Water vapor, mixed-phase clouds, precipitation and sea ice emissivity over the Central Arctic Ocean (VAMPIRE-2): remote sensing and in-situ measurements suite during POLARSTERN cruise PS149 (CONTRASTS)

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This collection comprises individual data sets collected within the VAMPIRE project during Polarstern cruise PS149 (CONTRASTS) in the summer of 2025. The collection includes measurements performed with the G-band Radar for Water vapor and Arctic Clouds (GRaWAC), the Microwave Radar/radiometer for Arctic Clouds (MiRAC), a HATPRO microwave radiometer, wind measurement Metek 3D Ultrasonic Anemometer uSonic-3 Cage MP, disdrometer OTT Parsivel2, infrared surface camera FLIR A315, visual surface camera GoPro HERO11 Black, and visual and infrared images by a Total Sky Imager Camera. Both radiometers were pointed zenith for atmospheric column measurements, and towards the ground at incidence angles typical for passive microwave satellites for surface emissivity measurements following a temporal pattern. In-situ snow and ice measurements like temperature, density and salinity profiles were performed in the radiometers' footprint.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.990497
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.990497
Provenance
Creator Bühler, Linnu; Rückert, Janna Elisabeth ORCID logo; Walbröl, Andreas ORCID logo; Mech, Mario ORCID logo; Krobot, Pavel; Ebell, Kerstin ORCID logo; Schnitt, Sabrina; Spreen, Gunnar ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003207 Crossref Funder ID AWI_PS149_07 VAMPIRE-2; 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
Representation
Resource Type Bibliography of Datasets; Collection
Size 7 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-18.001W, 69.747S, 34.180E, 85.035N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2025-07-02T11:24:40Z
Temporal Coverage End 2025-08-29T13:57:40Z