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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

GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01239

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.

Citation:
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

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-259

Authors

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

Basic Information

Creation Date:	2019-09-20
Dataset Progress:	Complete
Dataset Language:	English
ISO Topic Categories:	Climatology/Meteorology/Atmosphere
Parameters:	Cryosphere > Sea Ice Oceans > Sea Ice > Salinity

Additional Information

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.
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.
Project:	P-Blowing snow and sea ice > Blowing snow and sea ice surfaces as a source of polar sea salt aerosol (BLOWSEA)

Extent

Temporal Coverage:
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
Altitude
Min Altitude	N/A
Max Altitude	N/A
Depth
Min Depth	N/A
Max Depth	N/A

Location:
Location	Weddell Sea
Detailed Location	N/A

Sensor(s):	ION CHROMATOGRAPHS

Storage

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

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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