Iceland Greenland seas Project (IGP): precipitation measurements from the University of Bergen Micro Rain Radar (MRR2) on board the NATO Research Vessel Alliance
This dataset contains measurements from the Micro Rain Radar (MRR2), manufactured by Meteorologische Messtechnik GmbH (Metek) installed onboard the NATO Research Vessel Alliance during the Iceland Greenland Seas Project.
The MRR2 is a frequency modulated (FM), continuous wave (CW) Radar (Radio Detection and Ranging) that obtains doppler spectral density at each range gate with a time resolution of 10 s. The terminal velocity of the precipitation targets (vT) is the primarily retrieved variable from these doppler spectral density observations. Additionally, drop size distribution and the corresponding moments, for example liquid water content (LWC), rain rate (RR) and Radar Reflectivity (Ze) are retrieved with post processing.
The initial installation location from 03-13 Feb 2018 was midship on the weatherdeck. At Reykjavik harbour the MRR2 worked as expected, while at sea artificial signals at three elevations appeared. The artificial signals were due to an interference on the power cable or power source. On 11 Feb 2018, a separate power source for the MRR2 could be secured, and it subsequently operated without interferences after ~12 UTC that day. For further details and figures on the MRR2 and its operation in the cruise please read the attached documentation.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2021-02-11T16:25:57
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2021-02-11T16:25:57
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / dc723f82939843f199fff78778d5b8d0
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- unknown
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- IGP
- meterological
- buoy
- ocean currents
- wave height
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2018-02-04T12:04:44
- End date
- 2018-03-19T12:49:26
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Dataset documentation
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data collected during the IGP field campaign, then processed and quality controlled at the University of Bergen.
Metadata
- File identifier
- dc723f82939843f199fff78778d5b8d0 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- In situ observations of air-sea interaction processes from the Iceland Greenland seas Project (IGP) b3e807b8df824a8ca83468ce2e5b54e5
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-22T23:49:14
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3