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Gradinarsky & Elgered 2000
Gradinarsky, L.P. and Elgered, G. (2000). Horizontal gradients in the wet path delay derived from four years of microwave radiometer data. Geophysical Research Letters 27: doi: 10.1029/2000GL011427. issn: 0094-8276.

We have analyzed four years of inferred wet path delay data from a microwave radiometer operating at 21.0 and 31.4 GHz. We have applied a four parameter gradient model to the wet delays, using different lengths of the time series for the gradient estimation. The mean gradient, averaged over 15 to 1440 minutes, varies between 0.9 and 0.4 mm and has a preferred direction towards the north-east. Increasing the averaging time causes the estimated gradient to decrease. The 15 minutes mean gradient is 1.3 mm for the summer months and 0.7 mm for the winter months. Structure function results are also presented. ¿ 2000 American Geophysical Union

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Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Instruments and techniques, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Remote sensing, Radio Science, Remote sensing
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Geophysical Research Letters
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