Title :
Latitudinal structure of middle atmospheric water vapor revealed by shipboard microwave spectroscopy
Author :
Schrader, Capt Mark L ; Croskey, Charles L. ; Olivero, John J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Meteorol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
A shipboard latitude survey of middle atmospheric water vapor was made from 40° North to 60° South by microwave radiometry. Baseline effects are removed by a new channel-referencing technique. Retrieval differences between model and measured temperature profiles are shown to be negligible. Both a hemispheric distribution and time-height cross section plots are included
Keywords :
UHF measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric techniques; mesosphere; meteorology; microwave measurement; microwave spectroscopy; radiofrequency spectroscopy; radiometry; remote sensing; stratosphere; 22.235 GHz; H2O; LADIMAS; UHF spectroscopy; channel-referencing; chemical composition; hemispheric distribution; humidity; latitude; measurement technique; mesosphere; microwave radiometry; middle atmosphere; remote sensing; shipboard microwave spectroscopy; spatial distribution; stratosphere; time-height cross section plots; water vapour vapor; Brightness temperature; Electronic mail; Instruments; Laboratories; Meteorology; Microwave communication; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Spectroscopy; Terrestrial atmosphere;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1497-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399438
