Abstract: A modular design for a ground-based thermodynamic profiler is presented, based on experience with a six-channel microwave radiometer that has provided temperature, pressure, and moisture measurements continuously, unattended, ...

Abstract: Profiles of atmospheric temperature and water vapor derived from ground-based microwave radiometric measurements are compared with concurrent rawinsonde profiles including both clear and cloudy cases. Accuracies of the ...

Abstract: During the 1978 PHOENIX experiment at the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory in Colorado, the presence of atmospheric gravity waves was detected by various independent remote sensing instruments. Fluctuations in the zenith ...

Abstract: This study validates the predicted association between frequency of dry microburst occurrence and large temperature lapse rate. In applying lapse rate trend data and high time resolution data from remote sensors, we first ...

Abstract: land surface scheme with and without groundwater?vegetation interactions is used to explore the impact of rainfall variability on transpiration over drought-vulnerable regions of southeastern Australia. The authors demonstrate ...

Abstract: An instrument that remotely senses the integrated amounts of water vapor and liquid on a path through the atmosphere is discussed. The vapor and liquid are measured simultaneously but independently by microwave radiometers. ...

Abstract: This paper describes the results of a three-week experiment in which ground-based microwave radiometricmeasurements were combined with VHF radar measurements of tropopause height to yield vertical temperature profiles. ...

Abstract: AbstractGlobal climate models play an important role in quantifying past and projecting future changes in drought. Previous studies have pointed to shortcomings in these models for simulating droughts, but systematic ...

Abstract: Three in-situ and five remote sensing techniques for measuring the height of the daytime convective boundary layer were compared. There was, as a rule, good agreement between the different systems when the capping inversion ...

Abstract: A remote-sensing system for continuously profiling the troposphere is discussed; the prototype Profiler utilizes radio wavelengths, thereby achieving essentially all-weather operation. Designed for unattended operation, ...