Title :
Characterizations of temporal variations in atmospheric water vapor
Author :
Jarlemark, Per O J ; Elgered, Gunnar
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio & Space Sci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
1/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Microwave radiometer measurements of temporal variations in the amount of atmospheric water vapor are characterized by using “structure functions”. The power-law indexes of the functions for time lags in the range 1-8 h are approximately 1.0, while a model predicts the value 2/3
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; humidity measurement; microwave measurement; microwave propagation; millimetre wave measurement; millimetre wave propagation; radiometry; remote sensing; troposphere; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; 21 GHz; 31.4 GHz; EHF; SHF; atmosphere; humidity; measurement technique; microwave propagation; microwave radiometry; power-law index; radiowave propagation; structure function; structure functions; temporal variation; time lag; troposphere; water vapor; water vapour; wet delay; Atmospheric modeling; Delay; Geology; Global Positioning System; Level measurement; Microwave radiometry; Observatories; Passive microwave remote sensing; Physics; Space technology;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
