Lightchain measurements from radiation station 2020R21

• Main Authors: Nicolaus, Marcel, Hoppmann, Mario, Tao, Ran, Katlein, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2023
• Subjects: 2020R21; Arctic Ocean; autonomous platform; AWI_SeaIce; BRS; buoy; radiation station; Current sea ice maps for Arctic and Antarctic; DATE/TIME; drift; Irradiance; sideward; blue channel; clear channel; green channel; red channel; LATITUDE; light chain; LONGITUDE; meereisportal.de; MOSAiC; MOSAiC20192020; Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate; Polarstern; Position; PS122/5; PS122/5_58-85; Quality flag; RAD_S; Sea Ice Physics @ AWI; snow depth; solar radiation; Arctic; Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.948841; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.948841

Solar radiation over and under sea ice was measured by radiation station 2020R21, an autonomous platform, installed on a drifting melt pond in the Arctic Ocean during MOSAiC (Leg 5) 2019/20. The resulting time series describes radiation measurements as a function of place and time between 27 August 2020 and 14 November 2020 in sample intervals of 1 hour. The radiation measurements have been performed with spectral radiometers. All data are given in full spectral resolution interpolated to 1.0 nm, and integrated over the entire wavelength range (broadband, total: 320 to 950 nm). Two sensors, solar irradiance and upward reflected solar irradiance, were mounted on a on a platform about 1 m above the sea ice surface. The third sensor was mounted 0.5 m underneath the sea ice measuring the downward transmitted irradiance. Along with the radiation measurements, this autonomous platform consisted of a lightchain, which measured counts of red, green and blue light at 49 positions at hourly intervals. In addition, the evolution of snow height is measured at hourly intervals. All times are given in UTC.