Millimeter Cloud Radar measurements

• Main Author: NSF Arctic Data Center
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2010
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD BASE HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD HEIGHT; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > RADAR SOUNDERS > RADAR > RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING; OBSERVATORY; MANNED PERMANENT STATION; STATION; VERTICAL PROFILE; 30 METERS TO 100 METERS; 1 SECOND TO 1 MINUTE; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Arctic; Greenland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2CH14

This data set contains raw measurements from a Millimeter Cloud Radar (MMCR) that is deployed at Summit Station, Greenland. This radar operates at 35 GHz (Ka-band) and points vertically with a 0.3 degree beamwidth. Four alternating operational modes are employed to optimally observe different types of tropospheric clouds. Data files contain the following measured parameters: Radar reflectivity, signal-to-noise ratio, mean Doppler velocity, and Doppler spectrum width. Detailed information on these parameters and other aspects of the dataset are included in the netCDF header information for each file. The MMCR is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations's Earth System Research Laboratory. Field operations are supported by the National Science Foundation's Arctic Observing Network (AON) Program.