Datastream : MWRP
Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals
Active Dates
2004.02.19 - 2012.09.21
Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State, Cloud Properties
Originating Instrument
Microwave Radiometer Profiler (MWRP)
Measurements
Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.
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Measurement | Units | Variable |
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Azimuth angle | degrees | azimuth |
Base time in Epoch | seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00 | base_time |
Internal blackbody reference temperature | K | blackbodyTemperature ( time ) |
Microwave brightness temperature | K | brightnessTemperature ( time, frequency ) |
Convective available potential energy | J/Kg | cape ( time ) |
Derived cloud base height | meters above ground level | cloudBaseHeight ( time ) |
Data quality flags | unitless | dataQualityFlags ( time, height ) |
Derived dewpoint temperature | K | dewpointTemperature ( time, height ) |
Elevation angle | degrees | elevation ( time ) |
Equilibrium level | meters above ground level | equilibriumLevel ( time ) |
Equilibrium level pressure | hPa | equilibriumLevelPres ( time ) |
Frequency | gHz | frequency ( frequency ) |
Height | meters above ground level | height ( height ) |
Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um | K | infraredTemperature ( time ) |
Level of free convection | meters above ground level | levelFreeConvection ( time ) |
Level of free convection pressure | hPa | levelFreeConvectionPres ( time ) |
Lifting condensation level | meters above ground level | liftingCondensationLevel ( time ) |
Lifting condensation level pressure | hPa | liftingCondensationLevelPres ( time ) |
Retrieved cloud liquid water content | g/m^3 | liquidWaterContent ( time, height ) |
Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water content retrieval | g/m^3 | liquidWaterContentRmsError ( height ) |
Retrieved liquid water path | mm | liquidWaterPath ( time ) |
Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | mm | liquidWaterPath2 ( time ) |
Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | mm | liquidWaterPath2RmsError |
Expected root-mean-square error in liquid water path retrieval | mm | liquidWaterPathRmsError |
Derived pressure | hPa | pressure ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Internal blackbody reference temperature | unitless | qc_blackbodyTemperature ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Microwave brightness temperature | unitless | qc_brightnessTemperature ( time, frequency ) |
Quality check results on field: Convective available potential energy | unitless | qc_cape ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived cloud base height | unitless | qc_cloudBaseHeight ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived dewpoint temperature | unitless | qc_dewpointTemperature ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Equilibrium level | unitless | qc_equilibriumLevel ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Equilibrium level pressure | unitless | qc_equilibriumLevelPres ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Zenith-pointing infrared temperature at 10um | unitless | qc_infraredTemperature ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Level of free convection | unitless | qc_levelFreeConvection ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Level of free convection pressure | unitless | qc_levelFreeConvectionPres ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Lifting condensation level | unitless | qc_liftingCondensationLevel ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Lifting condensation level pressure | unitless | qc_liftingCondensationLevelPres ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved cloud liquid water content | unitless | qc_liquidWaterContent ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved liquid water path | unitless | qc_liquidWaterPath ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | unitless | qc_liquidWaterPath2 ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived pressure | unitless | qc_pressure ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived relative humidity | unitless | qc_relativeHumidity ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Surface pressure at instrument | unitless | qc_surfacePressure ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Surface relative humidity at instrument | unitless | qc_surfaceRelativeHumidity ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Surface absolute temperature at instrument | unitless | qc_surfaceTemperature ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Surface water vapor density at instrument | unitless | qc_surfaceWaterVaporDensity ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved absolute temperature | unitless | qc_temperature ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Time offset from midnight | unitless | qc_time ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved total precipitable water vapor | unitless | qc_totalPrecipitableWater ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | unitless | qc_totalPrecipitableWater2 ( time ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived virtual temperature | unitless | qc_virtualTemperature ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Retrieved water vapor density | unitless | qc_waterVaporDensity ( time, height ) |
Quality check results on field: Derived water vapor mixing ratio | unitless | qc_waterVaporMixingRatio ( time, height ) |
Derived relative humidity | % | relativeHumidity ( time, height ) |
Surface pressure at instrument | hPa | surfacePressure ( time ) |
Surface relative humidity at instrument | % | surfaceRelativeHumidity ( time ) |
Surface absolute temperature at instrument | K | surfaceTemperature ( time ) |
Surface water vapor density at instrument | g/m^3 | surfaceWaterVaporDensity ( time ) |
Retrieved absolute temperature | K | temperature ( time, height ) |
Expected root-mean-square error in temperature retrieval | K | temperatureRmsError ( height ) |
Time offset from midnight | time ( time ) | |
Time offset from base_time | time_offset ( time ) | |
Retrieved total precipitable water vapor | cm | totalPrecipitableWater ( time ) |
Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | cm | totalPrecipitableWater2 ( time ) |
Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz | cm | totalPrecipitableWater2RmsError |
Expected root-mean-square error in precipitable water retrieval | cm | totalPrecipitableWaterRmsError |
Derived virtual temperature | K | virtualTemperature ( time, height ) |
Retrieved water vapor density | g/m^3 | waterVaporDensity ( time, height ) |
Expected root-mean-square error in water vapor density retrieval | g/m^3 | waterVaporDensityRmsError ( height ) |
Derived water vapor mixing ratio | g/Kg | waterVaporMixingRatio ( time, height ) |
Flag indicating moisture sensor status | unitless | wetWindowFlag ( time ) |
Locations
- North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
- Black Forest, Germany (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
- Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
- Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
- ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
- ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
- Point Reyes, CA (M1)
Contact(s)
Maria Cadeddu
(630) 252-7408
mcadeddu@anl.gov