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Astroclimate measurements on several points over Eastern hemisphere in 2-mm and 3-millimeter atmospheric transparency windows using tipping radiometer

<p>We are presenting results of the atmospheric propagation observations which our research group has been conducting since 2012. Over this time, we have gathered statistical data of atmospheric propagation over a number of sites which possibly can be used for radio astronomical observations in the millimetre and sub-millimetre bandwidths. The Zenith opacity was studied by the atmospheric dip method in the 3 mm and 2 mm atmospheric windows. The dataset is recommended to use for estimation of atmospheric propagation for the purpose of radio astronomy and telecommunications.</p> <p>The &ldquo;tau-meter&rdquo; (named MIAP-2) allows us to estimate an integral absorption by using the atmospheric dip method. The hardware includes a radiometric system comprising two self-contained radiometers operating in two different bands of 84-99 GHz (&lambda; ~ 3 mm) and 132-148 GHz (&lambda; ~ 2 mm), a rotary support, a control, and a firmware system. The radiometers work in modulation mode within 36 Hz modulation frequency. Floating mirror allows radiometer to scan the sky in the interval of 0 &ndash; 88.5 elevation angles (6 total). The output record contains the voltages of synchronous detector for each angle in 2 wavebands. The voltage is proportional to brightness temperature of the sky in corresponding waveband. (It has negative value for technical reasons.)</p> <p>The dataset contains raw data observed by radiometer: Local date and time, a several detector voltages on different elevation angles for 2 wavebands, as well as service information header. The first 6 columns contain optical depth calculated by old method and it&rsquo;s no more used in data processing since the new algorithm has been invented in 2018.</p>