Publication Date:
2023-01-25
Description:
Two airborne field campaigns focusing on observations of Arctic mixed-phase clouds and boundary
layer processes and their role with respect to Arctic amplification have been carried out in spring 2019
and late summer 2020 over the Fram Strait northwest of Svalbard. The latter campaign was closely
connected to the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
expedition. Comprehensive datasets of the cloudy Arctic atmosphere have been collected by operating
remote sensing instruments, in-situ probes, instruments for the measurement of turbulent fluxes of
energy and momentum, and dropsondes on board the AWI research aircraft Polar 5. In total, 24 flights
with 111 flight hours have been performed over open ocean, the marginal sea ice zone, and sea ice. The
datasets follow documented methods and quality assurance and are suited for studies on Arctic mixedphase
clouds and their transformation processes, for studies with a focus on Arctic boundary layer
processes, and for satellite validation applications. All datasets are freely available via the world data
center PANGAEA.
Repository Name:
EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
Type:
Article
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Format:
application/pdf
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