Walbröl, Andreas; Ebell, Kerstin; Engelmann, Ronny; Griesche, Hannes; Radenz, Martin; Hofer, Julian; Althausen, Dietrich; Crewell, Susanne (2022): Brightness temperatures of the MiRAC-P microwave radiometer onboard the Polarstern during the MOSAiC expedition [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.941407
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Abstract:
The data set contains daily files of atmospheric radiation measured by the MiRAC-P (or LHUMPRO-243-340) microwave radiometer (see Mech et al., 2019) onboard the Polarstern during cruise PS122 (MOSAiC expedition). The data covers the range October 2019 to October 2020. The atmospheric radiation measurements are given as brightness temperatures in six double side band averaged G band (183.31 +/- 0.6 to 183.31 +/- 7.5 GHz) and two higher frequency (243 and 340 GHz) channels. The brightness temperatures are provided for all available times so that it is up to the user to decide whether or not to use the values if quality flags are set. Additionally included are temperature, pressure and humidity measurements at the instrument location as well as quality flags characterizing the instrument and retrieval performance.
Further details:
Mech, Mario; Kliesch, Leif-Leonard; Anhäuser, Andreas; Rose, Thomas; Kollias, Pavlos; Crewell, Susanne (2019): Microwave Radar/radiometer for Arctic Clouds (MiRAC): first insights from the ACLOUD campaign. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(9), 5019-5037, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5019-2019
Project(s):
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AFMOSAiC-1_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS122_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate / MOSAiC
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 268020496: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 83.919401 * Median Longitude: 60.911276 * South-bound Latitude: 78.686763 * West-bound Longitude: -6.126275 * North-bound Latitude: 88.413593 * East-bound Longitude: 137.750080
Date/Time Start: 2019-10-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-10-02T03:59:00
Event(s):
PS122/1_1-38 * Latitude Start: 85.112498 * Longitude Start: 137.750080 * Latitude End: 86.593190 * Longitude End: 119.241500 * Date/Time Start: 2019-09-30T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-12-13T09:04:45 * Sensor URI: sensor.awi.de * Campaign: PS122/1 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Atmospheric Observatory (ATMOBS)
PS122/2_14-18 * Latitude: 86.593231 * Longitude: 119.237001 * Date/Time: 2019-12-13T09:11:00 * Sensor URI: sensor.awi.de * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/2 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Atmospheric Observatory (ATMOBS) * Comment: Recording continued from Leg 1
PS122/3_28-6 * Latitude: 88.413593 * Longitude: 36.829898 * Date/Time: 2020-02-27T10:57:00 * Sensor URI: sensor.awi.de * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/3 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Atmospheric Observatory (ATMOBS)
Domain attribute(s):
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Ebell, Kerstin | |||
| 2 | Other event | Other event | Ebell, Kerstin | |||
| 3 | Binary Object | Binary | Ebell, Kerstin | |||
| 4 | Binary Object (File Size) | Binary (Size) | Bytes | Ebell, Kerstin | ||
| 5 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – start | ||
| 6 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – start | ||
| 7 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – start | ||
| 8 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – end | ||
| 9 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – end | ||
| 10 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Ebell, Kerstin | Geocode – end |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 2 (ProcLevel2)
Size:
346 data points