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New 2- and 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Produced
This MWRRET quicklook image provides information from the 2-channel microwave radiometer that operated on the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier in La Jolla, California, during the EPCAPE campaign on December 14, 2023. The image shows, from top to bottom, observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 GHz (blue) and 31.4 GHz (red); retrieved precipitable water vapor from…
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TRACER 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Now Available
This Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) quicklook image provides data from February 2, 2022, at the ARM Mobile Facility site in La Porte, Texas, during the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER). From top to bottom, panels show observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 (blue), 30 (red), and 89 GHz (green); physically (red and blue)…
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New Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
This Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) quicklook image is from January 24, 2022, at the Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. From top to bottom, panels show observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 (blue), 30 (red), and 89 GHz (green); physically (red and blue) and statistically (green) retrieved precipitable water vapor; physically (red and blue) and…
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Cloud Droplet Number Concentration Product Updated
This sample plot from the Southern Great Plains Central Facility shows the droplet number concentration for October 30, 2019. New data are available from the Droplet Number Concentration value-added product (NDROP VAP), which has been updated to use additional inputs. This will allow NDROP to be available quicker with better retrievals and to be applied…
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New Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
This Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) quicklook image is from July 18, 2020, at the Eastern North Atlantic atmospheric observatory. From top to bottom, panels show observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 (blue), 30 (red), and 89 GHz (green); physically (red and blue) and statistically (green) retrieved precipitable water vapor; physically (red and blue) and…
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VAP for 3-Channel Microwave Radiometer Retrievals Released to Production
This Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) quicklook image is from Oliktok Point, Alaska, on February 8, 2018. From top to bottom, panels show observed brightness temperatures at 23.8 (blue), 30 (red), and 89 GHz (green); physically (red and blue) and statistically (green) retrieved precipitable water vapor; physically (red and blue) and statistically (green) retrieved…
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Microwave Radiometer Retrieval Evaluation Data Available for Eastern North Atlantic
The 3-channel microwave radiometer provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from three channels, which are sensitive to the presence of liquid water and precipitable water vapor. Evaluation data for the Microwave Radiometer Retrievals version 2 (MWRRETv2) value-added product (VAP) have been processed for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) atmospheric…
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MWRRET Version 2 Evaluation Data Available for Southern Great Plains
Data from the 3-channel microwave radiometer at the Southern Great Plains site are shown here.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…