HELiX Uncrewed Aircraft System data from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate campaign, A1 level data

• Main Authors: Calmer, Radiance, De Boer, Gijs, Hamilton, Jonathan, Lawrence, Dale, Borenstein, Steve, Cox, Christopher, Argrow, Brian, Cassano, John
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: UAS; drone; albedo; sea ice; atmosphere; Arctic Ocean; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2697000s; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2697000S

A1 level data from HELiX Uncrewed Aircraft System correspond to the raw data collected in the Central Arctic Ocean during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition. Synchronized and quality-controlled B1 level data are also available in the Arctic Data Center. Users are encouraged to primarily use the B1 level data for analysis. A1 level data include hemispheric irradiance measurements from Kipp and Zonen pyranometers and thermodynamic parameters from Vaisala RSS421 sensors. Autopilot positions and attitudes, along with gimbal attitudes are also provided. Each field of measurements has its own time stamped based on a common clock and associated acquisition frequency. No synchronization or Universal Coordinated Time (UTC) are provided at the A1 level. This dataset is used to create the B1 level data at 10 hertz (Hz) with quality-controlled flags. More information on the data and method can be found in de Boer, G. R. Calmer, G. Jozef, J. Cassano, J. Hamilton, D. Lawrence, S. Borenstein, A. Doddi, C. Cox, J. Schmale, A. Preußer and B. Argrow (2021): Observing the Central Arctic Atmosphere and Surface with University of Colorado Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, Nature Scientific Data, in prep.