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MTP Observations During the ATTREX Integration and Test FlightMTP temperature calibration is excellent and agrees with the MMS calbration (or MMS agrees with MTP, since its calibration was com pleted long before that of MMS!) center dot Having radiosondes laun ched from the Global Hawk base is extremely important for accurate tem pe rature calibration in radiosonde - sparse oceanic regions center. The MTP measurement of the cold-point will make an important contribution to the future ATTREX field campaigns because the demonstrated sp ati al variation of cold- point requires continuous measurements which only the MTP can provide. Profiling with the aircraft is not adequate. The MTP-measured isentropes will be important in studying atmospheric dynamics in the TTL, and how t his dynamics affects both the composition and (possibly) the thermal structure of the TTL.
Document ID
20140002078
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Presentation
External Source(s)
Authors
Mahoney, Michael J.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
March 19, 2014
Publication Date
June 11, 2012
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: NASA - Airborne Tropical TRopopause EXperiment (ATTREX) Science Team Meeting
Location: Boulder, Co
Country: United States
Start Date: June 11, 2012
End Date: June 12, 2012
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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Keywords
cold-point
isentropes
Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP)
tropopause

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