PAMTRA 1.0: the Passive and Active Microwave radiative TRAnsfer tool for simulating radiometer and radar measurements of the cloudy atmosphere

Mech, Mario; Maahn, Maximilian; Kneifel, Stefan; Ori, Davide; Orlandi, Emiliano; Kollias, Pavlos; Schemann, Vera; Crewell, Susanne

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4229-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Model description paper

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13 Sep 2020

Model description paper |

| 13 Sep 2020

PAMTRA 1.0: the Passive and Active Microwave radiative TRAnsfer tool for simulating radiometer and radar measurements of the cloudy atmosphere

Mario Mech, Maximilian Maahn, Stefan Kneifel, Davide Ori, Emiliano Orlandi, Pavlos Kollias, Vera Schemann, and Susanne Crewell

Model code and software

PAMTRA: Passive and Active Microwave TRAnsfer tool v1.0 Mario Mech, Maximilian Maahn, Davide Ori, and Emiliano Orlandi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3582992

Short summary

The Passive and Active Microwave TRAnsfer tool (PAMTRA) is a public domain software package written in Python and Fortran for the simulation of microwave remote sensing observations. PAMTRA models the interaction of radiation with gases, clouds, precipitation, and the surface using either in situ observations or model output as input parameters. The wide range of applications is demonstrated for passive (radiometer) and active (radar) instruments on ground, airborne, and satellite platforms.