Datastream : MWRP

Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals

Active Dates
2004.02.19 - 2012.10.03

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
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 )
Convection Convective available potential energy	J/Kg	cape ( time )
Cloud base height Derived cloud base height	meters above ground level	cloudBaseHeight ( time )
Data quality flags	unitless	dataQualityFlags ( time, height )
Atmospheric moisture Derived dewpoint temperature	K	dewpointTemperature ( time, height )
Elevation angle	degrees	elevation ( time )
Convection Equilibrium level	meters above ground level	equilibriumLevel ( time )
Convection 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 )
Convection Level of free convection	meters above ground level	levelFreeConvection ( time )
Convection Level of free convection pressure	hPa	levelFreeConvectionPres ( time )
Convection Lifting condensation level	meters above ground level	liftingCondensationLevel ( time )
Convection Lifting condensation level pressure	hPa	liftingCondensationLevelPres ( time )
Liquid water path 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 )
Liquid water path Retrieved liquid water path	mm	liquidWaterPath ( time )
Liquid water path 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
Atmospheric pressure 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 )
Atmospheric moisture Derived relative humidity	%	relativeHumidity ( time, height )
Atmospheric pressure Surface pressure at instrument	hPa	surfacePressure ( time )
Atmospheric moisture Surface relative humidity at instrument	%	surfaceRelativeHumidity ( time )
Atmospheric temperature Surface absolute temperature at instrument	K	surfaceTemperature ( time )
Atmospheric moisture Surface water vapor density at instrument	g/m^3	surfaceWaterVaporDensity ( time )
Atmospheric temperature 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 )
Precipitable water Retrieved total precipitable water vapor	cm	totalPrecipitableWater ( time )
Precipitable water 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
Virtual temperature Derived virtual temperature	K	virtualTemperature ( time, height )
Atmospheric moisture 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 )
Atmospheric moisture Derived water vapor mixing ratio	g/Kg	waterVaporMixingRatio ( time, height )
Flag indicating moisture sensor status	unitless	wetWindowFlag ( time )