Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC)

• Published in: Earth System Science Data
• Main Authors: Quinn, Patricia K., Thompson, Elizabeth, Coffman, Derek J., Baidar, Sunil, Bariteau, Ludovic, Bates, Timothy S., Bigorre, Sebastien P., Brewer, Alan, de Boer, Gijs, de Szoeke, Simon P., Drushka, Kyla, Foltz, Gregory R., Intrieri, Janet, Iyer, Suneil, Fairall, Christopher W., Gaston, Cassandra J., Jansen, Friedhelm, Johnson, James E., Krüger, Ovid O., Marchbanks, Richard D., Moran, Kenneth P., Noone, David, Pezoa, Sergio, Pincus, Robert, Plueddemann, Albert J., Pöhlker, Mira L., Pöschl, Ulrich, Quinones Melendez, Estefania, Royer, Haley M., Szczodrak, Malgorzata, Thomson, Jim, Upchurch, Lucia M., Zhang, Chidong, Zhang, Dongxiao, Zuidema, Paquita
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Bates; Orion; Gaston; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1912/27384

© The Author(s), 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Quinn, P. K., Thompson, E. J., Coffman, D. J., Baidar, S., Bariteau, L., Bates, T. S., Bigorre, S., Brewer, A., de Boer, G., de Szoeke, S. P., Drushka, K., Foltz, G. R., Intrieri, J., Iyer, S., Fairall, C. W., Gaston, C. J., Jansen, F., Johnson, J. E., Krueger, O. O., Marchbanks, R. D., Moran, K. P., Noone, D., Pezoa, S., Pincus, R., Plueddemann, A. J., Poehlker, M. L., Poeschl, U., Melendez, E. Q., Royer, H. M., Szczodrak, M., Thomson, J., Upchurch, L. M., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., & Zuidema, P. Measurements from the RV Ronald H. Brown and related platforms as part of the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC). Earth System Science Data, 13(4), (2021): 1759-1790, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-1759-2021. The Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) took place from 7 January to 11 July 2020 in the tropical North Atlantic between the eastern edge of Barbados and 51∘ W, the longitude of the Northwest Tropical Atlantic Station (NTAS) mooring. Measurements were made to gather information on shallow atmospheric convection, the effects of aerosols and clouds on the ocean surface energy budget, and mesoscale oceanic processes. Multiple platforms were deployed during ATOMIC including the NOAA RV Ronald H. Brown (RHB) (7 January to 13 February) and WP-3D Orion (P-3) aircraft (17 January to 10 February), the University of Colorado's Robust Autonomous Aerial Vehicle-Endurant Nimble (RAAVEN) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) (24 January to 15 February), NOAA- and NASA-sponsored Saildrones (12 January to 11 July), and Surface Velocity Program Salinity (SVPS) surface ocean drifters (23 January to 29 April). The RV Ronald H. Brown conducted in situ and remote sensing measurements of oceanic and atmospheric properties with an emphasis on mesoscale oceanic–atmospheric coupling and aerosol–cloud interactions. In ...