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

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1354

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399438

Filename

399438