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PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE 2004 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ARCTIC WINTER RADIOMETRIC EXPERIMENT

The following slides will show the installation, operation and preliminary results of the NOAA-ETL Ground-Based Scanning Radiometer ( GSR ), and data from the ARM MWR , the MWRP, and the MSU Infrared Cloud Imager ( ICI ). Press F5 to start.

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PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE 2004 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ARCTIC WINTER RADIOMETRIC EXPERIMENT

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  1. The following slides will show the installation, operation and preliminary results of the NOAA-ETL Ground-Based Scanning Radiometer (GSR), and data from the ARM MWR, the MWRP, and the MSU Infrared Cloud Imager (ICI). Press F5 to start. PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE 2004 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ARCTIC WINTER RADIOMETRIC EXPERIMENT

  2. THE 2004 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ARCTIC WINTER RADIOMETRIC EXPERIMENT Ed R. Westwater (CIRES-CU/NOAA-ETL)Marian Klein (CIRES-CU/NOAA-ETL) Albin Gasiewski (NOAA-ETL)Vladimir Leuski (CIRES-CU/NOAA-ETL)Joseph Shaw (Montana State University)Jim Liljegren (ANL)Barry Lesht (ANL) Vinia Mattioli (University of Perugia) Domenico Cimini (CETEMPS-University of Aquila) ARM ParticipantsBernie Zak (Sandia NL) Johannes Verlinde (Penn State/NSA Chief Scientist)

  3. GSR INSTALLATION: 08 March 2004

  4. GSR “First Light”: 09 March 2004

  5. GSR MWRP MWR NSA04 INSTRUMENTS

  6. GSR IN OPERATION (1/3)

  7. GSR IN OPERATION (2/3)

  8. GSR IN OPERATION (3/3)

  9. Dual-sonde launch: Vaisala RS90 and Chilled mirror (2004031101 UTC)

  10. Hot BB Cold BB Air mass 3.5 Air mass 3.0 Air mass 2.5 Air mass 2.0 Air mass 1.5 Air mass 1.0 TIME SERIES OF CALIBRATION AND SKY OBSERVATIONS OF THE GSR 52 GHz Tb Motion trigger

  11. 56.3 56.2 56.0 55.5 54.9 54.4 53.8 53.3 52.6 51.7 50.3 TIME SERIES OF GSR 50-60 GHz RADIOMETER CHANNELS 2 MIN

  12. 183±0.5 183±1 183±3 183±5 183±7 183±12 183±15 TIME SERIES OF GSR 183 GHz RADIOMETER CHANNELS

  13. 380±4 380±9 380±17 TIME SERIES OF GSR 380 GHz RADIOMETER CHANNELS

  14. - MWRP - MWR • DPLX SONDES • GW SONDES NSA04 Kick-off TIME SERIES OF MWR, MWRP and PROCESSED RADIOSONDES

  15. ICI IMAGE OF BROKEN CLOUDS

  16. GSR HAS BEEN OPERATING CONTINUOUSLY SINCE MARCH 9, 2004: DATA ARE OF HIGH QUALITY RADIOSONDES: 4-TIMES A DAY RS-90 AT ARM DUPLEX 1-TIME A DAY RS-90 AT CART SITE 2 SYNOPTIC NWS SONDES ARE BEING LAUNCHED DAILY 10 CHILLED MIRROR WILL BE LAUNCHED, WEATHER PERMITTING MWR AND MW-PROFILER ARE OPERATING: BOTH PWV AND TEMPERATURE RETRIEVALS ARE ENCOURAGING THE INFRARED CLOUD IMAGER IS PRODUCING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES OF THE SKY EVERY 2 MINUTES THE 2004 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ARCTIC WINTER RADIOMETRIC EXPERIMENT: STATUS AS OF MARCH 15, 2004

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