MBLP Metadata

Microwave and Boundary Layer Physics (MBLP) related Database Metadata

Sl. No	Name of Equipment	Type of Equipment/Facility	Availability (Time Period)	Level
1	Doppler Sodar	Instrument for atmospheric boundary alyer studies	January 2008 Onwards*	Raw/Processed
2	Sonic Anemometer	Instrument for atmospheric surface boundary layer studies	November 2008 onwards (3m)* and January 2017 onwards at 2 levels (11.3 m and 22.6 m)*	Raw/Processed
3	Slow response sensors	Sensors used for observing background meteorology	January 2017 onwards (5 levels 2m,4m,8m,16m and 32m)*	Raw/Processed
4	Disdrometer	Ground based instrument for precipitation studies	June 2006 onwards*	Raw/Processed
5	Micro rain radar (MRR)	Instrument for precipitation studies	June 2005 to Dec 2012 * & July 2013 onwards*	Raw/Processed
6	Ballone borne GPS Sonde	Profiling of the meteorlogical parameters	During campaigns	Raw/Processed
7	Lightning Detector	Lightning Detector using electric field meter	September 2015 onwards *	Raw/Processed
8	Hyperspectral Microwave Radiometer Profiler (Ground based)	Measurements of Tb, RH, T, PWV (cm), Cloud Liquid Water (mm), Surface to 10 km at every 3 min interval, daily	April 2010 - April 2017*	Raw/Processed

*1 - All the instruments are located at Thumba (8.5 N, 77 E), Thiruvananthapuram, India

*2 - No Data: During power failures and system problems

Contact Point: Dr. K. Rajeev (k_rajeev[at]vssc[dot]gov[dot]in)