Scripts for producing the W-band radar data sets collected at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund ...

• Main Authors: Gierens, Rosa Tuulia, Küchler, Nils, Pfitzenmaier, Lukas, Bravo-Aranda, Juan Antonio
• Format: Software
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: atmospheric science; cloud radar; data processing; Arctic; Svalbard; Ny-Ålesund; Ny Ålesund
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7886311; https://zenodo.org/record/7886311

Continuous cloud radar observations are carried out at the high-Arctic site AWIPEV in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, since 2016. Two zenith-pointing 94 GHz (W-band) frequency modulated continuous wave Doppler radars, named JOYRAD-94 and MiRAC-A, have been operated alternatingly. Data sets from these radars collected in 2016-2022 are currently under review in Pangaea. The radar data was post-processed to correct for Doppler aliasing and the radar calibration was adjusted based on a reference radar. These scripts were used to process the data from the lv0 file provided by the instrument software, to quality controlled and corrected data products. ... : 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." ...