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
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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