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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-521-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-521-2022
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Research article
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31 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 31 Jan 2022
| 31 Jan 2022
Improving thermodynamic profile retrievals from microwave radiometers by including radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) observations
Irina V. Djalalova
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Weather and Climate Dynamics, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
David D. Turner
Global Systems Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Laura Bianco
Weather and Climate Dynamics, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
James M. Wilczak
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
James Duncan
Weather and Climate Dynamics, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
now at: WindESCo, Burlington, MA, USA
Bianca Adler
Weather and Climate Dynamics, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Boulder, CO, USA
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
Daniel Gottas
Physical Sciences Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA
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Short summary
In this paper we investigate the synergy obtained by combining active (radio acoustic sounding system – RASS) and passive (microwave radiometer) remote sensing observations to obtain temperature vertical profiles through a radiative transfer model. Inclusion of the RASS observations leads to more accurate temperature profiles from the surface to 5 km above ground, well above the maximum height of the RASS observations themselves (2000 m), when compared to the microwave radiometer used alone.
In this paper we investigate the synergy obtained by combining active (radio acoustic sounding...
