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
Primary Derived Measurements
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Locations
Facility Name | Start Date |
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Medford, OK (Extended) | 2016-06-29 |
Gunnison, CO; AMF2 (main site for SAIL) | 2021-07-09 |
Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal | 2014-02-25 |
Houston, TX; AMF1 (main site for TRACER) | 2021-08-05 |
Central Facility, Barrow AK | 2021-06-16 |
Morrison, OK (Extended) | 2016-03-31 |
Waukomis, OK (Extended) | 2016-03-28 |
Related Publications
2022
Powers H, M Shupe, T Spengler, B Swanson, M Tjernström, A Theisen, N Wales, Y Wang, M Wendisch, P Wu, B Geerts, S Giangrande, G McFarquhar, L Xue, S Abel, J Comstock, S Crewell, P DeMott, K Ebell, P Field, T Hill, A Hunzinger, M Jensen, K Johnson, T Juliano, P Kollias, B Kosovic, C Lackner, E Luke, C Lüpkes, A Matthews, R Neggers, and M Ovchinnikov. 2022. "The COMBLE campaign: a study of marine boundary-layer clouds in Arctic cold-air outbreaks." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(5), 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0044.1.
Fitch K and T Garrett. 2022. "Measurement and Analysis of the Microphysical Properties of Arctic Precipitation Showing Frequent Occurrence of Riming." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(7), e2020JD035980, 10.1029/2021JD035980.
Shupe M, M Rex, B Blomquist, P Persson, J Schmale, T Uttal, D Althausen, H Angot, S Archer, L Bariteau, I Beck, J Bilberry, S Bucci, C Buck, M Boyer, Z Brasseur, I Brooks, R Calmer, J Cassano, V Castro, D Chu, D Costa, C Cox, J Creamean, S Crewell, S Dahlke, E Damm, G de Boer, H Deckelmann, K Dethloff, M Dütsch, K Ebell, A Ehrlich, J Ellis, R Engelmann, A Fong, M Frey, M Gallagher, L Ganzeveld, R Gradinger, J Graeser, V Greenamyer, H Griesche, S Griffiths, J Hamilton, G Heinemann, D Helmig, A Herber, C Heuzé, J Hofer, T Houchens, D Howard, J Inoue, H Jacobi, R Jaiser, T Jokinen, O Jourdan, G Jozef, W King, A Kirchgaessner, M Klingebiel, M Krassovski, T Krumpen, A Lampert, W Landing, T Laurila, D Lawrence, M Lonardi, B Loose, C Lüpkes, M Maahn, A Macke, W Maslowski, C Marsay, M Maturilli, M Mech, S Morris, M Moser, M Nicolaus, P Ortega, J Osborn, F Pätzold, D Perovich, T Petäjä, C Pilz, R Pirazzini, K Posman, H Powers, K Pratt, A Preußer, L Quéléver, M Radenz, B Rabe, A Rinke, T Sachs, A Schulz, H Siebert, T Silva, A Solomon, A Sommerfeld, G Spreen, M Stephens, A Stohl, G Svensson, J Uin, J Viegas, C Voigt, P von der Gathen, B Wehner, J Welker, M Wendisch, M Werner, Z Xie, and F Yue. 2022. "Overview of the MOSAiC expedition—Atmosphere." Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10(1), 10.1525/elementa.2021.00060.
Research Highlight
Zheng X, B Xi, X Dong, P Wu, T Logan, and Y Wang. 2022. "Environmental effects on aerosol–cloud interaction in non-precipitating marine boundary layer (MBL) clouds over the eastern North Atlantic." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22(1), 10.5194/acp-22-335-2022.
2021
Fitch K and T Garrett. 2021. "Graupel Precipitating from Thin Arctic Clouds with Liquid Water Paths less than 50 g m-2." Geophysical Research Letters, 49(1), e2021GL094075, 10.1029/2021GL094075.
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