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Determination of vertical temperature profiles for the atmospheric boundary layer by ground-based microwave radiometry

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A useful method for remote sensing of vertical temperature profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer is described. From angular measurements of brightness temperature at 58 GHz, profiles have been inferred up to an altitude of 700 m. Calculations were done with an iterative inversion procedure (Smith et al., 1972) using Twomey-type smoothing (Twomey, 1963). It is shown how an initial-guess profile can be directly derived from the radiation measurements using, a nomogram.

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Schönwald, B. Determination of vertical temperature profiles for the atmospheric boundary layer by ground-based microwave radiometry. Boundary-Layer Meteorol 15, 453–464 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00120607

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