Radiance fields of clouds and the Arctic surface measured by a digital camera during MOSAiC-ACA ...

• Main Authors: Jäkel, Evelyn, Schäfer, Michael, Ehrlich, André, Becker, Sebastian, Klingebiel, Marcus, Rosenburg, Sophie
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2021
• Subjects: camera observations; MOSAiC-ACA; radiance; Event label; DATE/TIME; Binary Object; Binary Object File Size; Aircraft; P5_223_MOSAiC_ACA_2020; POLAR 5; Arctic Amplification AC3; Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate MOSAiC; Arctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.933849; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.933849

During the MOSAiC Airborne observations in the Central Arctic (MOSAiC-ACA) campaign in August / September 2020 a downward-looking commercial digital camera equipped was installed on the aircraft Polar 5. Images of the Arctic surface and clouds were taken every 4 - 6 seconds. The data set provides rectified fields of calibrated radiances along the flight track for the three spectral bands (red, green, and blue). ... : The data are stored in nc-file format. Each file contains one hour of radiance measurements for the three spectral channels. Time (UTC), flight altitude, longitude, latitude and the viewing angles are given as well. ...