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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2633-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2633-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
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21 Jun 2016
Research article |
| 21 Jun 2016
Differential absorption radar techniques: water vapor retrievals
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Matthew Lebsock
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Nathaniel Livesey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
Simone Tanelli
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Short summary
We discuss the theoretical capabilities of a radar technique to measure profiles of water vapor in cloudy/precipitating areas. The method uses two radar pulses at different frequencies near the 183 GHz H2O absorption line to determine water vapor profiles by measuring the differential absorption on and off the line. Results of inverting synthetic data assuming a satellite radar are presented.
We discuss the theoretical capabilities of a radar technique to measure profiles of water vapor...
