94 GHz (W-band) Doppler cloud radar measurements at AWIPEV, Ny-Ålesund (2016-2022)

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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 two 94 GHz (W-band) frequency modulated continuous wave Doppler radars (model RPG-FMCW-94-SP). The two radars, named JOYRAD-94 and MiRAC-A, have been consecutively operated at the AWIPEV Atmospheric Observatory in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. The atmospheric column from 100 m to 12 km above the surface was profiled with a a vertical resolution of 3.2-34 m and a temporal resolution of 2-3 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.

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Identifier
DOI 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.959786
Provenance
Creator Gierens, Rosa ORCID logo; Krobot, Pavel; Küchler, Nils ORCID logo; Nomokonova, Tatiana ORCID logo; 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
Representation
Resource Type Bundled Publication of Datasets; Collection
Format application/zip
Size 7 datasets
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (11.930 LON, 78.920 LAT); Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Temporal Coverage Begin 2016-06-10T00:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2022-06-22T10:00:00Z