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Title: MWRRET Value-Added Product: The Retrieval of Liquid Water Path and Precipitable Water Vapor from Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Data Sets (Revision 2)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1019284· OSTI ID:1019284

This report provides a short description of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility microwave radiometer (MWR) Retrieval (MWRRET) value-added product (VAP) algorithm. This algorithm utilizes a complementary physical retrieval method and applies brightness temperature offsets to reduce spurious liquid water path (LWP) bias in clear skies resulting in significantly improved precipitable water vapor (PWV) and LWP retrievals. We present a general overview of the technique, input parameters, output products, and describe data quality checks. A more complete discussion of the theory and results is given in Turner et al. (2007b).

Research Organization:
DOE Office of Science Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE EM Office of Science and Technology (EM-50)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC05-7601830
OSTI ID:
1019284
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC-ARM/TR-081.2; PNNL-20562; TRN: US201120%%352
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English