1. Analysis of QFW-6000 microwave radiometer detection performance in coastal areas of Fujian.
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WU Youzhen, LIU Tongqiang, CHEN Yonghang, ZHAO Bingke, LIU Qiong, CHEN Quan, and XU Yunhong
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MICROWAVE radiometers ,TEMPERATURE inversions ,ATMOSPHERIC boundary layer ,STANDARD deviations ,ATMOSPHERIC temperature ,MIDDLE atmosphere - Abstract
The inversion data of the microwave radiometer atmospheric temperature profile were systematically analyzed with the temperature observation data of the microwave radiometer in coastal areas of Fujian. By comparing the microwave radiometer temperature inversion data with sounding and ERA5 temperatures, the ability of microwave radiometer to detect atmospheric temperature and the quality of the inversion data were analyzed, and the microwave radiometer inversion data were further applied to analyze the daily variation of atmospheric temperature in the boundary layer. The results show that the microwave radiometer temperature is in good agreement with the sounding temperature, with a correlation coefficient of 0.971, a mean deviation of 2.716 °C, and a root mean square error of 5.131 °C; the greater the intensity of rainfall, the more significant the effect of rainfall on the accuracy of the microwave radiometer in detecting atmospheric temperature. The correlation coefficients, mean deviations and root mean square errors of ERA5 and microwave radiometer are consistent from month to month; the temperature deviations between ERA5 and microwave radiometer in the middle atmosphere are smaller than those in the near-surface and upper atmosphere in each month; above 2 km in height, the temperature profiles of ERA5 and microwave radiometer are consistent. Above 2 km in altitude, the trend of ERA5 and microwave radiometer temperature profiles are basically the same. Below 3 km altitude, the daily variation of summer temperature is smaller than that of winter temperature at the same altitude. With the increase of altitude, the variation of atmospheric temperature in summer is large and that in winter is small [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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