Study of the liquid water in clouds with the “Microradkom” microwave system
E.N. Kadygrov, A.G. Gorelik, T.A. Tochilkina
Central Aerological Observatory, 3, Pervomayskaya str., Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, 141700, Russia
Keywords: cloud physics, microwave remote sensing, integral water vapour, liquid water in clouds
Subsection: TOPICAL ISSUE
Abstract
Results of study of liquid water in thin clouds and mist with the multichannel microwave radiometric system “Microradkom” are presented in the paper. The system includes 4 microwave radiometers: multichannel with frequencies of 53-58 GHz (tropospheric temperature profiling); scanning 56.6 GHz (atmospheric boundary layer temperature profiling); 22.235 GHz (with a sensitivity of 0,04 K at 1 s integration time for integral water vapor measurements); 37.5 GHz (with a sensitivity of 0.02 K at integration time of 1 s for integral liquid water measurements), and automatic meteostation and video system for cloud observations. Observations were provided in Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, from February 2012 to January 2014.
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