Atmospheric observations with E-band microwave links – challenges and opportunities

Fencl, Martin; Dohnal, Michal; Valtr, Pavel; Grabner, Martin; Bareš, Vojtěch

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6559-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6559-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6559-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 12

Research article

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04 Dec 2020

Research article |

| 04 Dec 2020

Atmospheric observations with E-band microwave links – challenges and opportunities

Martin Fencl, Michal Dohnal, Pavel Valtr, Martin Grabner, and Vojtěch Bareš

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6559-2020-supplement

Data sets

Data and code for the paper Atmospheric Observations with E-band Microwave Links – Challenges and Opportunities Martin Fencl, Michal Dohnal, Martin Mudroch, and Vojtech Bares https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4090953

Model code and software

Data and code for the paper Atmospheric Observations with E-band Microwave Links – Challenges and Opportunities Martin Fencl, Michal Dohnal, Martin Mudroch, and Vojtech Bares https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4090953

Short summary

Commercial microwave links operating at E-band frequencies are increasingly being updated and are frequently replacing older infrastructure. We show that E-band microwave links are able to observe even light rainfalls, a feat practically impossible to achieve by older 15–40 GHz devices. Furthermore, water vapor retrieval may be possible from long E-band microwave links, although the efficient separation of gaseous attenuation from other signal losses will be challenging in practice.