Microwave Water Radiometer (MWR): airmasses, brightness temperatures (TIP mode) (mwrtip)

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The microwave radiometer (MWR) provides time-series measurements of column-integrated amounts of water vapor and liquid water. The instrument itself is a sensitive microwave receiver that detects the microwave emissions of the vapor and liquid water molecules in the atmosphere at two frequencies: 23.8 and 31.4 GHz.

Integrated water vapor and liquid water path are derived from radiance measurements with a statistical retrieval algorithm that uses monthly derived and location-dependent linear regression coefficients.

Measurements

Location

AWARE (ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment)
  • Latitude: -79.468
  • Longitude: -112.086
  • Publication Date: 2015-12-06
  • Start Date: 2015-12-06
  • End Date: 2016-01-17
  • Last Updated: 2016-02-16

Instrument Mentor

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

Victor Morris
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Virendra Ghate
Argonne National Laboratory
Maria Cadeddu
Argonne National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025255
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2015, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRTIP). 2015-12-06 to 2016-01-17, ARM Mobile Facility (AWR) West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), Antarctica; Supplemental Site (S1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1025255.