Articles | Volume 14, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2737-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2737-2021
Research article
 | 
08 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 08 Apr 2021

Improving atmospheric path attenuation estimates for radio propagation applications by microwave radiometric profiling

Ayham Alyosef, Domenico Cimini, Lorenzo Luini, Carlo Riva, Frank S. Marzano, Marianna Biscarini, Luca Milani, Antonio Martellucci, Sabrina Gentile, Saverio T. Nilo, Francesco Di Paola, Ayman Alkhateeb, and Filomena Romano

Related authors

PyRTlib: an educational Python-based library for non-scattering atmospheric microwave Radiative Transfer computations
Salvatore Larosa, Domenico Cimini, Donatello Gallucci, Saverio Teodosio Nilo, and Filomena Romano
Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2023-171,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2023-171, 2023
Preprint under review for GMD
Short summary
Snow cover prediction in the Italian central Apennines using weather forecast and land surface numerical models
Edoardo Raparelli, Paolo Tuccella, Valentina Colaiuda, and Frank S. Marzano
The Cryosphere, 17, 519–538, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-519-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-519-2023, 2023
Short summary
Atmospheric boundary layer height from ground-based remote sensing: a review of capabilities and limitations
Simone Kotthaus, Juan Antonio Bravo-Aranda, Martine Collaud Coen, Juan Luis Guerrero-Rascado, Maria João Costa, Domenico Cimini, Ewan J. O'Connor, Maxime Hervo, Lucas Alados-Arboledas, María Jiménez-Portaz, Lucia Mona, Dominique Ruffieux, Anthony Illingworth, and Martial Haeffelin
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 433–479, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-433-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-433-2023, 2023
Short summary
Investigating 3D and 4D variational rapid-update-cycling assimilation of weather radar reflectivity for a heavy rain event in central Italy
Vincenzo Mazzarella, Rossella Ferretti, Errico Picciotti, and Frank Silvio Marzano
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 2849–2865, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2849-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-2849-2021, 2021
Short summary
Improvement of numerical weather prediction model analysis during fog conditions through the assimilation of ground-based microwave radiometer observations: a 1D-Var study
Pauline Martinet, Domenico Cimini, Frédéric Burnet, Benjamin Ménétrier, Yann Michel, and Vinciane Unger
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 6593–6611, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6593-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6593-2020, 2020
Short summary

Related subject area

Subject: Others (Wind, Precipitation, Temperature, etc.) | Technique: Remote Sensing | Topic: Data Processing and Information Retrieval
Version 8 IMK–IAA MIPAS temperatures from 12–15 µm spectra: Middle and Upper Atmosphere modes
Maya García-Comas, Bernd Funke, Manuel López-Puertas, Norbert Glatthor, Udo Grabowski, Sylvia Kellmann, Michael Kiefer, Andrea Linden, Belén Martínez-Mondéjar, Gabriele P. Stiller, and Thomas von Clarmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5357–5386, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5357-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5357-2023, 2023
Short summary
GNSS radio occultation excess-phase processing for climate applications including uncertainty estimation
Josef Innerkofler, Gottfried Kirchengast, Marc Schwärz, Christian Marquardt, and Yago Andres
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5217–5247, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5217-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5217-2023, 2023
Short summary
Impact analysis of processing strategies for long-term GPS zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD)
Jingna Bai, Yidong Lou, Weixing Zhang, Yaozong Zhou, Zhenyi Zhang, Chuang Shi, and Jingnan Liu
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 5249–5259, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5249-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-5249-2023, 2023
Short summary
Irradiance and cloud optical properties from solar photovoltaic systems
James Barry, Stefanie Meilinger, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Anna Herman-Czezuch, Nicola Kimiaie, Christopher Schirrmeister, Rone Yousif, Tina Buchmann, Johannes Grabenstein, Hartwig Deneke, Jonas Witthuhn, Claudia Emde, Felix Gödde, Bernhard Mayer, Leonhard Scheck, Marion Schroedter-Homscheidt, Philipp Hofbauer, and Matthias Struck
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4975–5007, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4975-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4975-2023, 2023
Short summary
Single field-of-view sounder atmospheric product retrieval algorithm: establishing radiometric consistency for hyper-spectral sounder retrievals
Wan Wu, Xu Liu, Liqiao Lei, Xiaozhen Xiong, Qiguang Yang, Qing Yue, Daniel K. Zhou, and Allen M. Larar
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 16, 4807–4832, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4807-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4807-2023, 2023
Short summary

Cited articles

Acosta, R. J., Nessel, J. A., Simons, R. N., Zemba, M. J., Morse, J. R., and Budinger J. M.: W/V-Band RF Propagation Experiment Design, 18th Ka and Broadband Communication Conference, available at: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120016067.pdf (last access: 31 July 2020), Ottawa, Canada, 24 September 2012, 2012. 
Bevington, P. R. and Keith Robinson, D.: Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences (3rd Edition), ISBN 0-07-247227-8, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY 10020, USA, 2003. 
Biscarini, M. and Marzano, F. S.: Generalized Parametric Prediction Model of the Mean Radiative Temperature for Microwave Slant Paths in All-Weather Condition, IEEE T. Antenn. Propag., 68, 1031–1043, 2020. 
Biscarini, M., Montopoli, M., and Marzano, F. S.: Evaluation of High-Frequency Channels for Deep-Space Data Transmission Using Radiometeorological Model Forecast, IEEE T. Antenn. Propag., 65, 1311–1320, 2017. 
Biscarini, M., Milani, L., Montopoli, M., De Sanctis, K., Di Fabio, S., Magde, K. M., Brost, G. A., and Marzano, F. S.: Exploiting Tropospheric Measurements From Sun-Tracking Radiometer for Radiopropagation Models at Centimeter and Millimeter Wave, IEEE J. Sel. Top. Appl., 12, 1697–1708, 2019. 
Download
Short summary
Telecommunication is based on the propagation of radio signals through the atmosphere. The signal power diminishes along the path due to atmospheric attenuation, which needs to be estimated to be accounted for. In a study funded by the European Space Agency, we demonstrate an innovative method improving atmospheric attenuation estimates from ground-based radiometric measurements by 10–30 %. More accurate atmospheric attenuation estimates imply better telecommunication services in the future.