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New 2- and 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Produced
Both versions of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s value-added product (VAP) for microwave radiometer retrievals are now available for the 2023–2024 Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) in La Jolla, California. These products retrieve column precipitable water vapor and liquid water path—both important variables to understand radiative transfer in the atmosphere and…
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TRACER 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Now Available
Data from the Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 value-added product (MWRRETv2 VAP) are now available for the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER), which ran from October 2021 through September 2022 near Houston, Texas. MWRRETv2 applies the Turner et al. (2007) optimal estimation retrieval of liquid water path and precipitable water vapor to measurements from 3-channel…
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New Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 value-added product (MWRRETv2 VAP) has been processed from January 2021 through July 2022 at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. Liquid water path (LWP) and precipitable water vapor (PWV)—important variables to understanding radiative transfer in the atmosphere and clouds—are typically retrieved from microwave…
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New Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 value-added product (MWRRETv2 VAP) has been processed for the year 2020 at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric observatory. In addition, ENA MWRRETv2 data from December 16 to 31, 2019, are now available. When the 2019 product was initially processed for the ENA,…
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VAP for 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrievals Released to Production
The Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) value-added product (VAP) is now in production for 3-channel microwave radiometers (MWR3Cs) at the following Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility sites: Oliktok Point, Alaska, from November 11, 2014, through September 30, 2019 Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility from October 1, 2011, through October 31, 2019 SGP…
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MWRRET Version 2 Evaluation Data Available for Southern Great Plains
The optimal estimation retrieval of liquid water path (LWP) and precipitable water vapor (PWV) have now been applied to the new 3-channel microwave radiometer at Southern Great Plains (SGP). Data for 2015 are now available as an evaluation product, called the Microwave Radiometer Retrieval version 2 (MWRRETv2), with plans to be an operational VAP within…