Subject: | SGP/MWR/B5 - Some rain events flagged |
DataStreams: | sgpmwrtipB5.a1, sgpmwrlosB5.b1
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Description: | March 18 there was a strong rain event. During this time the brightness temperatures where
> 100 K due to water accumulating on the radiometer, however the wet window flag
indicator was not tripped. Users should not rely on the wet window flag to screen
rain-contaminated data. Instead, apply a brightness temperature threshold of 100 K instead to both
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Suggestions: | Apply a brightness temperature threshold of 100 K to filter out rain events. |
Measurements: | sgpmwrtipB5.a1: - 31.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip31)
- Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
- Total liquid water along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(liqtip)
- Total water vapor along zenith path using tip-derived brightness temperatures(vaptip)
- 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature derived from tip curve(tbskytip23)
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sgpmwrlosB5.b1: - Mean 23.8 GHz sky brightness temperature(tbsky23)
- Water on Teflon window (1=WET, 0=DRY)(wet_window)
- Mean 31.4 GHz sky brightness temperature(tbsky31)
- Total water vapor along LOS path(vap)
- Averaged total liquid water along LOS path(liq)
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