P83
[8]  
POSPIESZALSKI M, 1990, MTT S DIG, P1253
[9]   MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF H2O IN THE STRATOSPHERE AND MESOSPHERE [J].
SCHWARTZ, PR ;
CROSKEY, CL ;
BEVILACQUA, RM ;
OLIVERO, JJ .
NATURE, 1983, 305 (5932) :294-295
[10]  
THACKER DL, 1992, JAN MRAD P