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A power law fit to oxygen absorption at 60 GHz and its application to remote sensing of atmospheric temperatureThe paper presents an empirical study of the oxygen spectrum near 60 GHz with reference to its applicability to the remote sensing of the tropospheric and lower stratospheric temperature. It is demonstrated that the absorption coefficient of oxygen at 60 GHz can be fitted to the power law form with a relative rms error of about 8%. The power law form, when used in conjunction with the weighting function, permits the definition of some basic quantities in the passive remote sensing of the atmospheric temperature. It is shown how the power law form has been utilized in processing data from the Nimbus 5 microwave spectrometer experiment. The algorithm presented can be applied to spectrometer experiments at infrared frequencies.
Document ID
19800046468
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Poon, R. K. L.
(Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: Radio Science
Volume: 15
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
80A30638
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-21980
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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