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Atmospheric Emission and Absorption at Millimeter Wavelengths
Author(s) -
Falcone Vincent J.,
Wulfsberg Karl N.,
Gitelson Samuel
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs006i003p00347
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , attenuation , millimeter , absorption (acoustics) , wavelength , atmosphere (unit) , sky , physics , computational physics , environmental science , optics , atmospheric sciences , materials science , astrophysics , meteorology
We simultaneously measured atmospheric emission and absorption under clear sky conditions at frequencies of 15 and 35 GHz and compared the values with those calculated from the radiative transfer equation. The measurements show that atmospheric attenuation determined from emission and absorption measurements agree within experimental error and that the calculated values of attenuation agree with the measurements on a statistical basis when the Gross form factor is used with the model of a plane stratified atmosphere.