Abstract: The results of the cloud liquid water path (LWP) “land–sea” gradient retrieval from ground-based measurements of the downwelling microwave radiation near the Gulf of Finland coastline in the suburbs of Saint-Petersburg are presented. The measurements were carried out at the Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, by an RPG-HATPRO radiometer operating in the angular scanning mode. The inverse problem is solved by linear regression with the use of different statistical models of cloudiness for training the algorithm. Seven-year average values of the gradient of LWP for summer and winter have been obtained. The results demonstrate the presence of a positive “land–sea” gradient of LWP (larger values over the land and smaller values over the sea) in both periods, which qualitatively agrees with available satellite data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)602-609
Number of pages8
JournalAtmospheric and Oceanic Optics
Volume33
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020

    Research areas

  • cloud liquid water water path, horizontal inhomogeneity of atmospheric parameters, inverse problems, microwave radiometer, regression algorithm, remote sensing, troposphere

    Scopus subject areas

  • Oceanography
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Atmospheric Science

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