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Hartmann, Jörg; Lüpkes, Christof; Chechin, Dmitry (2019): High resolution aircraft measurements of wind and temperature during the ACLOUD campaign in 2017 [dataset]. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.900880

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Abstract:
During the ACLOUD (Arctic Cloud Observations Using airborne measurements during polar Day) campaign conducted in May/June 2017 meteorological data (temperature, 3 wind components, air pressure) have been measured in high temporal resolution (100 Hz) using instrumentation that was installed at the nosebooms of both aircraft Polar 5 and Polar 6. For each flight the data are given as functions of time and position (including height above ground) along the flight tracks. All flights started and ended in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Each file represents an entire flight starting well before the first movement of the plane and ending after the final parking position has been reached after landing. The wind measurement is only valid during flight and the full accuracy is only achieved during straight level flight sections. The absolute accuracy of the wind components is 0.2m/s for straight and level flights sections and the relative accuracy of the vertical wind speed is about 0.05m/s for straight and level flight sections. For these sections, which can be obtained on the basis of the given roll and pitch angles of the aircraft, the 100 Hz data can be used to derive turbulent fluxes of momentum and sensible heat. For further informations on the data processing and accuracy of the turbulence measurement refer to Hartmann et al. (2018, doi:10.5194/amt-11-4567-2018). For further information on the ACLOUD campaign we refer to Wendisch et al. (2018, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0072.1).
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All data are given as decimal values at 100Hz in columns in this order and meaning:
t - UTC-time in seconds (since midnight)
lon - longitude in degress based on WGS84
lat - latitude in degress based on WGS84
h - height in metres based on WGS84
p - static pressure in hpa, corrected for the influence of the aircraft
T - temperature from PT100, corrected for adiabatic heating
u - west-east component of wind speed in m/s, positive towards east
v - south-north component of wind speed in m/s, positive towards north
w - vertical wind speed in m/s
pitch - pitch angle in degrees
roll - roll angle in degrees
thdg - true heading of the aircraft in degrees
Keyword(s):
ACLOUD; airborne measurements; Greenland Sea; Polar 5; Polar 6; Svalbard; turbulence
Related to:
Wendisch, Manfred; Macke, Andreas; Ehrlich, André; Lüpkes, Christof; Mech, Mario; Chechin, Dmitry; Dethloff, Klaus; Barientos, Carola; Bozem, Heiko; Brückner, Marlen; Clemen, Hans-Christian; Crewell, Susanne; Donth, Tobias; Dupuy, Regis; Ebell, Kerstin; Egerer, Ulrike; Engelmann, Ronny; Engler, Christa; Eppers, Oliver; Gehrmann, Martin; Gong, Xianda; Gottschalk, Matthias; Gourbeyre, Christophe; Griesche, Hannes; Hartmann, Jörg; Hartmann, Markus; Heinold, Bernd; Herber, Andreas; Herrmann, Hartmut; Heygster, Georg; Hoor, Peter; Jafariserajehlou, Soheila; Jäkel, Evelyn; Järvinen, Emma; Jourdan, Olivier; Kästner, Udo; Kecorius, Simonas; Knudsen, Erlend M; Köllner, Franziska; Kretzschmar, Jan; Lelli, Luca; Leroy, Delphine; Maturilli, Marion; Mei, Linlu; Mertes, Stephan; Mioche, Guillaume; Neuber, Roland; Nicolaus, Marcel; Nomokonova, Tatiana; Notholt, Justus; Palm, Mathias; van Pinxteren, Manuela; Quaas, Johannes; Richter, Philipp; Ruiz-Donoso, Elena; Schäfer, Michael; Schmieder, Katja; Schnaiter, Martin; Schneider, Johannes; Schwarzenböck, Alfons; Seifert, Patric; Shupe, Matthew D; Siebert, Holger; Spreen, Gunnar; Stapf, Johannes; Stratmann, Frank; Vogl, Teresa; Welti, André; Wex, Heike; Wiedensohler, Alfred; Zanatta, Marco; Zeppenfeld, Sebastian (2019): The Arctic Cloud Puzzle: Using ACLOUD/PASCAL Multiplatform Observations to Unravel the Role of Clouds and Aerosol Particles in Arctic Amplification. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(5), 841–871, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0072.1
Other version:
Hartmann, Jörg; Lüpkes, Christof; Chechin, Dmitry (2019): 1Hz resolution aircraft measurements of wind and temperature during the ACLOUD campaign in 2017. Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.902849
Further details:
Hartmann, Jörg; Gehrmann, Martin; Kohnert, Katrin; Metzger, Stefan; Sachs, Torsten (2018): New calibration procedures for airborne turbulence measurements and accuracy of the methane fluxes during the AirMeth campaigns. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11(7), 4567-4581, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4567-2018
Project(s):
Funding:
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 268020496: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 75.107941 * Median Longitude: 14.876082 * South-bound Latitude: 53.038738 * West-bound Longitude: 8.276627 * North-bound Latitude: 78.245985 * East-bound Longitude: 18.915330
Date/Time Start: 2017-05-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2017-06-26T00:00:00
Event(s):
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705100201  * Latitude Start: 53.049480 * Longitude Start: 8.783661 * Latitude End: 53.052608 * Longitude End: 8.781554 * Date/Time Start: 2017-05-10T10:21:44 * Date/Time End: 2017-05-10T12:39:43 * Campaign: P5_206_ACLOUD_2017 (ACLOUD) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC) * Comment: Certification flight
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190301 (RF01)  * Latitude Start: 53.052636 * Longitude Start: 8.781299 * Latitude End: 63.455276 * Longitude End: 10.926719 * Date/Time Start: 2017-05-19T10:28:39 * Date/Time End: 2017-05-19T14:20:38 * Campaign: P5_206_ACLOUD_2017 (ACLOUD) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190402 (RF02)  * Latitude Start: 63.455275 * Longitude Start: 10.926711 * Latitude End: 69.687747 * Longitude End: 18.915325 * Date/Time Start: 2017-05-19T14:58:23 * Date/Time End: 2017-05-19T17:57:21 * Campaign: P5_206_ACLOUD_2017 (ACLOUD) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
Event labelEventHartmann, Jörg
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeHartmann, JörgGeocode
File contentContentHartmann, Jörg
File formatFile formatHartmann, Jörgin zip
File nameFile nameHartmann, Jörg
File sizeFile sizekByteHartmann, Jörgof zip file
Uniform resource locator/link to fileURL fileHartmann, Jörg
Size:
235 data points

Data

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P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705100201 2017-05-10Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 2ASCIIFlight_20170510_02_P5_turbdata.asc.gz11867.495Flight_20170510_02_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190301 2017-05-19Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 3ASCIIFlight_20170519_03_P5_turbdata.asc.gz23627.079Flight_20170519_03_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190402 2017-05-19Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 4ASCIIFlight_20170519_04_P5_turbdata.asc.gz17637.619Flight_20170519_04_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705200501 2017-05-20Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 5ASCIIFlight_20170520_05_P5_turbdata.asc.gz21468.386Flight_20170520_05_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705230601 2017-05-23Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 6ASCIIFlight_20170523_06_P5_turbdata.asc.gz34894.230Flight_20170523_06_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705250701 2017-05-25Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 7ASCIIFlight_20170525_07_P5_turbdata.asc.gz26816.945Flight_20170525_07_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705270801 2017-05-27Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 8ASCIIFlight_20170527_08_P5_turbdata.asc.gz22502.129Flight_20170527_08_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705270902 2017-05-27Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 9ASCIIFlight_20170527_09_P5_turbdata.asc.gz21133.426Flight_20170527_09_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705291001 2017-05-29Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 10ASCIIFlight_20170529_10_P5_turbdata.asc.gz21912.127Flight_20170529_10_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705311101 2017-05-31Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 11ASCIIFlight_20170531_11_P5_turbdata.asc.gz27036.114Flight_20170531_11_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706021201 2017-06-02Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 12ASCIIFlight_20170602_12_P5_turbdata.asc.gz34810.783Flight_20170602_12_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706051301 2017-06-05Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 13ASCIIFlight_20170605_13_P5_turbdata.asc.gz26419.600Flight_20170605_13_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706081401 2017-06-08Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 14ASCIIFlight_20170608_14_P5_turbdata.asc.gz34633.818Flight_20170608_14_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706091501 2017-06-09Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 15ASCIIFlight_20170609_15_P5_turbdata.asc.gz9414.305Flight_20170609_15_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706131601 2017-06-13Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 16ASCIIFlight_20170613_16_P5_turbdata.asc.gz14391.346Flight_20170613_16_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706141701 2017-06-14Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 17ASCIIFlight_20170614_17_P5_turbdata.asc.gz39700.143Flight_20170614_17_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706161801 2017-06-16Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 18ASCIIFlight_20170616_18_P5_turbdata.asc.gz31804.738Flight_20170616_18_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706171901 2017-06-17Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 19ASCIIFlight_20170617_19_P5_turbdata.asc.gz34032.554Flight_20170617_19_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706182001 2017-06-18Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 20ASCIIFlight_20170618_20_P5_turbdata.asc.gz34739.965Flight_20170618_20_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706202101 2017-06-20Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 21ASCIIFlight_20170620_21_P5_turbdata.asc.gz42763.741Flight_20170620_21_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706232201 2017-06-23Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 22ASCIIFlight_20170623_22_P5_turbdata.asc.gz25259.566Flight_20170623_22_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706252301 2017-06-25Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 23ASCIIFlight_20170625_23_P5_turbdata.asc.gz40107.837Flight_20170625_23_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P5_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706262401 2017-06-26Meteorological data from POLAR 5 flight 24ASCIIFlight_20170626_24_P5_turbdata.asc.gz20537.847Flight_20170626_24_P5_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705110101 2017-05-11Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 1ASCIIFlight_20170511_01_P6_turbdata.asc.gz10363.037Flight_20170511_01_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705120201 2017-05-12Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 2ASCIIFlight_20170512_02_P6_turbdata.asc.gz12504.479Flight_20170512_02_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190301 2017-05-19Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 3ASCIIFlight_20170519_03_P6_turbdata.asc.gz22025.743Flight_20170519_03_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705190402 2017-05-19Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 4ASCIIFlight_20170519_04_P6_turbdata.asc.gz16156.148Flight_20170519_04_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705200501 2017-05-20Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 5ASCIIFlight_20170520_05_P6_turbdata.asc.gz19165.604Flight_20170520_05_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705270601 2017-05-27Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 6ASCIIFlight_20170527_06_P6_turbdata.asc.gz23119.001Flight_20170527_06_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705290701 2017-05-29Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 7ASCIIFlight_20170529_07_P6_turbdata.asc.gz28871.563Flight_20170529_07_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705300801 2017-05-30Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 8ASCIIFlight_20170530_08_P6_turbdata.asc.gz30606.204Flight_20170530_08_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1705310901 2017-05-31Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 9ASCIIFlight_20170531_09_P6_turbdata.asc.gz28220.533Flight_20170531_09_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706021001 2017-06-02Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 10ASCIIFlight_20170602_10_P6_turbdata.asc.gz41806.594Flight_20170602_10_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706041101 2017-06-04Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 11ASCIIFlight_20170604_11_P6_turbdata.asc.gz38694.672Flight_20170604_11_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706051201 2017-06-05Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 12ASCIIFlight_20170605_12_P6_turbdata.asc.gz28657.300Flight_20170605_12_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706081301 2017-06-08Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 13ASCIIFlight_20170608_13_P6_turbdata.asc.gz39088.112Flight_20170608_13_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706091401 2017-06-09Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 14ASCIIFlight_20170609_14_P6_turbdata.asc.gz8737.058Flight_20170609_14_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706131501 2017-06-13Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 15ASCIIFlight_20170613_15_P6_turbdata.asc.gz15953.501Flight_20170613_15_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706141601 2017-06-14Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 16ASCIIFlight_20170614_16_P6_turbdata.asc.gz32443.160Flight_20170614_16_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706161701 2017-06-16Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 17ASCIIFlight_20170616_17_P6_turbdata.asc.gz39781.636Flight_20170616_17_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706171801 2017-06-17Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 18ASCIIFlight_20170617_18_P6_turbdata.asc.gz37017.271Flight_20170617_18_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706181901 2017-06-18Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 19ASCIIFlight_20170618_19_P6_turbdata.asc.gz35314.055Flight_20170618_19_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706202001 2017-06-20Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 20ASCIIFlight_20170620_20_P6_turbdata.asc.gz37033.921Flight_20170620_20_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706232101 2017-06-23Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 21ASCIIFlight_20170623_21_P6_turbdata.asc.gz30106.828Flight_20170623_21_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706252201 2017-06-25Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 22ASCIIFlight_20170625_22_P6_turbdata.asc.gz38815.314Flight_20170625_22_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706262301 2017-06-26Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 23ASCIIFlight_20170626_23_P6_turbdata.asc.gz15689.427Flight_20170626_23_P6_turbdata.asc.gz
P6_206_ACLOUD_2017_1706262402 2017-06-26Meteorological data from POLAR 6 flight 24ASCIIFlight_20170626_24_P6_turbdata.asc.gz17247.202Flight_20170626_24_P6_turbdata.asc.gz