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 Channel
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | 2014-02-25 |
| Oliktok Point, Alaska; AMF3 | 2015-08-01 |
| Central Facility, Lamont, OK | 2011-10-01 |
| Medford, OK (Extended) | 2016-06-29 |
| Waukomis, OK (Extended) | 2016-03-28 |
Related Publications
2020
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, , 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0349.1. ONLINE.
Cadeddu M, V Ghate, and M Mech. 2020. "Ground-based observations of cloud and drizzle liquid water path in stratocumulus clouds." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 13(3), 10.5194/amt-13-1485-2020.
Research Highlight
2019
Zhou X and C Bretherton. 2019. "The Correlation of Mesoscale Humidity Anomalies with Mesoscale Organization of Marine Stratocumulus from Observations over the ARM Eastern North Atlantic Site." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(24), 10.1029/2019JD031056.
Kollias P, N Bharadwaj, E Clothiaux, K Lamer, M Oue, J Hardin, B Isom, I Lindenmaier, A Matthews, E Luke, S Giangrande, K Johnson, S Collis, J Comstock, and J Mather. 2019. "The ARM Radar Network: At the Leading-edge of Cloud and Precipitation Observations." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(5), 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0288.1.
Maahn M, F Hoffmann, M Shupe, G de Boer, S Matrosov, and E Luke. 2019. "Can liquid cloud microphysical processes be used for vertically pointing cloud radar calibration?" Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(6), doi:10.5194/amt-12-3151-2019.
Research Highlight
Ghate V and M Cadeddu. 2019. "Drizzle and Turbulence Below Closed Cellular Marine Stratocumulus Clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(11), 10.1029/2018JD030141.
Research Highlight
2018
Ahlgrimm M, R Forbes, R Hogan, and I Sandu. 2018. "Understanding Global Model Systematic Shortwave Radiation Errors in Subtropical Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Regimes." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10(8), 10.1029/2018MS001346.
Research Highlight
Zuidema P, M Alvarado, C Chiu, S DeSzoeke, C Fairall, G Feingold, A Freedman, S Ghan, J Haywood, P Kollias, E Lewis, G McFarquhar, A McComiskey, D Mechem, T Onasch, J Redemann, D Romps, D Turner, H Wang, R Wood, S Yuter, and P Zhu. 2018. Layered Atlantic Smoke Interactions with Clouds (LASIC) Field Campaign Report. Ed. by Robert Stafford, ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-18-018.
Liu S, C Grassotti, and Q Liu. 2018. NOAA Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS) Cloud Liquid Water Retrieval and Assessment. In 15th Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Env, pp. 8430719. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE.
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