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A review of surface-based microwave and millimeter-wave radiometric remote sensing of the troposphere

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Surface-based radiometric sensing of tropospheric parameters has a long history of providing useful measurements of temperature, water vapor, and cloud liquid. In this review, a general overview of physical fundamentals, measurement techniques, and retrieval methodology is given. Several contemporary instruments are then discussed and representative results are presented. Recent and promising developments include multi-frequency radiometers, scanning observations of clouds, and combined active-passive remote sensing. The primary applications of these new technologies are weather forecasting and climate, communications, geodesy and long-baseline interferometry, satellite data validation, air-sea interaction, and fundamental molecular physics.

Source: URSI Radio Science Bulletin

DOI: 10.23919/ursirsb.2004.7909438

Authors: E.R. Westwater, S. Crewell, C. Mätzler

Institutions: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, University of Bern

Language: English

Topic: Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

OpenAlex ID: W4376629635