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

Browse Data

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

Oliktok Point, Alaska, USA; Mobile Facility
  • Latitude: 70.495
  • Longitude: -149.886
  • Publication Date: 2015-08-01
  • Start Date: 2015-08-01
  • End Date: 2020-12-01
  • Last Updated: 2020-12-03

Instrument Mentor

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

Virendra Ghate
Argonne National Laboratory
Maria Cadeddu
Argonne National Laboratory

DOI / Citation

http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1182058
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2015, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer, 3 Channel (MWR3CTIP). 2015-08-01 to 2020-12-01, ARM Mobile Facility (OLI) Oliktok Point, Alaska; AMF3 (M1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1182058.