During 2000-2002, three microwave temperature profilers (MTP-5) were used simultaneously in the
Moscow region for continuous measurements of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) temperature
profile. One MTP-5 was installed in the center of Moscow city, the second in the north part of Moscow
(Dolgoprudny), and the third about 50 km westward from the Moscow city center (Zvenigorod
experimental site). The MTP-5 instrument is an angular-scanning single-channel microwave radiometer
that can provide temperature profile measurements every 10 minutes within the altitude range 0 - 600 m
with an accuracy 0,5°C (Kadygrov and Pick 1998; Kadygrov et al. 1998; Westwater et al. 1999).