Vertically pointing doppler radar profiles (24 GHz Metek MRR-2) at Concordia Station (Dome C, Antarctica), aggregated to 5min, monthly netCDF archive

Vertical profiles along the first three kilometres of atmosphere above the ground (from 300 to 3000 m a.g.l.) of equivalent radar reflectivity factor (Ze), Doppler velocity (W) and Doppler spectral width (Sw) from a 24-GHz vertically pointing Micro Rain Radar MRR-2 by METEK GmbH positioned at Concordia Station (Dome C, Antarctica).


The main objective of the FIRCLOUDS project is a complete spectral characterization of cirrus and mixed phase clouds in order to evaluate the radiative models in the FIR regime, where the clouds effect is very strong, and systematic spectral measurements are scarcely available. The micro rain radar (MRR) data allows the determination of the clouds reflectivity and the vertical velocity of ice crystals in the cases of precipitating clouds.

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Date (Creation)
2018-04-12
Identifier
PNRA16_00189/A2

Identifier

No information provided.
Purpose

Study of radiative properties of ice and mixed clouds in Antarctica
Status
On going
principalInvestigator
  CNR - INO - Gianluca Di Natale ( Researcher )
pointOfContact
  CNR - INO - Luca Palchetti
author
  Ca' Foscari University of Venice and CNR ISAC Rome - Giacomo Roversi
pointOfContact
  CNR - ISAC - Alessandro Bracci
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Antarctica

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

GCMD - Providers

  • IT/PNRA

GCMD - Science Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION

  • CIRRUS CLOUD SYSTEMS

  • ATMOSPHERE

PNRA project

  • FIRCLOUDS PNRA16_00189

GCMD - Instruments

  • Spectroradiometers

NASA Thesaurus

  • far infrared radiation
Keywords

GCMD - Locations

  • ANTARCTICA

  • EAST ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF

GCMD - Platforms

  • GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica

  • Concordia Station

  • Dome C

  • East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Use limitation
Creative-Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Denominator
1
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2016-11-15
End date
2023-12-31 Now
Unique resource identifier
WGS84
OnLine resource
DMC METEK MRR-2 data archive on Zenodo ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

This data set is conformant with the INSPIRE Implementing Rules for the interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Pass
Yes
File identifier
6dc25ff0-4c03-4ca8-af0d-cba06a411dc2 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
FIRCLOUDS - Far Infrared Radiative Closure Experiment For Antarctic Clouds

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Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-12T14:21:06
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115-3
Metadata standard version

1.0
author
  Ca' Foscari University of Venice and CNR ISAC Rome - Giacomo Roversi
 
 

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overview

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W
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Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
Spectroradiometers
GCMD - Locations
ANTARCTICA EAST ANTARCTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF
GCMD - Platforms
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
GCMD - Providers
IT/PNRA IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION CIRRUS CLOUD SYSTEMS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Protected sites
NASA Thesaurus
far infrared radiation
PNRA project
FIRCLOUDS PNRA16_00189
SCAR Gazetteer of Antarctica
Concordia Station Dome C East Antarctic Ice Sheet

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