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Mech, Mario; Risse, Nils; Kliesch, Leif-Leonard; Crewell, Susanne; Kulla, Birte Solveig; Krobot, Pavel (2022): Microwave brightness temperature measurements during the AFLUX Arctic airborne campaign in spring 2019 out of Svalbard [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.944057

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Abstract:
The data set contains measurements performed by the passive radiometer 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 brightness temperature measurements at nadir view with respect to the aircrafts fuselage at six frequencies in the water vapor absorption band at around 183.31 GHz and at two additional channels at 243 and 340 GHz. 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, doi:10.5194/amt-12-5019-2019).
Keyword(s):
AFLUX; airborne measurements; Arctic; Arctic Amplification; brightness temperature; clouds; ICI; microwave; Polar 5; remote sensing; Svalbard; water vapor
Related to:
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
Mech, Mario; Lüpkes, Christof; Ehrlich, André; Wendisch, Manfred; Crewell, Susanne; Becker, Sebastian; Boose, Yvonne; Chechin, Dmitry; Dupuy, Regis; Gourbeyre, Christophe; Jäkel, Evelyn; Jourdan, Olivier; Kliesch, Leif-Leonard; Klingebiel, Marcus; Krobot, Pavel; Kulla, Birte Solveig; Risse, Nils; Ruiz-Donoso, Elena; Mioche, Guillaume; Moser, Manuel; Schäfer, Michael; Stapf, Johannes; Voigt, Christiane (2021): Collection of data sets for 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. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.932294
Project(s):
Arctic Amplification (AC3)
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 268020496: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 78.245875 * Median Longitude: 15.501801 * South-bound Latitude: 78.245831 * West-bound Longitude: 15.501618 * North-bound Latitude: 78.245906 * East-bound Longitude: 15.502221
Date/Time Start: 2019-03-19T15:59:56 * Date/Time End: 2019-04-11T15:20:04
Event(s):
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903190201 (RF02)  * Latitude Start: 78.245906 * Longitude Start: 15.501855 * Latitude End: 78.245899 * Longitude End: 15.501753 * Date/Time Start: 2019-03-19T15:59:56 * Date/Time End: 2019-03-19T17:58:53 * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: P5_216_AFLUX_2019 * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903210301 (RF03)  * Latitude Start: 78.245896 * Longitude Start: 15.501750 * Latitude End: 78.245874 * Longitude End: 15.501864 * Date/Time Start: 2019-03-21T09:36:01 * Date/Time End: 2019-03-21T14:36:59 * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: P5_216_AFLUX_2019 * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P5_216_AFLUX_2019_1903230401 (RF04)  * Latitude Start: 78.245890 * Longitude Start: 15.501842 * Latitude End: 78.245887 * Longitude End: 15.501867 * Date/Time Start: 2019-03-23T11:06:48 * Date/Time End: 2019-03-23T17:06:44 * Location: Svalbard * Campaign: P5_216_AFLUX_2019 * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
Comment:
The files contain brightness temperatures, measurement times, and some key numbers of the operated instrument. In addition meta information and attributes are provided. The files are in netcdf format following CF-1.8.
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 Event labelEventMech, Mario
2 Date/Time of eventDate/TimeMech, Mario
3 Latitude of eventLatitudeMech, Mario
4 Longitude of eventLongitudeMech, Mario
5 Binary ObjectBinaryMech, MarioMicrowave Radar and radiometer for Arctic Clouds (MiRAC)
6 Binary Object (File Size)Binary (Size)BytesMech, MarioMicrowave Radar and radiometer for Arctic Clouds (MiRAC)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB)
Size:
14 data points

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