NRAO 86 GHz Radiometer and Weather

Current Atmospheric Opacity:

The most recent tau measurement was done on 19 - 8 - 1999 at 18: 0: 53 UT

Tau(86 GHz) = 0.202 (Correlation Coefficient = 0.999 )

(Click here to see a fit to this measurement)

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Rough extrapolation of 86 GHz opacity to other frequencies (based on Grossmans AT program)

Spectral Line frequency (GHz) opacity
NH3 23.7 0.07
CS J=1-048.99 1.21
SiO J=2-186.84 0.20
12CO J=1-0115.27 0.61

See the Tau values for:

the last day (GIF or PS), the last week (GIF or PS), the last two weeks (GIF or PS).

Atmospheric Transmission from 1-150 GHz for the measured tau, 0.201751