Measurement : Virtual temperature
The virtual temperature Tv = T(1 + rv/{epsilon}), where rv is the mixing ratio, and {epsilon} is the ratio of the gas constants of air and water vapor ( 0.622).
Categories
Atmospheric State
Instruments
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
- External Instruments
- Field Campaign Instruments
- ISSRWP : 915RWP Derived Data with Sonde at Altitude
- CESSNA-404-ARA : Airborne Research Australia Cessna 404
- ARA-DIMONA : Airborne Research Australia Dimona Aircraft Laser Altimeter and Fluxes
- CO2FLX : Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler
- RWP : Radar Wind Profiler
- 50RWP : Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz)
Value-Added Products
- RWPTEMP : RWP-Based Virtual Temperature Profile (Process)
- RWPTEMP : Radar Wind Profilers (RWP), 50 and 915 MHZ: virtual temperature profiles
Datastreams
- WPDN : Wind Profiler Demo Network Datastreams
- 06FSLWPDNRASS : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min RASS data
- 60FSLWPDNRASS : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): RASS data, 60-min
- 60WPDNRASS : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): RASS virtual temperature data, 60-min
- RWP : Radar Wind Profiler Datastreams
- 915RWPTEMPMOM : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): temperature moments
- 915RWPTEMPCON : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): temperature consensus data
- 915RWPTEMP : 915-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP915): virtual temperature profile data
- RUC : Rapid Update Cycle Model Data Datastreams
- FSLRUC60 : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: FSL output, 60 km resolution
- 50RWP : Radar Wind Profiler (50 MHz) Datastreams
- 50RWPTEMPMOM : 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RSP50): temperature moments
- 50RWPTEMPCON : 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP50): consensus temperature data
- 50RWPTEMP : 50-MHz Radar Wind Profiler/RASS (RWP50): virtual temperature profile data
- CO2FLX : Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems Datastreams
- 30CO2FLX4M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 4 m samples, 30-min stats
- 30CO2FLX60M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 60 m samples, 30-min avg
- 30CO2FLX25M : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 25 m samples, 30-min stats
- 30CO2FLX4MMET : Eddy Correlation CO2 Flux Data: 4 m samples, meteorological data, 30-min stats
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler Datastreams
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals