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.

Total liquid water along LOS path
IR Brightness Temperature
Total water vapor along LOS path

Southern Great Plains

• Latitude: 36.605216
• Longitude: -97.487684
• Publication Date: 2001-03-21
• Start Date: 2001-03-21
• End Date: 2009-04-26
• Last Updated: 2016-03-29

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. 2001, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRLOS). 2001-03-21 to 2009-04-26, Southern Great Plains (SGP) Lamont, OK (Extended, secondary) (E14). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211.