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 Profiler
Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Barrow AK | 2008-04-01 |
Related Publications
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, , 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0149.1. ONLINE.
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
2013
Mlawer E, D Turner, K Cady-Pereira, D Gombos, DN Bopege, A Chase, V Payne, and M Cadeddu. 2013. Analysis of Spectra from the RHUBC-II Campaign. Presented at 4th Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting. Potomac, MD.
2012
Turner DD, EJ Mlawer, G Bianchini, MP Cadeddu, S Crewell, JS Delamere, RO Knuteson, G Maschwitz, M Mlynzcak, S Paine, L Palchetti, and DC Tobin. 2012. "Ground-based high spectral resolution observations of the entire terrestrial spectrum under extremely dry conditions." Geophysical Research Letters, 39(10), L10801, 10.1029/2012gl051542.
Research Highlight
Mlawer EJ, VH Payne, J Moncet, JS Delamere, MJ Alvarado, and DD Tobin. 2012. "Development and recent evaluation of the MT_CKD model of continuum absorption." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370(1968), 10.1098/rsta.2011.0295.
Research Highlight
2011
Cadeddu MP and DD Turner. 2011. "Evaluation of water permittivity models from ground-based observations of cold clouds at frequencies between 23 and 170 GHz." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(8), 10.1109/tgrs.2011.2121074.
Research Highlight
Payne VH, EJ Mlawer, KE Cady-Pereira, and J Moncet. 2011. "Water Vapor Continuum Absorption in the Microwave." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(6), 10.1109/tgrs.2010.2091416.
2010
Cadeddu MP. 2010. G-Band Vapor Radiometer Profiler (GVRP) Handbook. ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM/TR-091.
Turner DD and EJ Mlawer. 2010. "The Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaigns (RHUBC)." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 10.1175/2010bams2904.1.
Research Highlight
2009
Voyles JW. 2009. ACRF Ingest Software Status: New, Current, and Future - January 2009. DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM/P-09-004.1.
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