Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC
During the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, the Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower Atmosphere (BELUGA) was deployed from an ice floe drifting in the Fram Strait from 29 June to 27 July 2020. The BELUGA observations aimed t...
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ftncar:oai:drupal-site.org:articles_26597 2024-06-23T07:49:43+00:00 Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC Pilz, Christian (author) Lonardi, Michael (author) Egerer, Ulrike (author) Siebert, Holger (author) Ehrlich, André (author) Heymsfield, Andrew J. (author) Schmitt, Carl G. (author) Shupe, Matthew D. (author) Wehner, Birgit (author) Wendisch, Manfred (author) 2023-08-10 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02423-5 en eng Scientific Data--Sci Data--2052-4463 articles:26597 doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02423-5 ark:/85065/d77w6h7w Copyright author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. article Text 2023 ftncar https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02423-5 2024-05-27T14:15:41Z During the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, the Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower Atmosphere (BELUGA) was deployed from an ice floe drifting in the Fram Strait from 29 June to 27 July 2020. The BELUGA observations aimed to characterize the cloudy Arctic atmospheric boundary layer above the sea ice using a modular setup of five instrument packages. The in situ measurements included atmospheric thermodynamic and dynamic state parameters (air temperature, humidity, pressure, and three-dimensional wind), broadband solar and terrestrial irradiance, aerosol particle microphysical properties, and cloud particle images. In total, 66 profile observations were collected during 33 balloon flights from the surface to maximum altitudes of 0.3 to 1.5 km. The profiles feature a high vertical resolution of 0.01 m to 1 m, including measurements below, inside, and above frequently occurring low-level clouds. This publication describes the balloon operations, instruments, and the obtained data set. We invite the scientific community for joint analysis and model application of the freely available data on PANGAEA. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beluga Beluga* Fram Strait Sea ice OpenSky (NCAR/UCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research) Arctic Scientific Data 10 1 |
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During the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition, the Balloon-bornE moduLar Utility for profilinG the lower Atmosphere (BELUGA) was deployed from an ice floe drifting in the Fram Strait from 29 June to 27 July 2020. The BELUGA observations aimed to characterize the cloudy Arctic atmospheric boundary layer above the sea ice using a modular setup of five instrument packages. The in situ measurements included atmospheric thermodynamic and dynamic state parameters (air temperature, humidity, pressure, and three-dimensional wind), broadband solar and terrestrial irradiance, aerosol particle microphysical properties, and cloud particle images. In total, 66 profile observations were collected during 33 balloon flights from the surface to maximum altitudes of 0.3 to 1.5 km. The profiles feature a high vertical resolution of 0.01 m to 1 m, including measurements below, inside, and above frequently occurring low-level clouds. This publication describes the balloon operations, instruments, and the obtained data set. We invite the scientific community for joint analysis and model application of the freely available data on PANGAEA. |
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Pilz, Christian (author) Lonardi, Michael (author) Egerer, Ulrike (author) Siebert, Holger (author) Ehrlich, André (author) Heymsfield, Andrew J. (author) Schmitt, Carl G. (author) Shupe, Matthew D. (author) Wehner, Birgit (author) Wendisch, Manfred (author) |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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Profile observations of the Arctic atmospheric boundary layer with the BELUGA tethered balloon during MOSAiC |
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