Broadband albedo measurements of the sea ice surface during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) campaign in the Central Arctic Ocean, April – September 2020

• Main Authors: Madison Smith, Bonnie Light, Don Perovich, Melinda Webster, Philipp Anhaus, David Clemens-Sewall, Felix Linhardt, Amy Macfarlane, Ian Raphael, Debbie Bozzato, Zoé Brasseur, Ruzica Dadic, Steven Fons, Antonia Immerz, Henna-Reetta Hannula, Jenny Hutchings, Falk Pätzold, Julia Regnery, Roberta Pirazzini, Aikaterini Tavri
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: MOSAiC; albedo; sea ice; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A2KK94D36

This dataset contains broadband albedo measurements made on the sea ice surface from approximately 1-meter (m) elevation during April – September 2020 as part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition in the Central Arctic Ocean. Measurements were made in three modes: (i) along ‘albedo lines’, between 60-200 meters (m) in length, with measurements every 5 meters (or 10 meters on leg 3), (ii) at specific ‘library sites,’ or (iii) ‘experiments’. Albedo lines were chosen with the aim of crossing representative surface conditions during the summer sea ice evolution, including snow-covered ridges, bare ice, and ponded ice. Included in the dataset are classification of the surface cover and depth for most measurements. Broadband albedo data was collected using a Kipp and Zonen albedometer. This dataset is collocated with the spectral albedo dataset (doi.org/10.18739/A2FT8DK8Z) and albedo photo dataset (doi.org/10.18739/A2B27PS3N).