Microwave narrowband brightness temperature
Measurement Categories: Radiometric
Description: A descriptive measure of radiation in terms of the temperature of a hypothetical black body emitting an identical amount of radiation in the same narrow bands of wavelengths.
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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
- Field Campaign Instruments
- Airborne L-band Microwave Radiometer and Radar (LMWRR-AIR)
- Circular Scanning Radiometer (CSR)
- JPL Microwave Radiometer (MWR-JPL)
- Microwave Radiometer (MWR)
- Microwave Radiometer - ETL (MWR-ETL)
- Millimeter Wave Radiometer (MMWR)
- Millimeter-wave Imaging Radiometer (MIR)
- NOAA P-3 Aircraft (NOAA-P3)
- PNNL's Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory (PARSL)
- Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer (PSR)
Value-Added Products (VAPs) including the measurement
- (MWRAVG) Microwave Radiometer Averages in 1- and 5-Minute Increments Process