Estimation of Atmospheric Moisture Content from Microwave Radiometric Measurements during CCOPE
Open Access
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology
- Vol. 24 (3) , 266-274
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1985)024<0266:eoamcf>2.0.co;2
Abstract
We have applied a multiple linear regression technique to retrieve continuous sequences of atmospheric moisture profiles from a set of measured data. In this method the selection of an optimal subset of sensor channels plays a crucial role, in order to reduce the impact of data noise and redundancy. The data were obtained with a 4-channel remote-sensing microwave instrument carried aboard an aircraft. In contrast, most previously reported moisture profile retrievals from microwave radiometry have been used on simulated, discontinuous data. Although our data were obtained over a land surface with only a limited amount of correlative data, the retrievals were quite successful. Abstract We have applied a multiple linear regression technique to retrieve continuous sequences of atmospheric moisture profiles from a set of measured data. In this method the selection of an optimal subset of sensor channels plays a crucial role, in order to reduce the impact of data noise and redundancy. The data were obtained with a 4-channel remote-sensing microwave instrument carried aboard an aircraft. In contrast, most previously reported moisture profile retrievals from microwave radiometry have been used on simulated, discontinuous data. Although our data were obtained over a land surface with only a limited amount of correlative data, the retrievals were quite successful.Keywords
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