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Data description article
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25 Jun 2026
Data description article |  | 25 Jun 2026

Global Ocean data set of marine aerosol properties

Patricia K. Quinn, Timothy S. Bates, Derek J. Coffman, James E. Johnson, Lucia M. Upchurch, and Hanna Best

Data sets

Texas Air Quality - Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study (TexAQS/GoMACCS): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the Gulf of America, 2006-07-27 to 2006-09-12 (NCEI Accession 0310784) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/c6n1-0840

California Research at the Nexus of Air Quality and Climate Change (CalNex) Field Campaign: Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard WHOI R/V Atlantis along the California coast, 2010-05-14 to 2010-06-09 (N Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/xf4m-dx08

International Chemistry Experiment in the Arctic Lower Troposphere (ICEALOT): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard WHOI R/V Knorr in Arctic ice-free regions of the Greenland, Norwegian, and Barents seas Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/bgy4-3075

North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard WHOI R/V Atlantis in the western subarctic North Atlantic, 2015 to 2018 (NCEI Accession 0310822) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/df6d-p183

VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study - Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the tropical eastern Pacific, 2008-10-20 to 2008-12-01 (NCEI Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/mafn-2n04

The second Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-2): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard IBSS R/V Vodyanitskiy in the subtropical northeast Atlantic, 1997-06-19 to 1997-07-23 (NCEI Accession 0311148 Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/3fk0-0m36

Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the tropical North Atlantic, 2020-01-07 to 2020-02-11 (NCEI Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/w7ab-3s87

Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, 1999-01-14 to 1999-03-31 (NCEI Accession 0312108) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/67kx-2d82

Pacific Sulfur-Stratus Investigation (PSI): Physical and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Discoverer off the coast of Washington state, 1991-04-16 to 1991-05-01 (NCEI Accession 0311260) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/44nn-d608

Western Atlantic Climate Study (WACS): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols in Georges Bank and the Sargasso Sea aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown (2012-08-19 to 2012-08-28) and WHOI R/V Knorr (2014-05- Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/tx5t-1e17

Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation (DYNAMO) Field Campaign: Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard SIO R/V Roger Revelle in the equatorial Indian ocean, 2011-10-01 to 2011-12-07 (NCEI Accession 031 Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/m0ec-rn58

Combined Sensor Program (CSP): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Discoverer in the central and tropical western Pacific, 1996-03-15 to 1996-04-12 (NCEI Accession 0311408) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/pgzy-5h08

Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-1): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Discoverer in the southern hemisphere, 1995-10-13 to 1995-12-13 (NCEI Accession 0311430) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/z3bm-y330

Radiatively Important Trace Species (RITS) Field Campaign: Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Surveyor in the central Pacific, 1993-03-20 to 1993-05-08 and 1993-11-21 to 1994-01-08 (NCEI Acce Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/ec4p-9410

NAURU-99 Field Campaign: Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the southwestern Pacific, 1999-06-14 to 1999-07-16 (NCEI Accession 0311261) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/e2rz-yg88

Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the western Pacific, 2001-03-15 to 2001-04-20 (NCEI Accession 0311 Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/jd13-t245

Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange (MAGE-92) Field Campaign: Physical and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V John Vickers in the tropical Pacific, 1992-02-21 to 1992-03-23 (NCEI Accession 0310736) Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/bz8f-b917

New England Air Quality Study (NEAQS): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown in the Gulf of Maine and the northwest Atlantic, 2002-07-12 to 2002-08-10 and 2004-07-05 to 2004-08-1 Patricia K. Quinn et al. https://doi.org/10.25921/q66h-r438

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A data set of marine aerosol properties collected across all of the world's oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern) is described including a description of the methods and the measured properties. The goal of this paper is to promote broader awareness of the database to the atmospheric aerosol in situ measurement, satellite, and modelling communities. A description of the data availability is provided for ease of public access.
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