APPLICATION OF STATISTICAL ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES TO GROUND-BASED PASSIVE PROBING OF THE TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE

Abstract

The theory of radiative transfer in the microwave region is discussed. A method for the numerical solution of a Fredholm integral equation of the first kind is derived and illustrated. A least-squares analysis of microwave absorption data to determine line width for water vapor and oxygen is presented. Calculations of the error covariance matrix and quality-criterion values to be expected when the probing for the tropospheric temperature structure from microwave emission measurements are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0652697

Entities

People

  • Ed R. Westwater
  • Otto Neall Strand

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Accuracy
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric Temperature
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Equations
  • Ground Based
  • Integral Equations
  • Inversion
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Normal Distribution
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Radiation
  • Water Vapor

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  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis