NOAA Microwave Radiometer Data and Thermodynamic Profile Retrievals https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.017 Summary Two Radiometrics MP-3000A Microwave Radiometers (MWRs) were deployed during the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors (CHEESEHEAD) experiment. Also included in this dataset are the thermodynamic profile data derived from the MWR data (and other data input sources) using an optimal estimation-based physical retrieval algorithm. The thermodynamic MWR profilers continuously observe air temperature, humidity and liquid features that define local weather. These two MWRs have 21 K-band (22 to 30 GHz) channels, and 14 V-band (51 to 59 GHz) channels. Data from three sites in Wisconsin (Prentice, Lakeland, and ISS | Tall Tower) are included in this dataset. Note that the frequency of the data collection for MWR was ~2-3 minutes while the frequency for the thermodynamic retrievals is 10 minutes. Please see the documentation for more information including details on MWR calibrations, the optimal estimation-based physical retrieval algorithm and its data input sources, and file formats. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 592.017 * doi:10.26023/Y0W2-8BAG-6Y0A https://doi.org/10.26023/Y0W2-8BAG-6Y0A Versions 1.0 2.0: Thermodynamic profile retrieval data were added to this dataset. 3.0: Due to an error in the TROPoe processing, the surface met station data were not used in the thermodynamic retrievals in version 2.0. This is corrected in the new version. Furthermore, a thermodynamic profile retrieval data set is added for which the thermodynamic profiles from the Rapid Refresh model above 4km are used as input to TROPoe. Citation Adler, B., et al. 2021. NOAA Microwave Radiometer Data and Thermodynamic Profile Retrievals. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Y0W2-8BAG-6Y0A Accessed 20 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * CHEESEHEAD: Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-balance Study Enabled by a High-density Extensive Array of Detectors https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CHEESEHEAD Additional information * Spatial Type: textTable * Frequency: 3 minute * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * Fixed Observation Stations Instruments * MWR - Microwave Radiometer GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES > WATER VAPOR MIXING RATIO PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE Documentation * MWR_TROPOE_Dataset_Info_V3.pdf [126 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546FB856024AF/MWR_TROPOE_Dataset_Info_V3.pdf Restrictions * EULA: cheesehead_policy.html [5 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546FB850BF6A7/cheesehead_policy.html Related links * companion: 592.095: CHEESEHEAD 2019 Project Documentation https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.095 * info: CHEESEHEAD Project Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/cheesehead * info: CHEESEHEAD Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/cheesehead-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2019-07-31 00:07:43 * End datetime: 2019-10-29 16:20:38 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.9455 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 45.5391 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.2935 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -89.7272 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Bianca Adler https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2714 * author: Laura Bianco https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2523 * author: James Duncan https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2521 * author: Dave Turner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1901 * author: James M. Wilczak https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2524 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.017?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/592.017?format=isotc211