gvr

The G-band vapor radiometer (GVR) provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from four double sideband channels around the 183.31-GHz water vapor line. Atmospheric emission in this spectral region is primarily due to water vapor, with some influence from liquid water. The GVR is approximately 30 times more sensitive to water vapor than the two-channel microwave radiometer (MWR) for a precipitable water vapor (PWV) amount of less than 2.5 mm. Measurements from this instrument are, therefore, especially useful during low-humidity conditions (PWV < 5 mm).

North Slope Alaska

• Latitude: 71.323
• Longitude: -156.609
• Publication Date: 2006-09-28
• Start Date: 2006-09-28
• End Date: 2020-12-01
• Last Updated: 2020-12-03

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Virendra Ghate

Argonne National Laboratory

Maria Cadeddu

Argonne National Laboratory

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1095594
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2006, updated hourly. G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer (GVR). 2006-09-28 to 2020-12-01, North Slope Alaska (NSA) Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1095594.