EUREC4A
The science guiding the EUREC4A campaign and its measurements is presented. EUREC4A comprised roughly 5 weeks of measurements in the downstream winter trades of the North Atlantic – eastward and southeastward of Barbados. Through its ability to characterize processes operating across a wide range of...
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ftoceanrep:oai:oceanrep.geomar.de:54065 2024-02-11T10:06:34+01:00 EUREC4A Stevens, Björn Bony, Sandrine Farrell, David Ament, Felix Blyth, Alan Fairall, Christopher Karstensen, Johannes Quinn, Patricia K. Speich, Sabrina Körner, Mareike Mehlmann, Melina Reus, Klaus Wiskandt, Jonathan 2021-08-25 text video https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/1/essd-13-4067-2021.pdf https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/2/EUREC4A%20video%20abstract%20%28ESSD-2021-18%29.mp4 https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/8/EUREC4A_film_long_lowrez.mp4 https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/4067/2021/ https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021 en eng Copernicus Publications (EGU) https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/1/essd-13-4067-2021.pdf https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/2/EUREC4A%20video%20abstract%20%28ESSD-2021-18%29.mp4 https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54065/8/EUREC4A_film_long_lowrez.mp4 Stevens, B., Bony, S., Farrell, D., Ament, F., Blyth, A., Fairall, C., Karstensen, J. , Quinn, P. K., Speich, S., Körner, M., Mehlmann, M., Reus, K. and Wiskandt, J. (2021) EUREC4A. Open Access Earth System Science Data, 13 . pp. 4067-4119. DOI 10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021 <https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021>. doi:10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021 cc_by_4.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2021 ftoceanrep https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4067-2021 2024-01-15T00:24:00Z The science guiding the EUREC4A campaign and its measurements is presented. EUREC4A comprised roughly 5 weeks of measurements in the downstream winter trades of the North Atlantic – eastward and southeastward of Barbados. Through its ability to characterize processes operating across a wide range of scales, EUREC4A marked a turning point in our ability to observationally study factors influencing clouds in the trades, how they will respond to warming, and their link to other components of the earth system, such as upper-ocean processes or the life cycle of particulate matter. This characterization was made possible by thousands (2500) of sondes distributed to measure circulations on meso- (200 km) and larger (500 km) scales, roughly 400 h of flight time by four heavily instrumented research aircraft; four global-class research vessels; an advanced ground-based cloud observatory; scores of autonomous observing platforms operating in the upper ocean (nearly 10 000 profiles), lower atmosphere (continuous profiling), and along the air–sea interface; a network of water stable isotopologue measurements; targeted tasking of satellite remote sensing; and modeling with a new generation of weather and climate models. In addition to providing an outline of the novel measurements and their composition into a unified and coordinated campaign, the six distinct scientific facets that EUREC4A explored – from North Brazil Current rings to turbulence-induced clustering of cloud droplets and its influence on warm-rain formation – are presented along with an overview of EUREC4A's outreach activities, environmental impact, and guidelines for scientific practice. Track data for all platforms are standardized and accessible at https://doi.org/10.25326/165 (Stevens, 2021), and a film documenting the campaign is provided as a video supplement. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic OceanRep (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre für Ocean Research Kiel) Earth System Science Data 13 8 4067 4119 |
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The science guiding the EUREC4A campaign and its measurements is presented. EUREC4A comprised roughly 5 weeks of measurements in the downstream winter trades of the North Atlantic – eastward and southeastward of Barbados. Through its ability to characterize processes operating across a wide range of scales, EUREC4A marked a turning point in our ability to observationally study factors influencing clouds in the trades, how they will respond to warming, and their link to other components of the earth system, such as upper-ocean processes or the life cycle of particulate matter. This characterization was made possible by thousands (2500) of sondes distributed to measure circulations on meso- (200 km) and larger (500 km) scales, roughly 400 h of flight time by four heavily instrumented research aircraft; four global-class research vessels; an advanced ground-based cloud observatory; scores of autonomous observing platforms operating in the upper ocean (nearly 10 000 profiles), lower atmosphere (continuous profiling), and along the air–sea interface; a network of water stable isotopologue measurements; targeted tasking of satellite remote sensing; and modeling with a new generation of weather and climate models. In addition to providing an outline of the novel measurements and their composition into a unified and coordinated campaign, the six distinct scientific facets that EUREC4A explored – from North Brazil Current rings to turbulence-induced clustering of cloud droplets and its influence on warm-rain formation – are presented along with an overview of EUREC4A's outreach activities, environmental impact, and guidelines for scientific practice. Track data for all platforms are standardized and accessible at https://doi.org/10.25326/165 (Stevens, 2021), and a film documenting the campaign is provided as a video supplement. |
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Stevens, Björn Bony, Sandrine Farrell, David Ament, Felix Blyth, Alan Fairall, Christopher Karstensen, Johannes Quinn, Patricia K. Speich, Sabrina Körner, Mareike Mehlmann, Melina Reus, Klaus Wiskandt, Jonathan |
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Stevens, Björn Bony, Sandrine Farrell, David Ament, Felix Blyth, Alan Fairall, Christopher Karstensen, Johannes Quinn, Patricia K. Speich, Sabrina Körner, Mareike Mehlmann, Melina Reus, Klaus Wiskandt, Jonathan EUREC4A |
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