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Temperature and Humidity Profiling in the Arctic Using Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Radiometry and 1DVAR by Cimini, Domenico, Westwater, Ed R., Gasiewski, Albin J.

“…A 1-D variational (1DVAR) retrieval technique has been developed for obtaining temperature and humidity profiles from observations of the Ground-Based Scanning…”
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Columnar water vapor retrievals from multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer data by Alexandrov, Mikhail D., Schmid, Beat, Turner, David D., Cairns, Brian, Oinas, Valdar, Lacis, Andrew A., Gutman, Seth I., Westwater, Ed R., Smirnov, Alexander, Eilers, James

“…The multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer (MFRSR) measures direct and diffuse irradiances in the visible and near‐infrared spectral range. In addition to…”
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Analysis of integrated cloud liquid and precipitable water vapor retrievals from microwave radiometers during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean project by Westwater, Ed R., Han, Yong, Shupe, Matthew D., Matrosov, Sergey Y.

“…We investigated a variety of factors that influence the determination of precipitable water vapor (V) and integrated cloud liquid (L) by dual‐channel microwave…”
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Ground-Based Millimeter- and Submillimeter-Wave Observations of Low Vapor and Liquid Water Contents by Cimini, D., Westwater, E.R., Gasiewski, A.J., Klein, M., Ye Leuski, V., Liljegren, J.C.

“…Ground-based observations at millimeter (mm) and submillimeter (submm) wavelengths were collected at the atmospheric radiation measurement program site at…”
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Comparison of Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Observations and Simulations in the Arctic Winter by Cimini, D., Nasir, F., Westwater, E.R., Payne, V.H., Turner, D.D., Mlawer, E.J., Exner, M.L., Cadeddu, M.P.

“…During the Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign (RHUBC), held in February-March 2007, three millimeter-wave radiometers were operated at the…”
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The Ground-Based Scanning Radiometer: A Powerful Tool for Study of the Arctic Atmosphere by Cimini, D., Westwater, E.R., Gasiewski, A.J., Klein, M., Leuski, V.Y., Dowlatshahi, S.G.

“…Measurements of water vapor and clouds in the polar regions are difficult, because conventional instruments show little sensitivity (~1.3 K/mm) to low amounts…”
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Forward model studies of water vapor using scanning microwave radiometers, global positioning system, and radiosondes during the cloudiness intercomparison experiment by Mattioli, V., Westwater, E.R., Gutman, S.I., Morris, V.R.

“…Brightness temperatures computed from five absorption models and radiosonde observations were analyzed by comparing them with measurements from three microwave…”
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Accuracy of ground-based microwave radiometer and balloon-borne measurements during the WVIOP2000 field experiment by Cimini, D., Westwater, E.R., Yong Han, Keihm, S.J.

“…We discuss the performances of a set of four microwave water vapor radiometers operating in the 20-30-GHz band during a field experiment, with an emphasis on…”
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An assessment of microwave absorption models and retrievals of cloud liquid water using clear-sky data by Marchand, Roger, Ackerman, Thomas, Westwater, Ed R., Clough, Shepard A., Cady-Pereira, Karen, Liljegren, James C.

“…Passive microwave radiometers have a long history in the remote sensing of atmospheric liquid and water vapor. Retrievals of these quantities are sensitive to…”
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Correction to “Preface to special section: Remote Sensing of the Earth’s Environment by Microwave Radiometers and Radar (MARS)” by Westwater, Ed R., Vivekanandan, J.

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Air and sea surface temperature measurements using a 60-GHz microwave rotating radiometer by Trokhimovski, Y.G., Westwater, E.R., Yong Han, Leuski, V.Y.

“…Data obtained from a single-channel scanning 5 mm radiometer on a research vessel were used for the study of sea surface temperature and lower-atmospheric…”
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Thermodynamic Atmospheric Profiling During the 2010 Winter Olympics Using Ground-Based Microwave Radiometry by Cimini, D., Campos, E., Ware, R., Albers, S., Giuliani, G., Oreamuno, J., Joe, P., Koch, S. E., Cober, S., Westwater, E.

“…Ground-based microwave radiometer profilers in the 20-60-GHz range operate continuously at numerous sites in different climate regions. Recent work suggests…”
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Preface to special section: Remote Sensing of the Earth's Environment by Microwave Radiometers and Radar by Westwater, Ed R., Vivekanandan, J.

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Determination of cloud liquid water content using the SSM/I by Alishouse, J.C., Snider, J.B., Westwater, E.R., Swift, C.T., Ruf, C.S., Snyder, S.A., Vongsathorn, J., Ferraro, R.R.

“…As part of a calibration/validation effort for the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), coincident observations of SSM/I brightness temperatures and…”
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Sea-air and boundary layer temperatures measured by a scanning 5-mm-wavelength radiometer: Recent results by Westwater, Ed R., Han, Yong, Irisov, Vladimir G., Leuskiy, Vladimir Y., Trokhimovski, Yuri G., Fairall, Christopher W., Jessup, Andrew T.

“…A scanning 5‐mm‐wavelength (60 GHz) radiometer was deployed during two recent experiments. The first was in September–October in 1995 when the Environmental…”
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Temperature and Humidity Profiling in the Arctic Using Ground-Based Millimeter-Wave Radiometry and 1DEAR by CIMINI, Domenico, WESTWATER, Ed R, GASIEWSKI, Albin J

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Analysis and improvement of tipping calibration for ground-based microwave radiometers by Yong Han, Westwater, E.R.

“…The tipping-curve calibration method has been an important calibration technique for ground-based microwave radiometers that measure atmospheric emission at…”
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Foreword to the Special Issue on the 10th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad'08) by Macelloni, Giovanni, Paloscia, Simonetta, Pampaloni, Paolo, Westwater, ED R.

“…The 14 papers in this special issue are organized into topical areas and applications, which are in the general order of the MicroRad technical sessions:…”
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A Review of Ground-Based Remote Sensing of Temperature and Moisture by Passive Microwave Radiometers by Askne, Jan I. H., Westwater, Ed R.

“…Remote sounding of atmospheric variables by groundbased microwave radiometers has proved to be useful for several applications. These radiometers are used to…”
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High Temporal-Resolution Infrared-Radiometric Observations of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer by Ciotti, Piero, Silbermann, Agnes, Solimini, Domenico, Westwater, Ed R.

“…An experiment designed to study the relationship of radiometric fluctuations to those of temperature and associated variables in the atmospheric boundary layer…”
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