mwrlos

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.

Water, liquid, total along line-of-sight path
Radiation, longwave, brightness temp, 23.8 GHz
Water vapor, total along line-of-sight path

MAGIC (Marine ARM GPCI Investigation of Clouds); Mobile Facility

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• Publication Date: 2012-10-01
• Start Date: 2012-10-01
• End Date: 2013-09-26
• Last Updated: 2013-10-29

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

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2012, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRLOS). 2012-10-01 to 2013-09-26, ARM Mobile Facility (MAG) Los Angeles, CA to Honolulu, HI - container ship Horizon Spirit; AMF2 (M1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211.