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Atmospheric Opacity and Precipitable Water Vapor Determined by the Microwave Radiometer MOPS

Atmospheric Opacity and Precipitable Water Vapor Determined by the Microwave Radiometer MOPS. Hermann J. Berg. Zulema Abraham, Jorge Raffaelli IAG-USP (Astronomi a) Carlos Morales, Artemio Plana-Fattori IAG-USP (Ciências Atmosféricas) Gerd Hochschild IMK-FZK (Karlsruhe, Germany).

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Atmospheric Opacity and Precipitable Water Vapor Determined by the Microwave Radiometer MOPS

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  1. Atmospheric Opacity and Precipitable Water Vapor Determined by the Microwave Radiometer MOPS Hermann J. Berg Zulema Abraham, Jorge Raffaelli IAG-USP (Astronomia)Carlos Morales, Artemio Plana-Fattori IAG-USP (Ciências Atmosféricas)Gerd Hochschild IMK-FZK (Karlsruhe, Germany)

  2. Example: MOPS Output Voltage

  3. Radiometer Calibration Radiometer Output:

  4. Radiative Transfer Equation

  5. Model for MOPS Output Voltage • Radiative Transfer Equation for a One-Layer-Model of the Atmosphere: • Two Point Radiometer Calibration:

  6. Example: Brightness Temperature Elevation Scan

  7. Zenith Opacities

  8. Correlation: PWV / Opacity PWV = 2.97 + 141.53 * 

  9. PWV in Rondônia

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