DQRID : D060419.3
Start DateStart TimeEnd DateEnd Time
01/01/2006000001/08/20070000
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Subject:
NIM/MWRP/M1 - Instrument noise problem
DataStreams:nimmwrpM1.00, nimmwrprawM1.00, nimmwrpM1.b1
Description:
There are spikes and elevated noise in MWRP data. The origine of the spikes is RF 
interference from various sources.  All brightness temperatures are affected, but in particular 
the 5 K-band channels. LWP retrievals are noisy and affected by spikes as a result.
Suggestions: 
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Measurements:nimmwrpM1.b1:
  • Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity)
  • Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity)
  • Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
  • Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2)
  • Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature)
  • Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater)
  • Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath)
  • Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
  • Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
  • Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent)
  • Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2)
  • Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)
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nimmwrprawM1.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
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nimmwrpM1.00:
  • (Raw data stream - documentation not supported)
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