Citation:

PANGAEA.985001

Name: Automated Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols and Black Carbon on Commercial Cruise Voyages with the Portable Atmospheric Measurement box On Sea (PAMOS): MS Fridtjof Nansen from July 2024 to August 2024
Published: 2025-10-20
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: aerosol; Antarctica; black carbon; MS Fridtjof Nansen; PAMOS (Portable Atmospheric Measuring Box On Sea); SOOP

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Published: 2025-10-20 • DOI registered: 2025-11-18

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Abstract:

The Portable Atmospheric Measurement box On Sea (PAMOS) is a fully automated instrument designed for air monitoring on commercial vessels, requiring no maintenance from the crew. First prototypes were deployed on the MS Fridtjof Nansen, a cruise ship operated by HX, in 2024. PAMOS unit 001 was operated during a cruise from Reykjavik to the Greenlandic west coast, reaching Camp Frida in Vaigat Sound, and back between 24 July and 7 August 2024. The datasets include GPS positions (from both PAMOS and the vessel's navigation system when available), meteorological parameters (air temperature, pressure, relative humidity, relative wind speed and direction, and precipitation measured with a Vaisala WXT536), aerosol properties (particle number concentration from a naneos Partector 2, black carbon from a MA350, and particulate matter from an OPC-R2), and trace gases (CO₂, CO, CH₄, SO₂ from smartgas sensors). Quality flags are provided for all parameter groups and should be considered when using the data.

Keyword(s):

aerosol; Antarctica; black carbon; MS Fridtjof Nansen; PAMOS (Portable Atmospheric Measuring Box On Sea); SOOP

Other version:

nc file: Measurements during MS Fridtjof Nansen cruise from July 2024 to August 2024 (2025). 20240724_20240807_msfridtjofnansen_pamos_shipposition.nc

Project(s):

Shaping an Ocean of Possibilities (SOOP)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 64.110571 * Median Longitude: -49.411855 * South-bound Latitude: 59.644332 * West-bound Longitude: -54.300471 * North-bound Latitude: 70.009067 * East-bound Longitude: -26.941480

Date/Time Start: 2024-07-26T10:22:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-08-07T14:09:00

Event(s):

20240724_FridtjofNansen * Latitude Start: 60.345479 * Longitude Start: -38.444910 * Latitude End: 63.322561 * Longitude End: -26.566977 * Date/Time Start: 2024-07-26T10:22:00 * Date/Time End: 2024-08-07T14:09:00 * O2A Registry URI: https://registry.o2a-data.de/items/11907 * Campaign: * Basis: * Method/Device: Atmospheric measurement box PAMOS 1 (PAMOS_001)

Comment:

Data processing was carried out with the Python package shipspy [1], as described in [2].

[1] Köhler, L. (2025). shipspy (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/shipspy-development/shipspy

[2] Köhler, L. (2025). PAMOS processing (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://github.com/LauraKoehler/pamos_processing.git

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Köhler, Laura		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Köhler, Laura		Geocode – Ship GPS
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Köhler, Laura		Geocode – Ship GPS
4	Latitude 2	Latitude 2		Köhler, Laura	Global Navigation Satellite System receiver (GNSS), Navilock, NL-3331
5	Longitude 2	Longitude 2		Köhler, Laura	Global Navigation Satellite System receiver (GNSS), Navilock, NL-3331
6	Section	Sect		Köhler, Laura		of ship cruise
7	Particle diameter	Particle diam	mm	Köhler, Laura	Particle detector, naneos particle solution, Partector 2	Aerosol diameter
8	Black carbon, aerosol	Aerosol BC	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Black carbon monitor, microAeth, MA350	at 375nm
9	Black carbon, aerosol	Aerosol BC	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Black carbon monitor, microAeth, MA350	at 4705nm
10	Black carbon, aerosol	Aerosol BC	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Black carbon monitor, microAeth, MA350	at 528nm
11	Black carbon, aerosol	Aerosol BC	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Black carbon monitor, microAeth, MA350	at 625nm
12	Black carbon, aerosol	Aerosol BC	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Black carbon monitor, microAeth, MA350	at 880nm
13	Methane	CH4	ppmv	Köhler, Laura	Infrared gas sensor, smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH, FlowEVO Plus, [non-dispersive]
14	Carbon dioxide	CO2	ppmv	Köhler, Laura	Infrared gas sensor, smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH, FlowEVO Plus, [non-dispersive]
15	Carbon monoxide	CO	ppmv	Köhler, Laura	Infrared gas sensor, smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH, FlowEVO Plus, [non-dispersive]
16	Lung deposited surface area concentration	Lung depos area conc	1/m	Köhler, Laura	Particle detector, naneos particle solution, Partector 2
17	Aerosol number concentration	CP	#/cm³	Köhler, Laura	Particle detector, naneos particle solution, Partector 2
18	Pressure, atmospheric	PPPP	hPa	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536
19	Ship speed	Ship sp	m/s	Köhler, Laura	Global Navigation Satellite System receiver (GNSS), Navilock, NL-3331	platform speed
20	Particulate matter, < 1 µm	PM1	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Optical Particle Counters, Alphasense, OPC-R2
21	Particulate matter, < 10 µm	PM10	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Optical Particle Counters, Alphasense, OPC-R2
22	Particulate matter, < 2.5 µm	PM2.5	µg/m³	Köhler, Laura	Optical Particle Counters, Alphasense, OPC-R2
23	Precipitation, accumulated	Precip acc	m	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536
24	Precipitation	Precip	mm/day	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536
25	Flag	Flag		Köhler, Laura		Pump flag (0: off, 1: on)
26	Quality flag, aerosol parameters	QF aerosol param		Köhler, Laura		QF meaning: 0 = ok, 1 = error
27	Quality flag, housekeeping	QF housekeeping param		Köhler, Laura		QF meaning: 0 = ok, 1 = error
28	Quality flag, meteorological parameters	QF meteorol param		Köhler, Laura		QF meaning: 0 = ok, 1 = error
29	Quality flag, position	QF pos		Köhler, Laura		QF meaning: 0 = ok, 1 = error
30	Quality flag, trace gas parameters	QF trace param		Köhler, Laura		QF meaning: 0 = ok, 1 = error
31	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536
32	Sulfur dioxide	SO2	ppbv	Köhler, Laura	Infrared gas sensor, smartGAS Mikrosensorik GmbH, FlowEVO Plus, [non-dispersive]
33	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536
34	Temperature, technical	T tech	°C	Köhler, Laura	Resistance thermometer, Sensorshop24, PT100	inside instrumente cabinet
35	Wind direction, relative	RelWindDir	deg	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	maximum
36	Wind direction, relative	RelWindDir	deg	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	mean
37	Wind direction, relative	RelWindDir	deg	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	minimum
38	Wind speed, relative	RelWindSp	m/s	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	maximum
39	Wind speed, relative	RelWindSp	m/s	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	mean
40	Wind speed, relative	RelWindSp	m/s	Köhler, Laura	Weather transmitter, Vaisala, WXT536	minimum

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)

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554898 data points

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