COMPARISONS OF 93 GHZ RADIOMETER PREDICTED ATTENUATION WITH INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER-VAPOR MEASURED USING GPS

Authors
DAVIES OT WATSON PA
Citation
Ot. Davies et Pa. Watson, COMPARISONS OF 93 GHZ RADIOMETER PREDICTED ATTENUATION WITH INTEGRATED PRECIPITABLE WATER-VAPOR MEASURED USING GPS, Electronics Letters, 33(25), 1997, pp. 2114-2116
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2114 - 2116
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:25<2114:CO9GRP>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Comparisons are presented of integrated precipitable water vapour (IPW V) measured using phase delay measurements from GPS satellites and pre dicted attenuation from a zenith-pointing 93 GHz ground-based radiomet er. These results illustrate thr possibility of achieving high accurac y of measurement of IPWV using GPS and also open up a new method of ab solute calibration for radiometers, In addition, the results demonstra te the availability of a significant new tool for millimetre-wave radi o propagation prediction and event diagnosis.