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RPG - Model MWSC-160 -Microwave Scintillometer
The microwave scintillometer RPG-MWSC-160 provides latent and sensible heat flux observations within the atmospheric surface layer, when it is conbined with an optical Large Aperture Scintillometer (LAS). In 2014 Radiometer Physics GmbH (RPG) released the first commercially available microwave scintillometer RPG-MWSC-160. It was designed for combined operation with an optical Large Aperture Scintillometer (LAS) to observe sensible and latent heat fluxes at the same time.
Measurement of sensible heat flux and evapotranspiration (latent heat flux) significant for:
- Irrigation
- Water management
- Hydrology
- Forest fire warning
- Weather forecasting
- Radiation budget studies
The RPG-MWSC-160 prototype was developed by RPG and Wageningen University
(The Netherlands) within the OMS (Optical and Microwave Scintillation) project. The RPG-MWSC-160 uses hardware developments from space projects.
- High frequency (160.8 GHz) for good co-spectrum with LAS
- Large aperture (300 mm) provides small beam width
- Tunable power level (max. >25 mW) allows path length between 500 m and 10 km
- Low weight (~10 kg) and power consumption (~20 W)
Retrieved data types:
- Structure parameters Cn2 of the turbulent surface layer
- Sensible and latent heat fluxes (in combination with an optical Large Aperture Scintillometer (LAS))