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Improvements and complications involved with adding an 85-GHz channel to cloud liquid water radiometers by Bobak, J.P., Ruf, C.S.

“…The improvement in cloud-liquid estimates by a microwave radiometer with the addition of measurements at 85 GHz is quantified. Atmospheric emission is…”
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Satellite calibration and validation utilizing the Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) by Bobak, J.P., Dowgiallo, D.J., vonRentzell, T.E., McGlothlin, N.R.

“…The Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) was designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., as a tool for…”
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An algorithm for improving the retrieval of cloud liquid water and water vapor using effective radiating temperature of clouds by Bobak, J.P., Ruf, C.S.

“…An algorithm is discussed which can significantly lower the rms errors in integrated cloud liquid water and water vapor retrieval from radiometric brightness…”
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On the correlation of area-extensive measurement of fractional area whitecap coverage with microwave brightness temperatures by Bobak, J.P., Asher, W.E., Dowgiallo, D.J., Anguelova, M.D.

“…On August 21, 2007, while mounted in a U.S. Navy P3 aircraft, the Naval Research Laboratorypsilas Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR)…”
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Calibration and validation activities of the Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer - APMIR by Bobak, J.P., Dowgiallo, D.J., McGlothlin, N.R., vonRentzell, T.E.

“…The Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) was designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory as a tool for calibration and validation…”
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AZIMUTHAL DEPENDENCE OF THE MICROWAVE EMISSION FROM FOAM GENERATED BY BREAKING WAVES AT 18.7 AND 37 GHz by Padmanabhan, S., Reising, S.C., Asher, W.E., Rose, L.A., Gaiser, P.W., Bobak, J.P., Dowgiallo, D.J., Anguelova, M.

“…The need to improve retrieval of the surface wind vector and sea surface temperature (SST) from WindSat and the upcoming NPOESS Conical Microwave Imager…”
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Azimuthal Variation of the Emissivity of Foam From C and X Band Polarimetric Measurements by Rose, L.A., Bobak, J.P., Gaiser, P.W., Anguelova, M.D., Dowgiallo, D.J., Asher, W.E., Reising, S.C., Padmanabhan, S.

“…Sea foam increases surface emission and brightness temperature at microwave frequencies. Together with the surface roughness, it is a key component of the…”
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APMIR: airborne polarimetric microwave imaging radiometer by Bobak, J.P., Dowgiallo, D.J., McGlothlin, N.R., St Germain, K.M.

“…APMIR is a new instrument that is currently under construction at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. The system will include channels from…”
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An economical and highly accurate attitude and position determination system for airborne polarimetric sensors by Dowgiallo, D.J., Bobak, J.P., McGlothlin, N.R., St Germain, K.M.

“…An economical and highly accurate Attitude and Position Determination System (APDS) has been investigated for aircraft polarimetric science. The trend towards…”
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Prediction of water vapor scale height from integrated water vapor measurements by Bobak, J.P., Ruf, C.S.

“…A method for estimating the 10% height of water vapor in the atmosphere is presented. This 10% height is the altitude below which 10% of the atmospheric water…”
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APMIR: an airborne polarimeter designed for high accuracy by Bobak, J.P., Hicks, B.C., Rose, L.A., McGlothlin, N.R., Quinn, S.R., Dowgiallo, D.J., vonRentzell, T.E.

“…The Airborne Polarimetric Microwave Imaging Radiometer (APMIR) has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. This instrument was designed primarily as a…”
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