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MALOX - Mario Zucchelli radar, disdrometric and snow gauge measurements during summer precipitation events.

Data of the precipitation fallen during the summer months (November-December-January) on four expeditions, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19, in the Terra Nova Bay area, were obtained using a vertically pointing radar, disdrometer and snow gauge.


The vertical pointing METEK Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR) was installed in MZS at the end of November 2015. It records Doppler velocity spectra every 10 s at 32 range gates. The radar gate spacing was set to 100 m allowing the profiler to sound heights ranging from 100 to 3100 m above the surface. The raw K-band power spectra, collected by the MRR, were processed applying the method proposed by Maahn and Kollias (2012) to correct for noise and aliasing effects, making them suitable for snow observation.

A Thies CLIMA laser disdrometer (LPM), has been operational since December 2014.The disdrometer can simultaneously count and measure the size and fall velocity of hydrometeors.

A Total Rain weighing Sensor (TRwS) manufactured by MPS system was installed during the december 2018 - January 2019 campaign within the YOPP observing period. The TRwS is a total rain/snowfall weighing gauge with an orifice area of 400 cm2, a depth accuracy of 0.01 mm of w.e. and a one -minute sampling time resolution (Savina and others, 2012). The TRwS was protected by an alter shield in order to minimize wind effect over the accumulation inside the instrumentation.

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Identification info

Date (Publication)
2014-12-30
Edition
PEA 2013 - 2016

Identifier

Code
2013/AZ3.03 - MZS Radar
Status
On going

Principal investigator

ENEA - Claudio Scarchilli (Responsable of the research)
ENEA Centro della Casaccia
Roma
Via Anguillarese 301, 00123
Italy
0630481
Spatial representation type
Text, table

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
1
Temporal resolution
P0Y0M0DT0H0M0S
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Extent

N
S
E
W


Temporal extent

Time period
2015-11-01 2019-03-01
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Meteorological geographical features
  • Atmospheric conditions
  • Protected sites
GCMD - Science Keywords
  • PRECIPITATION RATE
  • ATMOSPHERE
NASA Thesaurus
  • climate models
GCMD - Instruments
  • Radar
  • DISDROMETERS
  • SNOW RADAR
GCMD - Providers
  • IT/PNRA
GCMD - Locations
  • ANTARCTICA
Gazetteer of Antarctica
  • Mario Zucchelli Station
  • Terra Nova Bay

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Pangea data use constraints

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Pangea data access constraints

Associated resource

Title
Mario Zucchelli Radar, Disdrometric and snow gauge measurements during summer precipitation events

Identifier

Code
2013/AZ3.03
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Project

Associated resource

Title
XXXI Expedition PNRA Italian Campaign to Antarctica
Date (Validity Begins)
2015-11-01
Date (Validity Expires)
2016-01-30
Edition
XXXI Expedition

Identifier

Code
XXXI Campaign
Association Type
Dependency
Initiative Type
Campaign
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distribution format
  • NetCDF

OnLine resource
Database

OnLine resource
http://www.climantartide.it/dataonline

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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
true

Resource lineage

Statement
Precipitation fallen during the summer months (November-December-January) on four expeditions, from 2015 to 2019, in the Terra Nova Bay area, were monitored using a vertically pointing radar, disdrometer and snow gauge.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Identifier

Code
WGS84
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/d2539171-47c6-475f-9b21-c9b48ba95881

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

ENEA - Chiara Ripa
Parent metadata
  • MAss LOst in wind fluX (MALOX)

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Metadata linkage
http://geonetwork.casaccia.enea.it:8089/srv/api/records/d2539171-47c6-475f-9b21-c9b48ba95881

Date info (Revision)
2023-10-02T08:31:17
Date info (Creation)
2020-05-25T10:12:00

Metadata standard

Title
ISO 19115-3
 
 

Overviews

Spatial extent

N
S
E
W


Keywords

GCMD - Instruments
DISDROMETERS Radar SNOW RADAR
GCMD - Locations
ANTARCTICA
GCMD - Providers
IT/PNRA
GCMD - Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE PRECIPITATION RATE
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Atmospheric conditions Meteorological geographical features Protected sites
NASA Thesaurus
climate models

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