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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-825-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-825-2017
Research article
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08 Mar 2017
Research article |  | 08 Mar 2017

Simultaneous retrieval of water vapour, temperature and cirrus clouds properties from measurements of far infrared spectral radiance over the Antarctic Plateau

Gianluca Di Natale, Luca Palchetti, Giovanni Bianchini, and Massimo Del Guasta

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We evaluate the simultaneous remote sensing of atmospheric vertical profiles of water vapour and temperature along with some micro-physical parameters, such as ice-particle effective diameter and ice water content of cirrus clouds, using far infrared spectral measurements of the downwelling longwave radiation. The developed methodology allows to retrieve the atmospheric state with good accuracy and high repetition rate, about 12 min, opening the capability to identify fast atmospheric events.
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