Training and test data for retrievals based on HATPRO observations during MOSAiC

• Main Authors: Ebell, Kerstin, Walbröl, Andreas
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: HATPRO, microwave radiometer, remote sensing, Arctic, MOSAiC, retrieval, water vapor, liquid water path, temperature; Arctic; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5741350; https://zenodo.org/record/5741350

The dataset consists of one netCDF file that contains the entire training and test data for the retrieval of temperature (ta) and humidity (hua) profiles, integrated water vapour (prw), and liquid water path (clwvi) from brightness temperatures (tb) measured by a HATPRO (humidity and temperature profiler). A regression with quadratic terms, except for the boundary layer scan which is confined to linear terms, is performed to derive these meteorological variables. The trained retrieval is applied on the HATPRO observations gathered onboard the research vessel Polarstern during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. For the data to be specialized on Arctic conditions they are based on Ny-Ålesund radiosonde observations. An IDL-based radiative transfer model has been used to simulate brightness temperatures for each radiosonde. Several elevation angles (ele) are given in the file because the HATPRO radiometer performs elevation scans in between zenith scans to increase the resolution of temperature profiles in the atmospheric boundary layer. : More information can be found in the following publication to which this dataset belongs to: (work in progress)