Observational results of microwave temperature profile measurements from the airborne Antarctic ozone experiment

• Main Author: Gary, Bruce L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; Antarctic; Peninsula Mountain; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19890005187

The Microwave Temperature Profiler, MTP, is installed on NASA's ER-2 aircraft. MTP measures profiles of air temperature versus altitude. Temperatures are obtained every 13.7 seconds for 15 altitudes in an altitude region that is approximately 5 km thick (at high flight levels). MTP is a passive...