The G-band vapor radiometer (GVR) provides time-series measurements of brightness temperatures from four double sideband channels around the 183.31-GHz water vapor line. Atmospheric emission in this spectral region is primarily due to water vapor, with some influence from liquid water. The GVR is approximately 30 times more sensitive to water vapor than the two-channel microwave radiometer (MWR) for a precipitable water vapor (PWV) amount of less than 2.5 mm. Measurements from this instrument are, therefore, especially useful during low-humidity conditions (PWV < 5 mm).
GVR
gvr > G-band (183 GHz) Vapor RadiometerVAP Type(s) > Baseline
Locations
- Fixed
- AMF1
- AMF2
- AMF3
Active Instrument Locations
| Facility Name | Instrument Start Date |
|---|---|
| Central Facility, Barrow AK | 2006-09-28 |
Related Publications
2019
Hines K, D Bromwich, S Wang, I Silber, J Verlinde, and D Lubin. 2019. "Microphysics of summer clouds in central West Antarctica simulated by the Polar Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) and the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(19), 10.5194/acp-19-12431-2019.
Mattioli V, C Accadia, C Prigent, S Crewell, A Geer, P Eriksson, S Fox, J Pardo, E Mlawer, M Cadeddu, M Bremer, C De Breuck, A Smette, D Cimini, E Turner, M Mech, F Marzano, P Brunel, J Vidot, R Bennartz, T Wehr, S Di Michele, and V John. 2019. "Atmospheric gas absorption knowledge in the sub-millimeter: Modeling, field measurements, and uncertainty quantification." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(12), 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0074.1.
2016
Perro C, G Lesins, TJ Duck, and M Cadeddu. 2016. "A microwave satellite water vapour column retrieval for polar winter conditions." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9(5), 10.5194/amt-9-2241-2016.
2014
Laughlin CD. 2014. Evaluation of a dual-frequency radar cloud liquid water content retrieval algorithm (Master's thesis). The Pennsylvania State University.
Research Highlight
2013
Cadeddu MP, JC Liljegren, and DD Turner. 2013. "The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) program network of microwave radiometers: instrumentation, data, and retrievals." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 6, 10.5194/amt-6-2359-2013.
Cadeddu M, D Turner, M Shupe, R Bennartz, and V Walden. 2013. Statistical Properties of Cloud Liquid Water Path at Barrow, Alaska, and at the Greenland Summit Station. Presented at 4th Atmospheric System Research (ASR) Science Team Meeting. Potomac, MD.
2011
Cadeddu MP. 2011. GVR (G-Band Vaport Radiometer) Radiometer Handbook. U.S. DOE, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research. DOE/SC-ARM/TR-076.
2009
Cadeddu MP, DD Turner, and JC Liljegren. 2009. "A Neural Network for Real-Time Retrievals of PWV and LWP From Arctic Millimeter-Wave Ground-Based Observations." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(7), 10.1109/tgrs.2009.2013205.
Research Highlight
Turner D and E Mlawer. 2009. Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign (RHUBC–II) Science Plan August - October 2009 Cerro Toco, Atacama Astronomical Park. DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM-0901.
Voyles JW. 2009. ACRF Ingest Software Status: New, Current, and Future - January 2009. DOE ARM Climate Research Facility. DOE/SC-ARM/P-09-004.1.
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