mwrlos
Microwave Water Radiometer (MWR): water liq. & vapor along line of sight (LOS) path (mwrlos)
Browse DataThe 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
Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; Mobile Facility (CAP-MBL)
- Latitude: 39.0911
- Longitude: -28.0297
- Publication Date: 2009-04-30
- Start Date: 2009-04-30
- End Date: 2011-01-06
- Last Updated: 2012-01-06
Instrument Mentor
https://www.arm.gov/connect-with-arm/organization/instrument-mentors/list#mwr
Victor Morris
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryVirendra Ghate
Argonne National LaboratoryMaria Cadeddu
Argonne National LaboratoryDOI / Citation
http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2009, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRLOS). 2009-04-30 to 2011-01-06, ARM Mobile Facility (GRW) Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; AMF1 (M1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211.
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2009, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRLOS). 2009-04-30 to 2011-01-06, ARM Mobile Facility (GRW) Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; AMF1 (M1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211.