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Alphabetized List Measurement Categories

Liquid water path

Measurement Categories: Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties

Description: A measure of the weight of the liquid water droplets in the atmosphere above a unit surface area on the earth, given in units of kg m-2.

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Instruments that produce the measurement

The above measurement is considered scientifically relevant for the following instruments. Refer to the datastream (netcdf) file headers of each instrument for a list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

• ARM Instruments
  • Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
  • Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWRP)
• Field Campaign Instruments
  • JPL Microwave Radiometer (MWR-JPL)
  • MWR Retrievals (MWRRET)
  • Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
  • Microwave Radiometer - ETL (MWR-ETL)
  • Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWRP)
  • Minnis Cloud Products Using Visst Algorithm (VISST)

Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement

• (MWRAVG) Microwave Radiometer Averages in 1- and 5-Minute Increments Process
  • 1mwravg - Microwave Radiometer (MWR): brightness temps and water amounts, 1-minute avg
  • 5mwravg - Microwave Radiometer (MWR): 5-minute average integrated vapor and liquid water

Datastreams including the measurement

• mwrlos - Microwave Water Radiometer (MWR): water liq. & vapor along line of sight (LOS) path
• mwrp - Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals

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