The microwave radiometer 3-channel (MWR3C) provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from three channels centered at 23.834, 30, and 89 GHz. These three channels are sensitive to the presence of liquid water and precipitable water vapor.
MWR3C
mwr3c > Microwave Radiometer, 3 ChannelInstrument Type(s) > Baseline • Guest
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Locations
| Facility Name | Start Date |
|---|---|
| Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | 2014-02-25 |
| Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 2011-10-01 |
| Houston, TX; AMF1 (main site for TRACER) | 2021-04-14 |
| Medford, OK (Extended) | 2016-06-29 |
| Gunnison, CO; AMF2 (main site for SAIL) | 2021-09-01 |
Related Publications
2021
Russell LM, D Lubin, I Silber, E Eloranta, J Muelmenstaedt, S Burrows, A Aiken, D Wang, M Petters, M Miller, A Ackerman, A Fridlind, M Witte, M Lebsock, D Painemal, R Chang, J Liggio, and M Wheeler. 2021. Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) Science Plan. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-21-009.
Shupe M, D Chu, D Costa, C Cox, J Creamean, G de Boer, K Dethloff, R Engelmann, M Gallagher, E Hunke, W Maslowski, A McComiskey, J Osborn, O Persson, H Powers, K Pratt, D Randall, A Solomon, M Tjernstrom, D Turner, J Uin, T Uttal, J Verlinde, and D Wagner. 2021. Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-21-007.
Brendecke J, X Dong, B Xi, and P Wu. 2021. "Maritime Cloud and Drizzle Microphysical Properties Retrieved from Ship‐Based Observations during MAGIC." Earth and Space Science, 8(5), e2020EA001588, 10.1029/2020EA001588.
Feldman D, A Aiken, W Boos, R Carroll, V Chandrasekar, W Collins, S Collis, J Deems, P DeMott, J Fan, A Flores, D Gochis, J Harrington, M Kumjian, LR Leung, T O'Brien, M Raleigh, A Rhoades, SM Skiles, J Smith, R Sullivan, P Ullrich, A Varble, and K Williams. 2021. Surface Atmosphere Integrated Field Laboratory (SAIL) Science Plan. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-21-004.
Cadeddu MP. 2021. Microwave Radiometer – 3-Channel (MWR3C) Instrumen tHandbook. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM/TR-108.
Creamean J, G de Boer, H Telg, F Mei, D Dexheimer, M Shupe, A Solomon, and A McComiskey. 2021. "Assessing the vertical structure of Arctic aerosols using balloon-borne measurements." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(3), 10.5194/acp-21-1737-2021.
Research Highlight
2020
Wu P, X Dong, and B Xi. 2020. "A Climatology of Marine Boundary Layer Cloud and Drizzle Properties Derived from Ground-Based Observations over the Azores." Journal of Climate, 33(23), 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0272.1.
Matrosov S, A Ryzhkov, M Maahn, and G Boer. 2020. "Hydrometeor shape variability in snowfall as retrieved from polarimetric radar measurements." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(9), 10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0052.1.
Research Highlight
Zhang D, L Riihimaki, KL Gaustad, and DD Turner. 2020. MWRRETV2 Value-Added Product Report: The Retrieval of Liquid Water Path and Precipitable Water Vapor from Microwave Radiometer – 3-Channel (MWR3C) Data Sets. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-TR-245.
Zheng X, S Klein, V Ghate, S Santos, J McGibbon, P Caldwell, P Bogenschutz, W Lin, and M Cadeddu. 2020. "Assessment of Precipitating Marine Stratocumulus Clouds in the E3SMv1 Atmosphere Model: A Case Study from the ARM MAGIC Field Campaign." Monthly Weather Review, 148(8), 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0349.1.
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