An investigation of atmospheric temperature, humidity and cloud detection techniques over the Arctic marine cryosphere.

dc.contributor.authorCandlish, Lauren
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeHanesiak, John (Environment and Geography) Bullock, Paul (Soil Science)en
dc.contributor.supervisorBarber, David (Environment and Geography)en
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-08T16:40:43Z
dc.date.available2011-04-08T16:40:43Z
dc.date.issued2011-04-08T16:40:43Z
dc.degree.disciplineEnvironment and Geographyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe veracity of a Radiometric Microwave Profiling Radiometer (MWRP) while mounted onboard a ship in the Arctic marine environment was assessed. The MWRP was validated against radiosonde data by calculating the RMS and bias for simultaneous measurements taken for temperature and absolute humidity profiles. The vertical resolution of the MWRP was calculated using the inter-level covariance method. Based on the comparisons, the MWRP provided reliable measurements of both temperature and absolute humidity while mounted on the CCGS Amundsen. Satellites CloudSat and Calipso were assessed over the Arctic marine cryosphere. Temperature and absolute humidity from the ECMWF-aux data product was compared with profiles from the ship based MWRP. The cloud base heights measured by the ceilometer and MWRP were compared to CloudSat and Calipso's GeoProf-lidar. Due to a large number of possible false detections, the constraints used by the GeoProf-lidar data product for cloud detection may need to be further refined.en
dc.description.noteMay 2011en
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/4489
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectSea Iceen
dc.subjectCloudsen
dc.subjectArcticen
dc.subjectCloudSaten
dc.subjectCalipsoen
dc.subjectMicrowave Profileren
dc.titleAn investigation of atmospheric temperature, humidity and cloud detection techniques over the Arctic marine cryosphere.en
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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