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

Tropical Western Pacific

• Latitude: -2.06
• Longitude: 147.425
• Publication Date: 1996-10-11
• Start Date: 1996-10-11
• End Date: 2014-05-19
• Last Updated: 2017-08-30

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. 1996, updated hourly. Microwave Radiometer (MWRLOS). 1996-10-11 to 2014-05-19, Tropical Western Pacific (TWP) Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1). Compiled by M. Cadeddu, V. Morris and V. Ghate. ARM Data Center. Data set accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1046211.