The G-band vapor radiometer profiler (GVRP) provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from 15 channels between 170 and 183.31 GHz. Atmospheric emission in this spectral region is primarily due to water vapor, with some influence from liquid water. The wing channels between 170 and 175 GHz have sensitivity to the presence of liquid water. The sensitivity to water vapor of the 183.31-GHz line is approximately 30 times higher than at the frequencies of the two-channel microwave radiometer (MWR) for a precipitable water vapor (PWV) amount of less than 2.5 mm. Measurements from this instrument are especially useful during low-humidity conditions (PWV < 5 mm).
GVRP
gvrp > G-band (183 GHz) Vapor Radiometer ProfilerInstrument Type(s) > Baseline
Primary Derived Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Locations
| Facility Name | Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Barrow AK | 2008-04-01 |
Related Publications
2021
Cadeddu M, D Cimini, V Ghate, D Lubin, A Vogelmann, and I Silber. 2021. "Examination of Humidity and Ice Supersaturation Profiles over West Antarctica Using Ground-Based G-Band Radiometer Retrievals." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 4102116, 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3077088.
Research Highlight
2020
Lubin D, D Zhang, I Silber, R Scott, P Kalogeras, A Battaglia, D Bromwich, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, A Fridlind, A Frossard, K Hines, S Kneifel, W Leaitch, W Lin, J Nicolas, H Powers, P Quinn, P Rowe, L Russell, S Sharma, J Verlinde, and A Vogelmann. 2020. "AWARE: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) West Antarctic Radiation Experiment." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(7), 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0278.1.
2019
Silber I, J Verlinde, S Wang, D Bromwich, A Fridlind, M Cadeddu, E Eloranta, and C Flynn. 2019. "Cloud Influence on ERA5 and AMPS Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation Biases in West Antarctica." Journal of Climate, 32(22), 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0149.1.
2017
Nicolas J, A Vogelmann, R Scott, A Wilson, M Cadeddu, D Bromwich, J Verlinde, D Lubin, L Russell, C Jenkinson, H Powers, M Ryczek, G Stone, and J Wille. 2017. "January 2016 extensive summer melt in West Antarctica favoured by strong El Nino." Nature Communications, 8, 15799, doi:10.1038/ncomms15799.
Research Highlight
2016
Dzambo A, D Turner, and E Mlawer. 2016. "Evaluation of two Vaisala RS92 radiosonde solar radiative dry bias correction algorithms." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9(4), 10.5194/amt-9-1613-2016.
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