CAMEX-4 Aircraft Altitude Temperature Profiles from Microwave Radiometer

56.6 and 58.8 GHz frequencies were used by the Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) on the ER-2 aircraft to measure atmospheric thermal emissions. The instrument produced an altitude temperature profile every three kilometers along the flight path during the CAMEX-4 campaign. Data collection was managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical temperature structure in the atmosphere using retrieved air temperature versus altitude.
• Studying atmospheric conditions during the CAMEX-4 hurricane research campaign in 2001.
• Validating statistical retrieval procedures that convert brightness temperature versus elevation angle to physical profiles.
• Investigating thermal emissions from atmospheric oxygen molecules at specific microwave frequencies.

Strengths

• Profiles are generated at a high spatial resolution, with one produced every three kilometers along the flight path.
• Data originates from a NASA-managed campaign using a specialized passive microwave radiometer instrument.
• The dataset has a defined temporal coverage spanning a focused one-month campaign from August 26 to September 26, 2001.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• There is a conflict in the 'last updated' metadata, with dates ranging from 2001-09 -25 to 2026-03-13.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' on one platform and null on another.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected by the Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP), a passive microwave radiometer on the ER-2 aircraft.

Time Range

August 26, 2001 to September 26, 2001

Freshness

2026-03 13 07:05:21.669039

Geography

Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Florida and surrounding flight paths during the CAMEX-4 campaign.