Title :
Frontiers in surface-based microwave and millimeter wavelength radiometry
Author :
Westwater, Ed R. ; Crewell, Susanne ; Mätzler, Christian
Author_Institution :
Cooperative Inst. for Res. in Environ. Sci., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
Surface-based radiometric sensing of atmospheric parameters has a long history of providing useful measurements of temperature, water vapor, and cloud liquid. In this Special Tributary Session to Professor Calvin Swift, several contemporary instruments are discussed and representative results are presented. Recent and promising developments include new absorption models, improved retrieval techniques, multifrequency radiometers, scanning observations of clouds, and combined active-passive remote sensing
Keywords :
atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; clouds; information retrieval; millimetre wave imaging; radiometry; remote sensing; Professor Calvin Swift; Special Tributary Session; absorption model; atmospheric temperature measurement; cloud scanning observations; combined active-passive remote sensing; millimeter wavelength radiometric sensing; multifrequency radiometer; retrieval techniques; surface-based microwave radiometry; water vapor/cloud liquid measurement; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric waves; Clouds; History; Microwave radiometry; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Surface waves; Temperature measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368647
