Short-term Prediction and Detection of Dynamic Atmospheric Phenomena by Microwave Radiometer
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Specific utilization of a microwave radiometer for online monitoring, detection and, especially, prediction of particular dynamic atmospheric phenomena such as precipitation and cloudiness is proposed in the paper. The ground-based microwave radiometer and meteorological stations were incorporated into the measurement campaign in order to observe and analyze actual brightness temperature changes. The characteristics of atmospheric parameters recorded over a period of 14 months were evaluated and new applications for rain forecasting and cloud detection, using specific features of signal variance, were proposed and validated.
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