Radiometer Deployment Examples

University of Cologne / Germany

RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler
Delivery: December 2008

Azimuth positioner
Double-channel IRR
elevation-scanning extension for IRR
focus on sky-scanning

Meteo Swiss / Switzerland

1 × RPG-HATPRO, 3 x RPG-TEMPRO
Delivery: March 2006, June 2006, June 2007, June 2007

co-located with windprofilers
data is used for NWP / data assimilation
deployed in between Jura mountains and Alps
focus on lower atmosphere, inversions

KMA Korean Met. Agency / Korea

9 × RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler
Delivery: May / August 2009

co-located with windprofilers
data to be used for NWP / data assimilation
various stations: mountains, coast, island

Laboratoire d'Aerologie, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse/France

RPG-LHATPRO low-humidity and temperature profiler

Delivery: February 2008

183.31 GHz receiver, 6 channels DSB
7 channel Filterbank direct vdetection (51 to 58 GHz)
test deployment: Pic du Midi, French Pyrenees
final deployment: Dome-C, Concordia station, Antarctica

ARM Mobile Facility, COPS Campaign / Germany

RPG-150-90, LWP Radiometer
Delivery: June 2007

Deployment period: June 2007 until Dec. 2007
Later deployments: Barrow, Alaska

UK MetOffice, Camborne / UK

2 × RPG-HATPRO dual profiler
Delivery: March 2007

Various deployments in southern UK
Coastal environment around Camborne

ESA/ESTEC, Nordwijk, Netherlands

RPG-HATPRO plus RPG-15-90 ("ATPROP" Radiometer)
Delivery: April 2008

Tandem operation
fully steerable
Allan stability of 4000 s with 20 Hz Dicke switching
Focus: Path delay measurements, satellite tracking, deep space missions

Lampedusa / Italy

RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler
Stazione di Osservazioni Climatiche ENEA di Lampedusa
Delivery: May / August 2009

Fully steerable
IR option
Warm, humid, salty environment

Institut für Meereskunde in Kiel / Germany

RPG-HATPRO-G2 dual profiler
Delivery: August 2006

Focus on clouds and water vapour in oceanic areas
10 deployments on R/V "Polarstern" during Antarctic-Arctic transsects (4 to 6 weeks cruising the whole Atlantic ocean north to south, or south to north)
Extreme environment in terms of sea spray, humidity, salt, vibration, and shock

Meteorological Institute, University of Bonn / Germany

9 × RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler
Delivery: August 2005

During AMMA campaign: co-located with cloud radar, lidar, wind profiler
Deployment period: Jan.2006 to Dec.2006 in West Africa (AMMA)
Deployment period: Apr.2007 to Dec.2007 in Black Forest/Germany (COPS)
Continuous operation during all campaigngs and ever since

KNMI, Weather Service of the Netherlands, Cabauw

9 × RPG-HATPRO dual profiler
Delivery: April 2006

Deployment at Cabauw super site
co-located with 200 m tower, ceilometer, cloud radar

University of Munich / Germany

RPG-HATPRO dual profiler
RPG-DP150-90 LWP/snow radiometer
Delivery: November 2005

Deployed at Schneeferner Haus / Zugspitze Germany (2650 m asl)
Co-located with ceilometer, wind profiler, lidar, radiation sensors
Repaired after hit by avalanche

Hong Kong Observatory, Met Agency / China

RPG-HATPRO dual profiler
Delivery: February 2008

Application: Assimilation of humidity and temperature profiles into weather forecast models

University of Ireland / Galway, Mace Head Station

RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler
Delivery: May 2008

Co-located: cloud radar, ceilometer, GPS, aerosol station
Application: modelling of cloud formation in combination with aerosols
Location with coastal climate (west coast of Ireland)

Legionowo / Leba / Wroclaw (Poland)

3 × RPG-HATPRO-G2 second generation dual profiler

Polish Meteorological Agency IMGW
Delivery: December 2008

Co-located with solar radiation sensors, radio sounding stations, wind profilers
Application: Radiometer data is to be assimilated into weather forecast model

HATPRO-G1

University of Wisconsin, Madison / USA

1 × RPG-HATPRO dual profiler
1 × RPG-LWP-150-90 LWP radiometer
Delivery: February/May 2007

IR radiometer extension
Co-located with lidar, radiosonds