Title :
Characterizing Atmospheric Turbulence and Instrumental Noise Using Two Simultaneously Operating Microwave Radiometers
Author :
Nilsson, Tobias ; Elgered, Gunnar ; Gradinarsky, Lubomir
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio & Space Sci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg
Abstract :
We present an investigation on the correlation between slant wet delays in different directions using two radiometers. A scaling factor for the atmospheric turbulence is estimated on a daily basis using data from one single or both radiometers. The result agree at the ~30% level. We also make tests by increasing the integration in order to decrease the radiometer noise. We show that the retrieved atmospheric variability does not significantly depend on the integration time
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric turbulence; microwave measurement; noise; radiometers; Astrid radiometer; Konrad radiometer; Onsala Space Observatory; atmospheric turbulence; atmospheric variability; microwave radiometers; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Delay; Instruments; Microwave technology; Observatories; Radiometers; Refractive index; Space technology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677102