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RECOVERING THE VERTICAL CLOUD PROFILE USING ACTIVE-PASSIVE SENSING

heading: 
RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION, RADIOLOCATION AND REMOTE SENSING
Veselovskaya, AB, Kabanov, VA, Linkova, AM, Odnovol, AV, Tkachova, TA, Khlopov, GI, Khomenko, SI
Organization: 

O. Ya. Usikov Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
12, Proskura st., Kharkov, 61085, Ukraine

E-mail: khlopov@ire.kharkov.ua
https://doi.org/10.15407/rej2017.02.058
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The research regarding the liquid water content of clouds is quite important for the study of physical processes in the atmosphere, and development of ice protection system. The paper analyzes the possibilities of using the active-passive sounding method to restore the vertical profile of cloudiness with the use of measurements of its radio brightness temperature and radar data on its power. A description of the algorithm for processing radar and radiometric data, and the technical characteristics of the radiophysical active-passive sounding system is given. Also, the results of experimental studies of the water content profile for layered clouds obtained by the joint processing of radar and radiometer data at a wavelength of 3.2 cm and 0.8 cm are presented.
Keywords: altitude water profile, attenuation of signals in the atmosphere, cloud power, water content

Manuscript submitted 15.05.2017
Radiofiz. elektron. 2017, 22(2): 58-65
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