Satellite Retrievals of Total Column Water Vapour and Surface Emissivity During Arctic Winter

• Main Author: Perro, Christopher
• Other Authors: Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Dr. Charles Thomas McElroy, Dr. Theodore Monchesky, Dr. Glen Lesins, Dr. James Drummond, Dr. Thomas J. Duck, Not Applicable, Yes
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Satellite Measurements; Microwave; Water Vapour; Surface Emissivity; Reflectance ratio; Arctic regions; Winter; Data Analysis; Barrow (Alaska); ERA-interim; Reanalysis; Radiative Transfer; Surface Properties; Water vapor; Atmospheric; Arctic; Greenland; Perro; Barrow; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/73353

A new water vapour column retrieval using passive microwave satellite measurements is presented for use during the Arctic winter. The retrieval, named PLDC16 (Perro Lesins Duck Cadeddu 2016), uses measurements at the strong 183 GHz water vapour absorption line together with an auxiliary temperature...