Maahn, Maximilian; Cox, Christopher J; Gallagher, Michael R; Hutchings, Jennifer K; Shupe, Matthew D; Uttal, Taneil (2023): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data from MOSAiC expedition with POLARSTERN on 2020-04-23 [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960639, In: Maahn, M et al. (2023): Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS) data from MOSAiC expedition with POLARSTERN (2019-2020) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.960391
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Abstract:
The VISSS is a camera system that records precipitating snow from two perspectives. Here, movies and images of falling precipitation particles are provided for MOSAiC. For more details on the VISSS sensor, see Maahn et al. (2023). The instrument was located at Met City until April 26 2020, but was moved to the P deck of Polarstern on April 30 2020 due to deteriorating sea ice conditions.
Further details:
Maahn, Maximilian; Moisseev, Dmitri; Steinke, Isabelle; Maherndl, Nina; Shupe, Matthew D (2024): Introducing the Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor (VISSS). Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17(2), 899-919, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-899-2024
Project(s):
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AFMOSAiC-1_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS122_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate / MOSAiC
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES), grant/award no. CIRES IRP
German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 268020496: TRR 172: ArctiC Amplification: Climate Relevant Atmospheric and SurfaCe Processes, and Feedback Mechanisms
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 84.074120 * Median Longitude: 16.034229 * South-bound Latitude: 84.063479 * West-bound Longitude: 15.981710 * North-bound Latitude: 84.087496 * East-bound Longitude: 16.063716
Date/Time Start: 2020-04-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-04-23T23:55:00
Minimum Elevation: -3603.7 m * Maximum Elevation: -3603.7 m
Event(s):
PS122/3_28-142 * Latitude: 84.660343 * Longitude: 12.906149 * Date/Time Start: 2020-04-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-04-26T15:00:00 * Elevation: -3603.7 m * O2A Registry URI: sensor.awi.de * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/3 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Snow fall sensor (SFSE) * Comment: Data acquisition failed on 13.03.2020, due to a filled hard drive. Instrument was still running until 27.03.2020.; Turned on using the slave computer and camera as master. Master computer on ship for repairs.; Master computer reinstalled, so Slave as Master turned off.; Master and Slave computers both working. Data collection as usual.; VISSS turned off and returned to ship for reinstallation on Pdeck.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Event label | Event | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | ||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | Geocode | |
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | Geocode | |
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | Geocode | |
| 5 | Identification | ID | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | of camera | |
| 6 | Video | VIDEO | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | mov files | |
| 7 | Image, sky | IMAGE sky | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | jpg files | |
| 8 | Text file | TEXT | Maahn, Maximilian | Video In Situ Snowfall Sensor, University of Cologne (VISSS) | meta data |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 1 (ProcLevel1)
Size:
2300 data points
Data
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