Radar reflectivities at 94 GHz and microwave brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz during the HAMAG Arctic airborne campaign

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The published data set consists of measurements performed by the active cloud radar as part of the Microwave Radar and radiometer for Arctic Clouds (MiRAC; Mech et al., 2019) operated on board the Polar 6 research aircraft during 6 flights of the HAMAG (Humidity profiles and Arctic Mixed-phase clouds as seen by Airborne W- and G-band radars) airborne campaign, carried out in February 2024 out of Kiruna (Sweden). 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 radar reflectivities from the FMCW 94 GHz cloud radar and brightness temperature measurements at 89 GHz, both with a 25-degree backward inclination relative to the aircraft's fuselage. The dataset has been quality-checked and is available in NetCDF format for each flight. Details on the instrument can be found in Mech et al. (2019).

netcdf files converted from level 1 data

Identifier
DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.987773
Related Identifier References https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.983189
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.987773
Provenance
Creator Mech, Mario ORCID logo; Schnitt, Sabrina; Buehler, Linnu; Goliasch, Jens; Jansen, Friedhelm ORCID logo; Krobot, Pavel; Risse, Nils ORCID logo; Rose, Thomas; Crewell, Susanne ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Data access is restricted (moratorium, sensitive data, license constraints); https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess false
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 6 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (20.327W, 67.821S, 20.328E, 67.822N)
Temporal Coverage Begin 2024-02-09T08:30:06Z
Temporal Coverage End 2024-02-19T14:22:38Z