Abstract:
Two consecutive cruises in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, in winter/spring 2013 provided the first direct observations of sea salt aerosol (SSA) production from blowing snow above sea ice, thereby validating a model hypothesis to account for winter time SSA maxima in polar regions not explained otherwise. Concentration, size distribution and chemical composition of airborne snow particles, sea salt aerosol and snow on sea ice where measured on board RV Polarstern as well as on the sea ice during ice stations.
Funding was provided by NERC projects NE/J023051/1 and NE/J020303/1.
Keywords:
Antarctica, blowing snow, chemical fractionation, sea ice, sea salt aerosol, snow chemistry
Frey, M., Norris, S., Brooks, I., Anderson, P., Nishimura, K., Yang, X., Jones, A., Nerentorp Mastromonaco, M., Jones, D., & Wolff, E. (2019). Concentration, size distribution and chemical composition of snow particles, sea salt aerosol and snow on sea ice in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) during austral winter/spring 2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/853dd176-bc7a-48d4-a6be-33bcc0f17eeb
| Creation Date: | 2019-09-20 |
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| Dataset Progress: | Complete |
| Dataset Language: | English |
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| Personnel: | |
| Name | UK PDC |
| Role(s) | Metadata Author |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Markus Frey |
| Role(s) | Investigator, Technical Contact |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Sarah J Norris |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Name | Ian Brooks |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Name | Philip S Anderson |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Scottish Association for Marine Science |
| Name | Kouichi Nishimura |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Nagoya University |
| Name | Xin Yang |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Anna Jones |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | British Antarctic Survey |
| Name | Michelle G Nerentorp Mastromonaco |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | IVL Swedish Environment Institute |
| Name | David H Jones |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | Neptec UK Ltd. |
| Name | Dr Eric Wolff |
| Role(s) | Investigator |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Parent Dataset: | N/A |
| Reference: | Frey, M. M., Norris, S. J., Brooks, I. M., Anderson, P. S., Nishimura, K., Yang, X., Jones, A. E., Neren- torp Mastromonaco, M. G., Jones, D. H., and Wolff, E. W.: First direct observation of sea salt aerosol production from blowing snow above sea ice, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., 1-53, doi: 10.5194/acp-2019-259, https://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/acp-2019-259/, 2019. |
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| Quality: | Detection limits and data quality are described in detail in Frey et al., 2019. | |
| Lineage/Methodology: | Two consecutive Antarctic expeditions were carried out in the Weddell Sea aboard the German icebreaker RV Polarstern in 2013, the Antarctic Winter Ecosystem ClimateStudy(AWECS), ANT-XXIX/6 between 8 June and 12 August, and the spring expedition ANT-XXIX/7 between 14 August and 16 October. Methods are described in detail in Frey et al., 2019. | |
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| Temporal Coverage: | |
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| Start Date | 2013-06-15 |
| End Date | 2013-08-09 |
| Start Date | 2013-08-29 |
| End Date | 2013-10-08 |
| Spatial Coverage: | |
| Latitude | |
| Southernmost | -68.049 |
| Northernmost | -62.918 |
| Longitude | |
| Westernmost | -66.445 |
| Easternmost | -.033 |
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| Min Altitude | N/A |
| Max Altitude | N/A |
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| Min Depth | N/A |
| Max Depth | N/A |
| Location: | |
| Location | Weddell Sea |
| Detailed Location | N/A |
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| Data Storage: | aerosol size and number concentration at 0.2m, 2.0m and 29m above the sea ice surface (aerosol_0.2m.csv, aerosol_2m.csv, aerosol_29m.csv); snow particle size and number concentration at 0.2m and 29m above the sea ice surface (snowparticle_0.2m.csv, snowparticle_29m.csv); bulk aerosol chemistry at 2m and 29m (aerosol_chemistry_2m.csv, aerosol_chemistry_29m.csv); bulk snow chemistry (snow_chemistry.csv); friction velocity and horizontal wind speed from sonic anemometer measurements at 2m above the sea ice surface (friction_velocity_2m.csv) The total size of the dataset is about 48 MB |
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