Subject: | NSA/MWRP/C1 - Incorrect brightness temperatures |
DataStreams: | nsamwrpC1.b1
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Description: | The radiometer was reinstalled on 4/3/2011 but the 30 GHz data immediately appeared
extremely noisy. The problem appears related to noise diode instability. |
Suggestions: | Do not use data and retrievals during the indicated time |
Measurements: | nsamwrpC1.b1: - Lifting condensation level(liftingCondensationLevel)
- Interpolated water vapor mixing ratio(waterVaporMixingRatio)
- Microwave brightness temperature(brightnessTemperature)
- Interpolated dewpoint temperature(dewpointTemperature)
- Equilibrium level(equilibriumLevel)
- Retrieved total precipitable water vapor using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(totalPrecipitableWater2)
- Temperature used for calculation(temperature)
- Derived relative humidity(relativeHumidity)
- Retrieved cloud liquid water content(liquidWaterContent)
- Derived virtual temperature(virtualTemperature)
- Total precipitable water vapor, from microwave radiometer(totalPrecipitableWater)
- Level of free convection(levelFreeConvection)
- Retrieved water vapor density(waterVaporDensity)
- Equilibrium level pressure(equilibriumLevelPres)
- Level of free convection pressure(levelFreeConvectionPres)
- Lifting condensation level pressure(liftingCondensationLevelPres)
- Retrieved liquid water path(liquidWaterPath)
- Retrieved liquid water path using only 23.835 and 30.0 GHz(liquidWaterPath2)
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