Radar reflectivities at 94 GHz and microwave brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz during the AFLUX Arctic airborne campaign in spring 2019 out of Svalbard

The published data set consists of measurements performed by the active cloud radar as part of the MiRAC (Microwave Radar and radiometer for Arctic Clouds) operated on board the Polar 5 research aircraft during 14 flights of the Airborne measurements of radiative and turbulent FLUXes of energy and m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mech, Mario, Risse, Nils, Crewell, Susanne, Kliesch, Leif-Leonard
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
AC
AC3
Active cloud radar
AFLUX
airborne
Aircraft
Arctic
Arctic Amplification
Binary Object
Binary Object (File Size)
brightness temperature
clouds
CloudSat
Date/Time of event
Event label
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
microwave
MOSAiC
Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
P5_216_AFLUX_2019
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903190201
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903210301
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903230401
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903240501
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903250602
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903300701
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903310801
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904010901
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904031002
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904041101
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904061202
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904071301
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904081401
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1904111501
Polar 5
radar
radar reflectivity
remote sensing
Svalbard
Norway
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.944506
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944506
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Summary:The published data set consists of measurements performed by the active cloud radar as part of the MiRAC (Microwave Radar and radiometer for Arctic Clouds) operated on board the Polar 5 research aircraft during 14 flights of the Airborne measurements of radiative and turbulent FLUXes of energy and momentum in the Arctic boundary layer (AFLUX) campaign, carried out in spring 2019 northwest of Svalbard (Norway). The measurement campaign is embedded in the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre TR 172 (ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms (AC)3. The published data set consists of radar reflectivities of the FMCW 94 GHz cloud radar transformed to nadir view as well brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz with a 25 deg backwards inclination with respect to the aircrafts fuselage. It should be considerd, that the brightness temperatures have not been corrected for aircraft attitude. The data set has been quality checked and is available in netcdf format for each flight separately. Details on the instrument can be found in Mech et al. (2019).

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