Ice Nucleating Particle number concentration from low-volume sampling over the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/2017 on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).

• Main Authors: Tatzelt, Christian, Henning, Silvia, Tummon, Fiona, Hartmann, Markus, Baccarini, Andrea, Welti, André, Lehtipalo, Katrianne, Schmale, Julia
• Other Authors: Thomas, Jenny, Löffler, Mareike, Linke, Olivia
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: ice nucleating particles; INP; aerosol; filter sampling; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition; ACE-SPACE; ACE; Antarc*; Antarctic; Sea ice; Swiss Polar Institute
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4311665

Dataset abstract Ice nucleating particles (INP) are a subclass of atmospheric aerosol particles, which can force heterogeneous freezing of cloud droplets at temperatures above -38 degrees C. In contrast, ice particles form from cloud droplets at temperatures below -38 degrees C due to homogeneous freezing, without INP. Due to their abundance, these particles can affect micro-physical properties of clouds, while acting as INP. During the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) around the Southern Ocean, off-line filter sampling was performed. Filters were stored on the ship and analysed after the cruise at Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) concerning INP abundance. Here, we give INP number concentrations for sampling of 8 hour periods. Dataset contents ACESPACE_ice_nucleating_particles_frozen_fraction_from_lowvolume_filters.csv, data file, comma-separated values ACESPACE_ice_nucleating_particles_number_concentration_from_lowvolume_filters.csv, data file, comma-separated values data_file_header_frozen_fraction.txt, metadata, text format data_file_header_number_concentration.txt, metadata, text format README.txt, metadata, text format change_log.txt, metadata, text format Change log v1.1 - data files updated change dataset title to reflect low-volume sampling method addition of INP number concentration data from different temperatures addition of fraction of frozen droplets data addition of field blank filter data create separate data_file_header files add change log v1.0 - initial release of dataset The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) was a scientific expedition carried out under the auspices of the Swiss Polar Institute, supported by funding from the ACE Foundation and Ferring Pharmaceuticals. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in the framework of the priority programme "Antarctic Research with comparative investigations in the Arctic sea ice areas" SPP 1158 (grant STR 453/12-1).