Measurement : Atmospheric moisture
The moisture content of the air as indicated by several measurements including relative humidity, specific humidity, dewpoint, vapor pressure, water vapor mixing ratio, and water vapor density; note that precipitable water is a separate type.
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
- AERI : Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
- SONDE : Balloon-Borne Sounding System
- CO2FLX : Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems
- ECOR : Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System
- TWR : Facility-specific multi-level Meteorological Instrumentation
- ISSSONDE : Integrated Sounding System
- MWRHF : Microwave Radiometer - High Frequency
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler
- RL : Raman Lidar
- SOIL : Soil Measurement from the SGP
- MET : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
- SMET : Surface Meteorological Instruments for TWP
- SMOS : Surface Meteorological Observation System Instruments for SGP
- SURTHREF : Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference System for Sondes
- METTWR : Surface and Tower Meteorological Instrumentation at NSA
- TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
- THWAPS : Temperature, Humidity, Wind and Pressure Sensors
- External Instruments
- ACARS : Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System
- SONDE : Balloon-Borne Sounding System
- ETA : Eta Model Runs
- ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
- ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
- GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
- ISSSONDE : Integrated Sounding System
- KSUMESO : Kansas State University Mesonet
- MAPS : Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System
- MOLTS : Model Output Location Time Series
- NOAASURF : NOAA Surface Meteorology Data, collected by NWS and NCDC
- NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System
- NWSUPA : National Weather Service Upper Air Measurements
- OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet
- RUC : Rapid Update Cycle Model Data
- TAO : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean from Buoys
- USDARAD : US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Radiation Monitoring Data
- WPDN : Wind Profiler Demo Network
- Field Campaign Instruments
- 5MM-MWR : 5mm Scanning Radiometer
- AERIPROF : AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature
- AERIPLUS-UWISC : AERIPLUS-University of Wisconsin
- CESSNA-404-ARA : Airborne Research Australia Cessna 404
- ARA-DIMONA : Airborne Research Australia Dimona Aircraft Laser Altimeter and Fluxes
- AIRCRAFTCABIN : Aircraft Cabin Parameters (e.g. attitude, motion, ambient state)
- DLH : Ames Diode Laser Hygrometer
- AERI : Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer
- SONDE : Balloon-Borne Sounding System
- REPLICATOR : Balloon-borne Ice Crystal Replicator
- CO2FLX : Carbon Dioxide Flux Measurement Systems
- CMH : Chilled Mirror Hygrometer
- CM-SONDE : Chilled Mirror Sonde
- QMEAERILBL : Comparison of Statistics or Clouds data from AERI vs. LBLRTM Model runs
- VARANAL : Constrained Variational Analysis
- CM-CRYO : Cryogenic Chilled Mirror Hygrometer
- LIDAR-DIAL : Dial Lidar
- ECOR : Eddy Correlation Flux Measurement System
- EC-CONVAIR580-BULK : Environment Canada Convair 580 Bulk Parameters
- ETA : Eta Model Runs
- ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses
- ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data
- FTIR-RAOB : Fourier Transform Infrared Radiometer and Raobs
- RL-GSFC : GSFC Raman Lidar
- GOES : Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
- GLIDERSONDE : Glidersonde (Oklahoma University)
- G-1 : Gulfstream
- HOP : Helicopter Observation Platform
- MIRAI : JAMSTEC Research Vessel Mirai
- LASE : LASE-airborne Dial System
- MFRSR-WV1MICH : MFRSR-WV-Michalsky1
- MERGED-COMMON : Merged data- common timestamp
- UAV-MET-OTTER : Meteorology from UAV-Twin Otter
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler
- MMWR : Millimeter Wave Radiometer
- DC8-NASA : NASA DC-8
- SONDE-CLASS : NCAR CLASS Sounding System
- GPS-NCAR : NCAR GPS
- NOAA-P3 : NOAA P-3 Aircraft
- RONBROWN : NOAA Research Vessel Ron Brown
- NOAASURF : NOAA Surface Meteorology Data, collected by NWS and NCDC
- KITE-NOAA : NOAA Tethered Kite
- SYNOPTIC-MAPS : National Climatic Data Center Synoptic Maps
- NRC-CONVAIR580 : National Research Council - Canada CONVAIR 580
- ISLAND-GUEST-INSTRUMENTS : Nauru Island guest instruments
- O3SONDE : Ozone Sonde, from Fall 1995 IOP
- PARSL : PNNL's Atmospheric Remote Sensing Laboratory
- RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles
- RL : Raman Lidar
- SOAR : Shipboard Oceanographic and Atmospheric Radiation
- SOIL : Soil Measurement from the SGP
- SFCFLUX : Surface Flux
- MET : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation
- TDMA : Tandem Differential Mobility Analyzer
- TETHERSONDE-CM : Tethersonde With Chilled Mirror
- TWRMR : Tower Water-Vapor Mixing Ratio
- OTTER : Twin Otter
- UAV-ALTUS : UAV Altus
- UAV-ALTUS-MET : UAV Altus Meteorology Package
- UAV-PROTEUS : UAV Proteus
- UAV-EGRETT : UAV-Egrett
- UAV-GNAT : UAV-General Atomics GNAT
- SFCMETUMIAMI : University of Miami Surface Meteorology
- CITATION : University of North Dakota Citation Aircraft
- UW-CONVAIR580 : University of Washington Convair 580 Aircraft
- GPSWV : Water Vapor from Global Positioning System line-of-sight
- WRF-CHEM : Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model Output
- WPDNGPS : Wind Profiler Demonstration Network GPS
Value-Added Products
- ARMBE : ARM Best Estimate Data Products (Process)
- ARMBEATM : ARMBE: Atmospheric measurements
- SUOMIGPS : SuomiNet Global Positioning System (Process)
- 30SUOMIGPS : SuomiNet GPS: 30-min averages
- GOESWATER : Water Profiles from GOES Satellite Data (Process)
- MERGESONDE : Merged Sounding (Process)
- MERGESONDE1MACE : Merged Sounding profiles derived with first Mace algorithm
- MERGESONDE2MACE : Merged Sounding profiles derived with second Mace algorithm
- LSSONDE : Microwave Radiometer-Scaled Sonde Profiles (Process)
- LSSONDE : BBSS: derived, relative humidity scaled with MWR
- AERIPROF : AERI Profiles of Water Vapor and Temperature (Process)
- AERIPROF : AERI: profiles of temperature and mixing ratio
- QMEAERIPROF : QME: derived AERI, tower, sonde profiles of temp & water vapor
- GAERIPROF : AERI: temperature and mixing ratio profiles, AERI & GOES spectra
- AERIPROF3FELTZ : Profiles of temperature and water vapor physically retrieved from the AERI spectra
- AERI01PROF3FELTZ :
- GOES-UTH : Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity from GOES Satellite Data (Process)
- GOES8UTH : GOES-8: upper tropospheric humidity
- GOES12UTH : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity
- GOES9UTH : Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity (GOES-9)
- GOES8UTHGRID : GOES-8: upper tropospheric humidity (0.5 degree grid)
- GOES9UTHGRID : (GOES-9) Upper Tropospheric Relative Humidity Gridded
- GOES12UTHGRID : GOES-12: upper tropospheric humidity (0.5 degree grid)
- TWRMR : Tower Water-Vapor Mixing Ratio (Process)
- RLPROF : Raman LIDAR Vertical Profiles (Process)
- 10RLPROFBE1NEWS : Raman LIDAR (RL): Best-estimate state of the atmospheric profiles from Raman Lidar
- 10RLPROFMR1TURN : Raman LIDAR (RL): water vapor mixing ratio and relative humidity profiles, along with PWV
- 10SRLPROFMR1TURN : Raman LIDAR (RL): 10-sec water vapor mixing ratio andrelative humidity profiles , along with PWV
- QMEAERILBL : Comparison of Statistics or Clouds data from AERI vs. LBLRTM Model runs (Process)
- AERILBLCLOUDS : AERI: Line-by-Line comparison model, clouds
- RIPBE : Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate (Process)
- RIPBE1MCFARLANE : Radiatively Important Parameters Best Estimate profiles derived with first McFarlane algorithm
Datastreams
- AOS : Aerosol Observing System Datastreams
- AOSMET : AOS: aerosol-based meteorology data
- MWRHF : Microwave Radiometer - High Frequency Datastreams
- MWRHF : Microwave Radiometer: High Frequency (MWRHF)
- 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
- 60FSLWPDNMET : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): meteorology data, 60-min
- 06FSLWPDNMET : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): 6-min meteorological data
- 60WPDNSURF : Wind Profiler Demo Network (WPDN): surface meterology data, 60-min
- RUC : Rapid Update Cycle Model Data Datastreams
- ALLRUC60 : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: output, 60 km resolution
- ALLRUC20HYBR : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analysis data, 20-km resolution
- ALLRUC40HYBR : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: hybrid analyisis data, 40 km resolution
- RUC20HYBR : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily hybrid analysis data, 20 km resolution
- RUC60 : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: output, 60 km grid covering Southern Great Plains
- RUC20ISOB : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: daily isobaric analysis data, 20 km resolution
- ALLRUC20ISOB : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 20-km resolution
- ALLRUC40ISOB : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric main analysis data, 40-km resolution
- SYNRUC20ISOB : Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) model: isobaric output, 20 km grid, averaged to 40 km
- MET : Surface Meteorological Instrumentation Datastreams
- MET : ARM-standard Meteorological Instrumentation at Surface
- METTWR : Surface and Tower Meteorological Instrumentation at NSA Datastreams
- OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet Datastreams
- 05OKM : Oklahoma Mesonet (OKM): 5-min averages, meteorological data from 111 stations
- SONDE : Balloon-Borne Sounding System Datastreams
- SONDE : Balloon-borne Sounding System (BBSS): meterological data profile
- ISSSONDE : Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile
- SONDEWNPR : Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): Vaisala winds, research press., temp, &RH
- SONDEWRPN : Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): research winds, Vaisala press., temp, &RH
- SONDEWRPR : Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): research-mode winds, presssure, temp, &RH
- SONDEWNPN : Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): Vaisala-processed winds, press., temp, &RH
- ISSSONDE10S : Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile, 10-s resolution
- NCEPGFS : National Centers for Environment Prediction Global Forecast System Datastreams
- NCEPGFSFLX : NCEP GFS: flux variables
- NCEPGFSMANFLX : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Manus
- NCEPGFSBRWFLX : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Barrow
- NCEPGFSDARFLX : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Darwin
- NCEPGFSATKFLX : NCEP GFS: flux variables at Atqasuk
- NCEPGFSNAUFLX : NCEP GFS: surface variables at Nauru
- NCEPGFSSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers
- NCEPGFSZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights
- NCEPGFSPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures
- NCEPGFSMANSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers, at Manus
- NCEPGFSNAUSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers, at Nauru
- NCEPGFSBRWSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers, at Barrow
- NCEPGFSDARSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers, at Darwin
- NCEPGFSATKSPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at sigma layers, at Atqasuk
- NCEPGFSMANZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights, at Manus
- NCEPGFSNAUZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights, at Nauru
- NCEPGFSBRWZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights, at Barrow
- NCEPGFSDARZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights, at Darwin
- NCEPGFSATKZPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard heights, at Atqasuk
- NCEPGFSMANPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures, at Manus
- NCEPGFSNAUPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures, at Nauru
- NCEPGFSBRWPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures, at Barrow
- NCEPGFSDARPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures, at Darwin
- NCEPGFSATKPPROF : NCEP GFS: vertical profiles of met quantities at standard pressures, at Atqasuk
- 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
- ISSSONDE : Integrated Sounding System Datastreams
- ISSSONDE : Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile
- ISSSONDE10S : Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile, 10-s resolution
- NWSUPA : National Weather Service Upper Air Measurements Datastreams
- 01SNWSUPATOP : NWS profiles at Topeka, KS with 1-second resolution
- 06SNWSUPAOUN : NWS profiles at Norman, OK with 6-second resolution
- 06SNWSUPATOP : NWS profiles at Topeka, KS with 6-second resolution
- 01SNWSUPADDC : NWS profiles at Dodge City, KS with 1-second resolution
- 06SNWSUPABRW : NWS profiles at Barrow, Alaska with 6-second resolution
- 06SNWSUPADDC : NWS profiles at Dodge City, KS with 6-second resolution
- 01SNWSUPAOUN : NWS profiles at Oklahoma City, OK with 1-second resolution
- SMET : Surface Meteorological Instruments for TWP Datastreams
- SMET60S : Surface Meteorology (SMET) station: 60-second meterological data
- ECMWF : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Model Data Datastreams
- USDARAD : US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Radiation Monitoring Data Datastreams
- USDAUVMFRSRAUX : Auxiliary data for the USDA UV MFRSR
- USDARADAUX : Auxiliary data for the USDA Visible MFRSR
- AOSMET : Meteorological Measurements associated with the Aerosol Observing System Datastreams
- AOSMET : AOS: aerosol-based meteorology data
- KSUMESO : Kansas State University Mesonet Datastreams
- 60KSUMESO : Kansas Mesonet (High Plains Climate Center): surface met. & radiation data, 60-min
- MAPS : Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System Datastreams
- TWR : Facility-specific multi-level Meteorological Instrumentation Datastreams
- 1TWR10X : Sixty Meter Tower: temp, humidity & vapor pressure, 1-min avg
- 1TWR21X : Sixty Meter Tower: temp, humidity & vapor pressure, 1-min avg
- 30TWR10X : Sixty Meter Tower: temperature, humidity, & vapor pressure, 30-min avg
- 30TWR21X : Sixty Meter Tower: daily minimum/maximum meterological data, with times
- 1440TWR21X : Sixty Meter Tower: 1-min average temp, humidity & vapor press. at 25-m height
- 1TWR25M : Sixty Meter Tower: 1-min average temp, humidity & vapor press. at 60-m height
- 1TWR60M : Sixty Meter Tower: temperature, humidity, & vapor pressure at 60-m, 30-min avg
- 30TWR60M : Sixty Meter Tower: daily minimum/maximum met data, with times, at 25-m height
- 1440TWR25M : Sixty Meter Tower: daily minimum/maximum met data, with times, at 60-m height
- 1440TWR60M : Sixty Meter Tower: temperature, humidity, & vapor pressure at 25-m, 30-min average
- 30TWR25M : Facility-specific multi-level Meteorological Instrumentation, e.g. Tower Temperature and Humidity
- TWR :
- TAO : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean from Buoys Datastreams
- 10TAOMET165E0N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 0 N, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E2N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 2 N, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E2S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 2 S, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E5N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 5 N, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E5S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 5 S, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E8N : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 8 N, 10-min avg
- 10TAOMET165E8S : Tropical Atmosphere Ocean Buoys: meteorological data at 165 E, 8 S, 10-min avg
- SURTHREF : Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference System for Sondes Datastreams
- SURTHREF : Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference system for sondes
- THWAPS : Temperature, Humidity, Wind and Pressure Sensors Datastreams
- THWAPS : Temperature, humidity, winds and pressure system (THWAPS): meterological data
- SMOS : Surface Meteorological Observation System Instruments for SGP Datastreams
- MOLTS : Model Output Location Time Series Datastreams
- MOLTSEDASSFCCLASS0 : Model Output Loc. Time Ser. (MOLTS): EDAS meteor. analy., basic surface, params, stations
- MOLTSEDASSNDCLASS0 : Model Output Loc. Time Ser. (MOLTS): EDAS meteor. analy., basic soundings, params, stations
- MOLTSEDASSFCCLASS1 : Model Output Loc. Time Ser. (MOLTS): EDAS meteor. analy., enhanced surface, params, stations
- MOLTSEDASSNDCLASS1 : Model Output Loc. Time Ser. (MOLTS): EDAS meteor. analy., enhances soundings, params, stations
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer Profiler Datastreams
- MWRP : Microwave Radiometer data (MWR Profiles - QME), water vapor, temp, cloud liquid water, precip water retrievals
- NOAASURF : NOAA Surface Meteorology Data, collected by NWS and NCDC Datastreams
- 60NWSSURF : National Weather Service (NWS) surface meteorology data: 60-minute averages
- ECMWFDIAG : European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts Diagnostic Analyses Datastreams
- ACARS : Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System Datastreams
- ACARS : ARINC ACARS: wind and temperature data from commercial aircraft (ARINC Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System)