HD(CP)2 long term observations, brightness temperature data of Microwave radiometer (no. 00), by Supersite RAO, data version 01
Daily files of brightness temperature and surface sensor values
Access
To get a year dataset please use one of the links below to download the wget script:
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
Dataset Author
Angela Wargenau, angela.wargenau@dwd.de, Institution: Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg / Richard-Assmann-ObservatoriumDescription
The Radiometrics microwave radiometer TP/WVP-3000 is operating on the roof of the radiation building at the Lindenberg observatory. The radiometer observes sky brightness temperatures at five frequencies between 22 and 30 GHz for water vapor profiling and at seven frequencies between 51 and 59 GHz for temperature profiling. Data are provided at elevation 90° for a fixed azimuth angle. Additionally, surface sensor values of temperature, relative humidity are provided as well as the infrared temperature in the radiometer field of view observed by a pyrometer.
Limitations: none
Provenance: MWR data of Richard-Assmann Observatory, Lindenberg (DWD)
Comments: none
Instrument 1
- Source: TP/WVP-3000 ID:3001
- Descriptive Instrument location: Richard-Assmann-Observatory, Lindenberg
Global information
- PID: de.koeln.rrzk/amd.de.sups/rao.mwr00.l1.tb
- Project: HD(CP)2
- Level: 1
- Updated version: 01
- File format: NETCDF3_CLASSIC
- Convention: CF-1.6
- Average File Size Uncompressed: 0.2 Mb
- File name: sups_rao_mwr00_l1_tb_v[VV]_[YYYYMMDDhhmmss].nc
- Start: 2013-01-01
- End: 2016-10-25
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_freq | brightness_temperature | brightness temperatures | K |
| tb_bias | n_freq | systematic calibration uncertainty of brightness temperature, one standard devation | K | |
| tb_cov | n_freq2, n_freq | error covariance matrix of all microwave channels (random uncertainty) | K*K | |
| tb_irp | time, n_wl_irp | infrared pyrometer brightness temperature | K | |
| wl_irp | n_wl_irp | infrared pyrometer central wavelength | micrometer | |
| zsl | altitude | altitude above mean sea level | m |
Institution
Contact Person(s)
Volker Lehmann (volker.lehmann@dwd.de)
References
Ware et al.,A multi-channel radiometric profiler of temperature, humidity and cloud liquid.