Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE)
<p>In March 2013, the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) was carried out in the Fram Strait region and over Svalbard to investigate atmospheric convection and boundary layer modifications due to interactions between sea ice, the atmosphere, and open water. A major goal w...
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| description | <p>In March 2013, the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) was carried out in the Fram Strait region and over Svalbard to investigate atmospheric convection and boundary layer modifications due to interactions between sea ice, the atmosphere, and open water. A major goal was the observation of marine cold-air outbreaks (MCAOs), which are typically characterised by the transport of very cold air masses from the ice-covered ocean over a relatively warm water surface and which often affect local and regional weather conditions. During STABLE, MCAOs were observed on 4 d within a period displaying a strongly northward-shifted sea ice edge north of Svalbard and, thus, with an unusually large Whaler's Bay polynya. The observations mainly consisted of in situ measurements from airborne instruments and of measurements by dropsondes. Here, we present the corresponding data set from a total of 15 aircraft vertical profiles and 22 dropsonde releases. Besides an overview of the flight patterns and instrumentation, we provide a detailed presentation of the individual quality-processing mechanisms, which ensure that the data can be used, for example, for model validation. Moreover, we discuss the effects of the individual quality-processing mechanisms, and we briefly present the main characteristics of the MCAOs based on the quality-controlled data. All 37 data series are published on the World Data Center PANGAEA <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx26">Lüpkes et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx26">2021</a><a href="#bib1.bibx26">a</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936635">https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936635</a>)</span>.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9e7fed2170044afc9c1f54084f834dd72022-12-21T23:14:08ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162022-04-01141621163710.5194/essd-14-1621-2022Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE)J. Michaelis0A. U. Schmitt1C. Lüpkes2J. Hartmann3G. Birnbaum4T. Vihma5T. Vihma6Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyMeteorological Institute, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, GermanyAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyAlfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyPolar Meteorology and Climatology, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, FinlandArctic Geophysics, The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway<p>In March 2013, the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) was carried out in the Fram Strait region and over Svalbard to investigate atmospheric convection and boundary layer modifications due to interactions between sea ice, the atmosphere, and open water. A major goal was the observation of marine cold-air outbreaks (MCAOs), which are typically characterised by the transport of very cold air masses from the ice-covered ocean over a relatively warm water surface and which often affect local and regional weather conditions. During STABLE, MCAOs were observed on 4 d within a period displaying a strongly northward-shifted sea ice edge north of Svalbard and, thus, with an unusually large Whaler's Bay polynya. The observations mainly consisted of in situ measurements from airborne instruments and of measurements by dropsondes. Here, we present the corresponding data set from a total of 15 aircraft vertical profiles and 22 dropsonde releases. Besides an overview of the flight patterns and instrumentation, we provide a detailed presentation of the individual quality-processing mechanisms, which ensure that the data can be used, for example, for model validation. Moreover, we discuss the effects of the individual quality-processing mechanisms, and we briefly present the main characteristics of the MCAOs based on the quality-controlled data. All 37 data series are published on the World Data Center PANGAEA <span class="cit" id="xref_paren.1">(<a href="#bib1.bibx26">Lüpkes et al.</a>, <a href="#bib1.bibx26">2021</a><a href="#bib1.bibx26">a</a>, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936635">https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.936635</a>)</span>.</p>https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1621/2022/essd-14-1621-2022.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. Michaelis A. U. Schmitt C. Lüpkes J. Hartmann G. Birnbaum T. Vihma T. Vihma Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) Earth System Science Data |
| title | Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) |
| title_full | Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) |
| title_fullStr | Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) |
| title_short | Observations of marine cold-air outbreaks: a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the Springtime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) |
| title_sort | observations of marine cold air outbreaks a comprehensive data set of airborne and dropsonde measurements from the springtime atmospheric boundary layer experiment stable |
| url | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/14/1621/2022/essd-14-1621-2022.pdf |
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