DAMOCLES 2007-2008 - Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment: meteorological measurements of 16 autonomous drifting ice buoys

• Main Authors: Brümmer, Burghard, Müller, Gerd, Haller, Michael, Kriegsmann, Arne, Offermann, Michael, Wetzel, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ 2011
• Subjects: Climate; UNI_HH_MI_fielddata; arctic; buoy; ice; ice drift; observational data; sea ice; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Damocles; Fram Strait; International Polar Year; IPY; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/wdcc/uni_hh_mi_damocles2007; http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=UNI_HH_MI_DAMOCLES2007

Project: Field Data of the Meteorological Institute, University of Hamburg - The Physical Meteorology Division of the Meteorological Institute is regularly conducting or taking part in field experiments with strong focus on high latitudes. Measurements are performed by aircraft, radiosondes or buoys and at land, ship and ice stations. Published data sets incorporate aircraft measurements of turbulent fluxes and standard meteorological parameters of high temporal and spatial resolution. These measurements are supported by frequent radiosonde ascents and station and ship data in the according region. Another group of data sets consists of measurements by autonomous buoys of different complexity on sea ice and ocean. Summary: The field experiment DAMOCLES 2007 (Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment DAMOCLES 2007-2008) consisted of the deployment and tracking of an array of 16 drifting autonomous buoys in the Central Arctic Ocean. The buoys were deployed in a quadratic array with 400 kilometres side length in the Siberian sector of the Central Arctic Ocean in April 2007. While drifting towards Fram Strait the buoys delivered at approximately 1-hourly time intervalls position, sea level pressure and temperature for several months with the last buoy transmitting until January 2008. The aim of the experiment was to study the Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interaction, especially the impact of cyclones on the formation and transport of sea ice. DAMOCLES 2007 and DAMOCLES 2008 are a contribution to European integrated project DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) which is funded by the European Union. DAMOCLES is a contribution to IPY 2007-2008 (International Polar Year).