Ground-based cloud radar measurements with MiRAC-A at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (July 2017 - October 2018)

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Cloud radars provide information on micro- and macrophysical properties of clouds and precipitation. Continuous zenith-pointing cloud radar observations were made with the 94 GHz (W-band) frequency modulated continuous wave Doppler radar (model RPG-FMCW-94-SP) named MiRAC-A. Measurements were carried out at the AWIPEV Atmospheric Observatory in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, from 28 July 2017 to 8 October 2018. The atmospheric column from 100 m to 12 km above the surface was profiled with a vertical resolution of 3.2-24 m and a temporal resolution of 2 s. The data was post-processed to correct for Doppler aliasing and the radar calibration was adjusted based on a reference radar. The data includes the equivalent radar reflectivity factor, mean Doppler velocity, and skewness and kurtosis of the Doppler spectra. Some technical parameters and flags related to measurement operation, post-processing, and data quality, which could be relevant for some data users, are also provided.

The files are in NetCDF format, following where appropriate the CF convention. Each file contains the measurements for one day.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959775
Related Identifier IsPartOf https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.959786
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0019.1
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5019-2019
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.959775
Provenance
Creator Gierens, Rosa ORCID logo; Nomokonova, Tatiana ORCID logo; Krobot, Pavel; Ebell, Kerstin ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference German Research Foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001659 Crossref Funder ID 268020496 https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/268020496 TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 439 data points
Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Spatial Coverage (11.930 LON, 78.920 LAT); Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-07-28T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-10-08T00:00:00Z