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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-555-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-555-2025
Research article
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31 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 31 Jan 2025

Developments on a 22 GHz microwave radiometer and reprocessing of 13-year time series for water vapour studies

Alistair Bell, Eric Sauvageat, Gunter Stober, Klemens Hocke, and Axel Murk

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Hardware and software developments have been made on a 22 GHz microwave radiometer for the measurement of middle-atmospheric water vapour near Bern, Switzerland. Previous measurements dating back to 2010 have been re-calibrated and an improved optimal estimation retrieval performed on these measurements, giving a 13-year dataset. Measurements made with new and improved instrumental hardware are used to correct previous measurements, which show better agreement than the non-corrected dataset.
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