Datastream : MWRP

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

Active Dates
2004.02.19 - 2013.05.20

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 )

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