Observations collected between 18th October 2018 and 29th March 2019 aboard Aurora Australis by AIRBOX and associated instruments

• Other Authors: SCHOFIELD, ROBYN (hasPrincipalInvestigator), SCHOFIELD, ROBYN (processor), RYAN, ROBERT GEORGE (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; AEROSOLS; EARTH SCIENCE; ATMOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES; TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; VISIBLE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY; ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED; WIND DIRECTION; PRECIPITATION AMOUNT; PRECIPITATION; INCOMING SOLAR RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ORGANIC PARTICLES; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; AEROSOL BACKSCATTER; CAMMPCAN; AIRBOX; AIR-ION > AIR-ION SPECTROMETER; MERCURY ANALYZERS; HVAS > High Volume Air Sampler; OZONE DETECTORS; CAMERAS; AWS > Automated Weather System; IRGA > Infrared Gas Analyzers; SPECTROMETERS; SMPS > Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer; CIN > Cloud Integrating Nephelometer; PHOTOMETERS; CPC > Cloud Particle Counter; CNC > Condensation Nuclei Counter; MPL > Micropulse Lidar; R/V AA > R/V Aurora Australis; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; Schott; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica; aurora australis
• Online Access: https://researchdata.edu.au/observations-collected-18th-associated-instruments/1447496; https://doi.org/10.26179/5e546f452145d; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/AAS_4431_CAMMPCAN_AIRBOX_2018-2019; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

More information about these data is available in the word document in the download file. It is recommended that potential users of these data read this document before proceeding. MAX-DOAS This dataset comprises chiefly of solar scattered light spectra (level zero product) collected using a MAX-DOAS instrument. The MAX (Mult-Axis) refers to the fact that spectra are collected in a ‘set’ of elevation angle scans (-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 40, 90 deg). The DOAS (differential optical absorption spectroscopy) refers to the analysis method required for analysis of the scattered light spectra. Briefly, analysis of these spectra relies on fitting absorption cross sections of trace gases of interest to determine the amount of trace gas integrated along the scattered light path, for each elevation angle in each set, using an appropriate fitting algorithm. This gives the slant column density for each trace gas at each elevation angle (level one product). The differential slant column density (dSCD) is determined by taking the ratio of low elevation angle scans with zenith scans, producing tropospheric specific information. Typically some atmospheric corrections are required to be included in the analysis including a polynomial, which accounts for broadband absorption and scattering processes, and corrections for the filling in of solar Fraunhofer lines (the Ring effect). By inverting measured dSCDs, and dSCDS modelled using a radiative transfer model, vertical profile information for trace gases can be calculated using MAX-DOAS observations. Finally, since knowing the elevation angle precisely is crucial to retrieval of vertical profile information from MAX-DOAS measurements, this dataset also includes Euler angles measured using a co-located accelerometer which may, if necessary, be used to correct MAX-DOAS elevation angles for the pitch and roll of the ship in the Southern Ocean. MAX-DOAS instrument specifications: Two ultra-low straylight 75mm Avantes spectrometers: UV: 295 – 450nm, 100 μm m slit (from fibre), 0.6nm resolution, Hamamatsu backthinned detector optimized for UV, Schott BG3 filter. Visible: 430 – 565nm, 100 μ m slit (from fibre), 0.6nm resolution, Sony 2048L detector Typical instrumental stray light less than 0.05% , RMS of 1 · 10−4 (vis) and 2 · 10−4 (uv) for 1000 scans around noon. Spectrometers temperature stabilized at a fixed temperature (20 C) with a deviation of less than 0.05 C Elevation angle accuracy less than 0.1 Telescope field of view (opening angle) less than 0.3 Other instruments/datasets detailed in the file: Gaseous oxidised mercury measurements Gaseous elemental mercury Radon measurements HiVolume sampler Ozone monitor Sea state cameras Lufft weather station Spectronus greenhouse gas analyser NAIS ToF-ACSM SMPS Nephelometer MAAP Black carbon analyser CPC TSI 3776 CPC TSI 3772 CCNC mini-MPL (micropulse lidar) Microtops Further information is available in the word document in the download file.