Raw files for broadband and spectral 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: Smith, Madison, Light, Bonnie, Perovich, Don, Webster, Melinda, Anhaus, Philipp, Clemens-Sewall, David, Linhardt, Felix, Macfarlane, Amy, Raphael, Ian, Bozzato, Debbie, Brasseur, Zoé, Dadic, Ruzica, Fons, Steven, Immerz, Antonia, Hannula, Henna-Reetta, Hutchings, Jenny, Pätzold, Falk, Regnery, Julia, Pirazzini, Roberta, Tavri, Aikaterini
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2021
• Subjects: MOSAiC; albedo; sea ice; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2zg6g81t; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2ZG6G81T

Data available for download at https://arcticdata.io/data/10.18739/A2ZG6G81T/ This dataset contains the raw files for broadband and spectral 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. Broadband albedo measurements (doi.org/10.18739/A2KK94D36) were 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. Spectral albedo data (doi.org/10.18739/A2FT8DK8Z) were recorded on the sea ice surface June-September, 2020, during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition 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, (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. Spectral albedo data was collected using an Analytical Spectral Devices (ASD) FieldSpec Pro spectroradio meter with a custom spectralon cosine collector. Incident and reflected values were recorded subsequently, with 10 scans averaged for each.