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MJ Mahoney PI, Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA URL: http://mtp.jpl.nasa.gov Email: Michael.J.Mahoney@jpl.nasa.gov. MTP. The MTP is located on right engine intake of the M55 Geophysica
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MJ Mahoney PI, Microwave Temperature Profiler (MTP) Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA URL: http://mtp.jpl.nasa.gov Email: Michael.J.Mahoney@jpl.nasa.gov
MTP • The MTP is located on right engine intake of the M55 Geophysica • It is the first US instrument to fly on the Geophysica • Since the late 1980s, MTPs have flown >550 flights (>3300 hours) • I acknowledge Dr. Mike Kurylo of the NASA UARP for support
Comparison of Temperature Measurements on the Geophysica • 1) UCSE, Unit for Connection with Scientific Equipment • Facility Instrument (Boris Lepukhov, MDB) • Provide INS, GPS, and other information to experiments • 2) TDC, Thermo Dynamic Complex • PI Instrument (Genrich Shur, CAO) • Provides T, P and Wind • 3) MTP, Microwave Temperature Profiler • PI Instrument (MJ Mahoney, JPL/Caltech) • Provides temperature profile [T(z)], above, at and below aircraft • Calibrated against radiosondes after a field campaign
Bjornoya Radiosondes for 2003.03.08 Geophysica flew by at ~28 ks and 32.5 ks UT • I believe TDC is better than UCSE because: • Better agreement with Bjornoya radiosondes • MTP gain fit asymmetrical with UCSE because of change in UCSE during flight
