HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations
Clear indications of the phenomenon of Arctic Amplification include the above-average increase of the near-surface air temperature and the dramatic retreat of sea ice observed in the last decades. The mechanisms behind these features are widely discussed. Especially the role of clouds and of air mas...
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ftgfzpotsdam:oai:gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de:item_5016829 2023-06-11T04:03:21+02:00 HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations Wendisch, M. Mech, M. Crewell, S. Herber, A. Lüpkes, C. Ehrlich, A. Klingebiehl, M. 2023 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016829 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.57757/IUGG23-0682 https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016829 XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject 2023 ftgfzpotsdam https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-0682 2023-05-07T23:38:38Z Clear indications of the phenomenon of Arctic Amplification include the above-average increase of the near-surface air temperature and the dramatic retreat of sea ice observed in the last decades. The mechanisms behind these features are widely discussed. Especially the role of clouds and of air mass transports into and out of the Arctic associated with related transformation processes are still poorly understood. Therefore, the HALO-(AC) 3 campaign was performed to provide observations of meridional air mass transports and corresponding transformations in a quasi-Langrangian approach. Three research aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation performed measurements over the Arctic ocean and sea ice in March/April 2022. The German High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO), equipped with a comprehensive suite of active and passive remote sensing instruments and dropsondes, was operated from Kiruna, Sweden. The flight pattern covered long distances at high altitudes up to the North Pole probing air masses multiple times on their way into and out of the Arctic. The Polar 5 (remote sensing) and Polar 6 (in-situ) aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute operated in the lower troposphere out of Longyearbyen in the lower troposphere over Fram Strait West of Svalbard. Several coordinated flights between the three aircraft were conducted with Polar 6 sampling in-situ aerosol, cloud, and precipitation particles within the boundary layer, Polar 5 observing clouds and precipitation from above roughly at 3 km altitude, and HALO providing the large scale view on the scene following air masses. The paper reports on first results of the campaign. Conference Object Alfred Wegener Institute Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Sea ice Svalbard GFZpublic (German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam) Arctic Arctic Ocean Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Svalbard |
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Clear indications of the phenomenon of Arctic Amplification include the above-average increase of the near-surface air temperature and the dramatic retreat of sea ice observed in the last decades. The mechanisms behind these features are widely discussed. Especially the role of clouds and of air mass transports into and out of the Arctic associated with related transformation processes are still poorly understood. Therefore, the HALO-(AC) 3 campaign was performed to provide observations of meridional air mass transports and corresponding transformations in a quasi-Langrangian approach. Three research aircraft equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation performed measurements over the Arctic ocean and sea ice in March/April 2022. The German High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft (HALO), equipped with a comprehensive suite of active and passive remote sensing instruments and dropsondes, was operated from Kiruna, Sweden. The flight pattern covered long distances at high altitudes up to the North Pole probing air masses multiple times on their way into and out of the Arctic. The Polar 5 (remote sensing) and Polar 6 (in-situ) aircraft from the Alfred Wegener Institute operated in the lower troposphere out of Longyearbyen in the lower troposphere over Fram Strait West of Svalbard. Several coordinated flights between the three aircraft were conducted with Polar 6 sampling in-situ aerosol, cloud, and precipitation particles within the boundary layer, Polar 5 observing clouds and precipitation from above roughly at 3 km altitude, and HALO providing the large scale view on the scene following air masses. The paper reports on first results of the campaign. |
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Wendisch, M. Mech, M. Crewell, S. Herber, A. Lüpkes, C. Ehrlich, A. Klingebiehl, M. |
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Wendisch, M. Mech, M. Crewell, S. Herber, A. Lüpkes, C. Ehrlich, A. Klingebiehl, M. HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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Wendisch, M. Mech, M. Crewell, S. Herber, A. Lüpkes, C. Ehrlich, A. Klingebiehl, M. |
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HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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HALO-AC3: An airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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halo-ac3: an airborne campaign to observe airmass transformations |
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2023 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Svalbard |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Svalbard |
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Alfred Wegener Institute Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Sea ice Svalbard |
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Alfred Wegener Institute Arctic Arctic Ocean Fram Strait Kiruna Longyearbyen North Pole Sea ice Svalbard |
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XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) |
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