Weighting Function Analysis for the Penn State Upper Atmospheric Water Vapor Microwave Radiometer Experiment.

Abstract

The measurement of water vapor in the middle atmosphere by microwave radiometry, using the 22.235 GHz water vapor absorption line, is being pursued at the Ionosphere Research Laboratory and the Department of Meteorology here at Penn State. In this report the weighting functions which are required in order to invert the radiance data to obtain the corresponding water vapor profile are derived and calculated. An examination of these weighting functions indicates that, with our instrument, water vapor measurements can successfully be made in the 50 to 85 km altitude range. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102634

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Bevilacqua

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Military Research
  • Observatories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Planetary Sciences
  • Radiometry
  • Space Sciences
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Spectroscopy.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.