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Instrument

MTP
Microwave Temperature Profiler

The Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) is a microwave radiometer. The MTP measures natural thermal emission from oxygen molecules at various frequencies between 55 GHz and 59 GHz at 15 second intervals. It returns this measurement as brightness temperature. MTP was developed at JPL and later modified at NCAR.

an image of the MTP instrument
NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Temperature/Humidity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Full Column Profile
15 s
150 m
55-59 GHz
External Linkhttps://www.eol.ucar.edu/instruments/microwave-temperature-profiler

Instrument Operation

ATTREX

Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment

2011—2015
California, Guam, Tropics
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4 Deployments
· 3 Data Products
TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005
Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 14 Data Products
TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007
Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
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ASHOE

Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment

1994
Moffett Field, California, Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products
POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997
Arctic, Mid-latitudes
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
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CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002
Southern Florida
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013
North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico
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1 Deployment
· 20 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products
AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992
the Arctic
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2 Deployments
· 2 Data Products
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STRAT

Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

1995—1996
Pacific Ocean, Moffett Field, California, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii
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6 Deployments
· 9 Data Products
TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007
Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
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CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002
Southern Florida
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1 Deployment
· 1 Data Product
AVE

Aura Validation Experiment

2004—2005
Houston, Texas, Southern United States, Gulf of Mexico
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2 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
ACCENT

Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause

1999—2000
Southern United States
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3 Deployments
· 0 Data Products
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ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022
West Pacific, South Korea
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1 Deployment
· 4 Data Products
CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001
US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean
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4 Deployments
· 70 Data Products
PAVE

Polar Aura Validation Experiment

2005
Northeastern United States, Eastern Canada
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1 Deployment
· 0 Data Products

Data Products

Filter data products from this instrument by specific campaigns, platforms, or formats.

Campaigns
CAMPAIGNS
Platforms
PLATFORMS
Formats
FORMATS
External Link10.5067/CAMEX-4/PROFILER/DATA102
External Linkhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/MTP/DATA201
External Link10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/ATTREX/0001
Global Hawk
External Link10.5067/CAMEX-4/PROFILER/DATA101
Douglas DC-8
External Link10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SEAC4RS_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_ER2_Data_1
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