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Arctic Cloud Summer Expedition (ACSE): composite cloud layer data for Icebreaker Oden
This dataset contains derived cloud layer measurements of Icebreaker Oden utilising data from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Atmospheric Measurement Facility's (NCAS AMF) Halo Doppler lidar and NOAA cloud radar on board Icebreaker Oden durning Arctic Cloud Summer Expedition (ACSE). ACSE took place in the Arctic during summer 2014. These measurements were used to complement a suite of other observations taken during the cruise. Those of the UK contribution, as well as selected other data, are available within the associated data collection in the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) archives. Other cruise data may be available in the NOAA ACSE and The Bolin Centre for Climate Research SWERUS (SWEdish-Russian-US) holdings - see online resources linked to this record.
The data provide altitudes of cloud base and top for the first two cloud layers. Cloud base was established from the laser ceilometer (base of liquid cloud) whist he cloud top was established from the cloud radar data.
Where fog was detected, the fog top altitude from the radar data is given. Note: it was possible for the radar to detect a cloud top where the laser ceilometer was not able to detecte a cloud base.
These data were prepared for archiving as NetCDF data at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) by Ian Brooks, University of Leeds.
The Arctic Cloud Summer Expedition (ACSE) was a collaboration between the University of Leeds, the University of Stockholm, and NOAA-CIRES. ACSE aimed to study the response of Arctic boundary layer cloud to changes in surface conditions in the Arctic Ocean as a working package of the larger Swedish-Russian-US Investigation of Climate, Cryosphere and Carbon interaction (SWERUS-C3) Expedition in Summer 2014. This expedition was a core component to the overall SWERUS-C3 programme and was supported by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.
ACSE took place during a 3-month cruise of the Swedish Icebreaker Oden from Tromso, Norway to Barrow, Alaska and back over the summer of 2014. During this cruise ACSE scientists measured surface turbulent exchange, boundary layer structure, and cloud properties. Many of the measurements used remote sensing approaches - radar, lidar, and microwave radiometers - to retrieve vertical profiles of the dynamic and microphysical properties of the lower atmosphere and cloud.
The UK participation of ACSE was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, grant: NE/K011820/1) and involved instrumentation from the Atmospheric Measurement Facility of the UK's National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS AMF). This dataset collection contains data mainy from the UK contribution with some additional data from other institutes also archived to complement the suite of meteorological measurements.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-04-14T12:59:56
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-04-14T12:59:56
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 3b1effa4b6554366b9ad571fc32a6f7d
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/3b1effa4b6554366b9ad571fc32a6f7d
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- turbulent fluxes
- meteorology
- winds
- wind speed
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
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- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2014-07-05T23:00:00
- End date
- 2014-09-28T22:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted.
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Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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DOWNLOAD
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data were collected, quality controlled and prepared for archiving by the instrument scientists before upload to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long term archiving.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 3b1effa4b6554366b9ad571fc32a6f7d XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Arctic Cloud Summer Expedition (ACSE): surface and boundary layer meteorological measurements on board the Icebreaker Oden e75e1e57932d4b95831fa7b56a2016e1
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-01-26T00:26:07
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
