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Comparison of radio sounding and ground-based remote measurements of temperature profiles in the troposphere

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Abstract

A ground-based experiment on microwave temperature sounding in the troposphere with a RPG-HATPRO instrument, which has been performed at the Faculty of Physics, St. Petersburg State University since June, 2012, is described. On the basis of comparison of the results with radio sounding data, the temperature retrieval errors have been estimated using an algorithm provided by the manufacturer of the instrument. The errors have been compared with corresponding values for similar instruments functioning abroad. The conclusion has been drawn about a need to develop specialized algorithms and data processing procedures which include adaptation and correction of algorithms accounting for peculiarities of a specific instrument and experimental conditions.

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, ul. Ul’yanovskaya 1, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia

    N. A. Zaitsev, Yu. M. Timofeyev & V. S. Kostsov

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Zaitsev, Yu.M. Timofeyev, V.S. Kostsov, 2014, published in Optica Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Zaitsev, N.A., Timofeyev, Y.M. & Kostsov, V.S. Comparison of radio sounding and ground-based remote measurements of temperature profiles in the troposphere. Atmos Ocean Opt 27, 386–392 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856014050169

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