Southern Ocean cloud and aerosol data: a compilation of measurements from the 2018 Southern Ocean Ross Sea Marine Ecosystems and Environment voyage

Kremser, Stefanie; Harvey, Mike; Kuma, Peter; Hartery, Sean; Saint-Macary, Alexia; McGregor, John; Schuddeboom, Alex; von Hobe, Marc; Lennartz, Sinikka T.; Geddes, Alex; Querel, Richard; McDonald, Adrian; Peltola, Maija; Sellegri, Karine; Silber, Israel; Law, Cliff S.; Flynn, Connor J.; Marriner, Andrew; Hill, Thomas C. J.; DeMott, Paul J.; Hume, Carson C.; Plank, Graeme; Graham, Geoffrey; Parsons, Simon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3115-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 3115–3153, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3115-2021

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 3115–3153, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-3115-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 7

Data description paper 02 Jul 2021

Data description paper | 02 Jul 2021

Southern Ocean cloud and aerosol data: a compilation of measurements from the 2018 Southern Ocean Ross Sea Marine Ecosystems and Environment voyage

Stefanie Kremser et al.

Data sets

Southern Ocean Cloud and Aerosol data set: a compilation of measurements from the 2018 Southern Ocean Ross Sea Marine Ecosystems and Environment voyage S. Kremser, M. Harvey, P. Kuma, S. Hartery, A. Saint-Macary, J. McGregor, A. Schuddeboom, M. von Hobe, S. T. Lennartz, A. Geddes, R. Querel, A. McDonald, M. Peltola, K. Sellegri, I. Silber, C. Law, C. J. Flynn, A. Marriner, T. C. Hill, P. DeMott, C. C. Hume, G. Plank, G. Graham, and S. Parsons https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4060237

Model code and software

mpl2nc Peter Kuma https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4409731

Automatic Lidar and Ceilometer Framework (ALCF) Peter Kuma https://alcf-lidar.github.io/

mrr2c Peter Kuma https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4707288

Short summary

Aerosol–cloud interactions over the Southern Ocean are poorly understood and remain a major source of uncertainty in climate models. This study presents ship-borne measurements, collected during a 6-week voyage into the Southern Ocean in 2018, that are an important supplement to satellite-based measurements. For example, these measurements include data on low-level clouds and aerosol composition in the marine boundary layer, which can be used in climate model evaluation efforts.