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mwr: Microwave Radiometer

The Microwave Radiometer (MWR) provides time-series measurements of column-integrated amounts of water vapor and liquid water. The instrument itself is a sensitive microwave receiver that detects the microwave emissions of the vapor and liquid water molecules in the atmosphere at two frequencies: 23.8 and 31.4 GHz.

Integrated water vapor and liquid water path are derived from radiance measurements with a statistical retrieval algorithm that uses monthly derived and location-dependent linear regression coefficients.

Measurements

Liquid water content
Liquid water path
Microwave narrowband brightness temperature
Precipitable water

Locations

  • Fixed
  • AMF1
  • AMF2
  • AMF3

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Qiu Y, C Zhao, J Guo, and J Li. 2017. "8-Year ground-based observational analysis about the seasonal variation of the aerosol-cloud droplet effective radius relationship at SGP site." Atmospheric Environment, 164, 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.06.002.

Marchand R. 2017. Dual Microwave Radiometer Experiment Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-17-027.

Riihimaki L, J Comstock, E Luke, T Thorsen, and Q Fu. 2017. "A case study of microphysical structures and hydrometeor phase in convection using radar Doppler spectra at Darwin, Australia." Geophysical Research Letters, 44(14), 10.1002/2017GL074187.

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.

Moisseev D, A von Lerber, and J Tiira. 2017. "Quantifying the effect of riming on snowfall using ground-based observations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(7), 10.1002/2016JD026272.

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2016

Burns D, P Kollias, A Tatarevic, A Battaglia, and S Tanelli. 2016. "The performance of the EarthCARE Cloud Profiling Radar in marine stratiform clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(24), 10.1002/2016JD025090.

Kalesse H, G DeBoer, A Solomon, M Oue, M Ahlgrimm, D Zhang, M Shupe, E Luke, and A Protat. 2016. "Understanding Rapid Changes in Phase Partitioning between Cloud Liquid and Ice in Stratiform Mixed-Phase Clouds: An Arctic Case Study." Monthly Weather Review, 144(12), 10.1175/mwr-d-16-0155.1. ONLINE.

Berg W, S Bilanow, R Chen, S Datta, D Draper, H Ebrahimi, S Farrar, L Jones, R Kroodsma, D McKague, V Payne, J Wang, T Wilheit, and JX Yang. 2016. "Intercalibration of the GPM Microwave Radiometer Constellation." Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(12), 10.1175/jtech-d-16-0100.1. ONLINE.

Mejia FA, B Kurtz, K Murray, LM Hinkelman, M Sengupta, Y Xie, and J Kleissl. 2016. "Coupling sky images with radiative transfer models: a new method to estimate cloud optical depth." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9(8), 10.5194/amt-9-4151-2016.

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