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Ground-based microwave temperature profilers: Potential and experimental data

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Calculated (potential) and experimental parameters (accuracy, vertical resolution, and calibration) of ground-based temperature profilers are analyzed. At the moment, single-channel scanning microwave profilers (MTP-5) are widely used for atmospheric boundary layer temperature profile measurements, and multifrequency microwave radiometers (MP-3000A, RPG-HATPRO, and MICRORADCOM) are used for tropospheric temperature profiling. Data of the MICRORADCOM profiler, which operated from January 1, 2014, to January 1, 2015, in Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, are considered in more detail.

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Original Russian Text © E.N. Kadygrov, E.V. Ganshin, E.A. Miller, T.A. Tochilkina, 2015, published in Optika Atmosfery i Okeana.

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Kadygrov, E.N., Ganshin, E.V., Miller, E.A. et al. Ground-based microwave temperature profilers: Potential and experimental data. Atmos Ocean Opt 28, 598–605 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102485601506007X

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