CAMEX-4 MIPS Microwave Radiometer Atmospheric Profiles

The CAMEX-4 MIPS Microwave Profiling Radiometer dataset from the University of Alabama in Huntsville provides mobile atmospheric profiles. It includes vertical profiles of temperature, water vapor, and liquid water from the surface to 10 km altitude, measured approximately every 15 minutes. The data was collected by NASA during the CAMEX-4 field campaign.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical temperature profiles for atmospheric stability studies.
• Studying water vapor and liquid water profiles to understand cloud formation and precipitation.
• Investigating integrated water vapor and liquid water values for total column atmospheric moisture content.
• Using cloud base temperature measurements for cloud property classification.

Strengths

• Provides high-resolution vertical profiles up to 10 km altitude.
• Data is collected from a mobile integrated system with multiple complementary instruments.
• Measurements are taken at a high temporal frequency of approximately every 15 minutes.

Limitations

• Specific row count, file size, and exact temporal coverage are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one platform reports 2001-09-12, another reports 2026-03-13.

Provenance

Source

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), collected for NASA's CAMEX-4 campaign.

Collection Method

Measured by a 12-channel microwave profiling radiometer as part of a mobile atmospheric profiling system.

Freshness

Conflicting: 2001-09-12 per nasa_earthdata; 2026-03-13 per datagov.

Geography

Mobile deployment, specific locations not specified.