The atmospheric boundary layer height is a key parameter characterizing this layer. The accurate evaluation of this parameter is critically important for almost all tropospheric research. Recently, remote sensing technique with the use of microwave passive radiometers is widely used for these purposes. IAP RAS performs continuous measurements of troposphere parameters (temperature and water vapor profiles) by the microwave profiler RPG HATPRO-G3. In this work, the dataset obtained during 2013 – 2018 is applied for determining the boundary layer height over Nizhny Novgorod. We compare the results with the estimation of boundary layer height from radiosonde data.
Measurements of atmospheric radiation over Nizhny Novgorod at the frequencies of the 5 mm band of molecular oxygen were carried out simultaneously with two devices: Spectroradiometer IAP RAS and RPG-HATPRO profiler. Comparison of the results at matching frequencies showed that the difference in the values of the measured brightness temperatures for a clear atmosphere in the zenith direction can reach 3 K, which significantly exceeds their variations during observation time. Such discrepancies should be taken into account when using these data to retrieval the troposphere temperature profile.
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