Engineering
4 years ago

New radiometer measures water vapor and cloud liquid content with precision.

Kishocho Kenkyu Jiho/Kishocho kenkyu jiho
MEASUREMENT OF WATER VAPOR AND CLOUD LIQUID WATER CONTENT BY A DUAL-CHANNEL GROUND-BASED MICROWAVE RADIOMETER
Conglong Zhao, Cai Huaqing, Song Yu-dong, Bin Lin, Peiyuan Xu

Paper Summary

A new ground-based microwave device was created to measure water vapor and cloud liquid in the atmosphere. It uses a unique method for calibration and algorithms to analyze the data. The device was compared to traditional weather balloons and showed accurate results for both water vapor levels and cloud liquid content.

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