Mech, Mario; Bühler, Linnu; Goliasch, Jens; Jansen, Friedhelm; Krobot, Pavel; Risse, Nils; Rose, Thomas; Schnitt, Sabrina; Crewell, Susanne: Microwave brightness temperature measurements during the HAMAG airborne campaign [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987884 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
Arctic Clouds (MiRAC; Mech et al., 2019) operated on board the Polar 6 research aircraft during six research flights during the HAMAG (Humidity profiles and Arctic Mixed-phase clouds as seen by Airborne W- and G-band radars) campaign, carried out in February 2024 in Kiruna. HAMAG was carried out to operate the G-band radar GRaWAC for the first time on an airborne platform. 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 comprises brightness temperature measurements taken at nadir view with respect to the aircraft's fuselage at six frequencies in the water vapor absorption band, centered at approximately 183.31 GHz, and two additional channels at 243 and 340 GHz. It should be considered 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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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
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: 67.821581 * Median Longitude: 20.327496 * South-bound Latitude: 67.821289 * West-bound Longitude: 20.327065 * North-bound Latitude: 67.821918 * East-bound Longitude: 20.328209
Date/Time Start: 2024-02-09T08:30:06 * Date/Time End: 2024-02-19T14:22:38
Event(s):
P6_246_HAMAG_2024_2402090101 * Latitude Start: 67.821610 * Longitude Start: 20.327167 * Latitude End: 67.821289 * Longitude End: 20.327886 * Date/Time Start: 2024-02-09T08:30:06 * Date/Time End: 2024-02-09T13:53:04 * Campaign: P6-246_HAMAG_2024 * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P6_246_HAMAG_2024_2402120201 * Latitude Start: 67.821683 * Longitude Start: 20.327116 * Latitude End: 67.821585 * Longitude End: 20.327065 * Date/Time Start: 2024-02-12T09:59:16 * Date/Time End: 2024-02-12T12:48:15 * Campaign: P6-246_HAMAG_2024 * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P6_246_HAMAG_2024_2402130301 * Latitude Start: 67.821740 * Longitude Start: 20.327164 * Latitude End: 67.821434 * Longitude End: 20.327271 * Date/Time Start: 2024-02-13T09:40:36 * Date/Time End: 2024-02-13T11:39:35 * Campaign: P6-246_HAMAG_2024 * Basis: POLAR 6 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Mech, Mario | |||
| 2 | Date/Time of event | Date/Time | Mech, Mario | |||
| 3 | Latitude of event | Latitude | Mech, Mario | |||
| 4 | Longitude of event | Longitude | Mech, Mario | |||
| 5 | netCDF file | netCDF | Mech, Mario | G-band Radar for Arctic Water vapour And Clouds (GRaWAC) | ||
| 6 | netCDF file (File Size) | netCDF (Size) | Bytes | Mech, Mario | G-band Radar for Arctic Water vapour And Clouds (GRaWAC) |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
6 data points