HD(CP)2 short term observations, brightness temperature data of MWR - boundary layer scan (no. 00), HOPE campaign by LACROS, data version 00
Daily files of brightness temperature from boundary layer scans based on LACROS microwave radiometer measurements
Access
To get a year dataset please use one of the links below to download the wget script (with OpenID):
2013,
Instrument 1
- Source: RPG Microwave Radiometer HATPRO, Generation 2
- Descriptive Instrument location: The instrument is part of the LACROS facility that was installed on the area of a sewage treatment plant in Krauthausen, south of Juelich during the HOPE campaign.
Global information
- PID: de.koeln.rrzk/amd.de.hope/lac.mwrBL00.l1.tb
- Level: 1
- Updated version: 00
- File format: NETCDF3_CLASSIC
- Convention: CF-1.6
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 0.1 Mb
- File name: hope_lac_mwrBL00_l1_tb_v[VV]_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2013-04-01
- End: 2013-05-31
Variables
Name | Dimension | CF standard_name | long_name | Unit |
---|---|---|---|---|
hur | time | relative_humidity | relative humidity | 1 |
pa | time | air_pressure | air pressure | Pa |
ta | time | air_temperature | air temperature | K |
tb | time, n_angle, n_freq | brightness_temperature | brightness temperatures | K |
tb_bias | n_freq | systematic calibration uncertainty of brightness temperature, one standard deviation | K | |
tb_cov | n_freq, n_freq | error covariance matrix of brightness temperature channels | K*K | |
zsl | altitude | altitude above mean sea level | m |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Patric Seifert (seifert@tropos.de)
References
S. Crewell and U. Loehnert,Accuracy of boundary layer temperature profiles retrieved with multi-frequency, multi-angle microwave radiometry
Rose, T. et al.,A network suitable microwave radiometer for operational monitoring of the cloudy atmosphere
S. Crewell and U. Loehnert,Accuracy of boundary layer temperature profiles retrieved with multi-frequency, multi-angle microwave radiometry