Radar reflectivities at 94 GHz and microwave brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz during the ACLOUD Arctic airborne campaign in early summer 2017 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 19 flights of the Arctic CLoud Observations Using airborne measurements during polar Day...

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Main Authors: Mech, Mario, Risse, Nils, Crewell, Susanne, Kliesch, Leif-Leonard
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2022
Subjects:
AC
AC3
ACLOUD
airborne
Aircraft
Arctic
Arctic Amplification
Binary Object
Binary Object (File Size)
brightness temperatures
clouds
CloudSat
Date/Time of event
Date/Time of event 2
Event label
microwave
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705230601
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705250701
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P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706081401
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706091501
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706131601
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706141701
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706161801
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706171901
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P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706202101
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706232201
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706252301
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706262401
Polar 5
radar
radar reflectivity
remote sensing
RF04
RF05
RF06
RF07
RF08
RF10
RF11
RF14
RF15
RF16
Svalbard
Online Access:https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.945988
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.945988
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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 19 flights of the Arctic CLoud Observations Using airborne measurements during polar Day (ACLOUD) campaign, carried out in early summer 2017 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 as brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz with a 25 deg backwards inclination with respect to the aircraft fuselage 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) (doi:10.5194/amt-12-5019-2019)

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