Low-level mixed-phase clouds at the high Arctic site of Ny-Ålesund: A comprehensive long-term dataset of remote sensing observations ...

• Main Authors: Chellini, Giovanni, Gierens, Rosa, Ebell, Kerstin, Kiszler, Theresa, Kneifel, Stefan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Ny Ålesund; Ny-Ålesund
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7803064; https://zenodo.org/record/7803064

This dataset contains a comprehensive set of quality-controlled remote sensing observations of low-level mixed-phase clouds collected at the high Arctic site of Ny-Ålesund, between 10 October 2021 and 31 December 2022. Cornerstones of the dataset are observations from a 35-GHz polarimetric scanning Doppler cloud radar and a 94-GHz zenith-pointing Doppler cloud radar. Radar data are complemented with thermodynamic retrievals from a microwave radiometer, liquid base height from a ceilometer and wind fields from large-eddy simulations. All data have undergone extensive quality control, especially the cloud radar data, which are accurately calibrated, matched, and corrected for gas and liquid-hydrometeor attenuation, ground clutter and range folding. This dataset is especially suited for cloud microphysical studies, and the high number of events included allows for the compiling of robust statistics. The dataset is accompanied by a data descriptor article, which is available at doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-157. ... : This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), under Project no. 268020496 — TRR 172, within the Transregional Collaborative Research Center "ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3." ...