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MTHP
Microwave Temperature and Humidity Profiler

The Microwave Temperature and Humidity Profiler (MTHP) is an airborne microwave radiometer developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It was designed to be an updated version of the Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) by including an additional frequency band to measure humidity. MTHP takes measurements ahead of the flight path, with measurements taken above and below the aircraft, to generate vertical profiles of temperature and humidity. It profiles temperature around 60 GHz frequency channel and humidity at 183 GHz frequency channel. MTHP has a scan rate of 1.5 seconds.

MTHP Canister Installed on the Gulfstream-V
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

Spectrometer/Radiometer
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Vertical Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > Humidity
Earth Science > Spectral/engineering > Microwave > Brightness Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
Full Column Profile
1.5s
N/A
60 GHz, 183 GHz
Currently unavailble

  • Pekka Kangaslahti

  • Pekka Kangaslahti

  • JPL

  • Northrop Grumman Corporation

  • Overview PublicationExternal Link

    • Unpublished

Instrument Operation

CPEX

Convective Processes Experiment

2017
North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Oceanic region
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1 Deployment
· 13 Data Products

Data Products