Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel: airmasses, brightness temperatures (TIP mode) (mwr3ctip)

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The microwave radiometer 3-channel (MWR3C) provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from three channels centered at 23.834, 30, and 89 GHz. These three channels are sensitive to the presence of liquid water and precipitable water vapor.

Measurements

Location

Gunnison, CO, USA; Mobile Facility (SAIL) - Gunnison, CO; AMF2 (main site for SAIL)
  • Latitude: 38.956158
  • Longitude: -106.987856
  • Publication Date: 2022-01-11
  • Start Date: 2022-01-11
  • End Date: 2023-04-16
  • Last Updated: 2023-06-14

Instrument Mentor

https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#mwr3c

Maria Cadeddu
Argonne National Laboratory
Matt Tuftedal
Argonne National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1973372
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2022. Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel (MWR3CTIP). 2022-01-11 to 2023-04-16, ARM Mobile Facility (GUC) Gunnison, CO; AMF2 (main site for SAIL) (M1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu and M. Tuftedal. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1973372.