Citation:

PANGAEA.988207 (dataset in review)

Name: Airborne measurements of Arctic aerosol and meteorological parameters using the UAV ALADINA in Ny-Ålesund during flight AIDA_ALADINA_20240522_07
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: aerosol; airborne measurements; Arctic; Arctic aerosol; atmospheric boundary layer; new particle formation; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; UAV

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Abstract:

The influence of aerosol particles on the Arctic climate system and their role in the Arctic amplification remains uncertain. Further research is required to gain a broader understanding of the processes that drive or suppress new particle formation along with transport and spatial distribution of aerosol particles, especially in the atmospheric boundary layer.

This dataset provides airborne measurements of the aerosol particle number concentration in different size classes alongside meteorological parameters. During the field campaign, the uncrewed aerial system (UAV) ALADINA (Application of Lightweight Aircraft for Detecting In-situ Aerosols) operated from the airport in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, between 20 May and 4 June. The 38 measurement flights consist of 145 vertical profiles up to 930 m altitude above mean sea level (MSL) and 62 horizontal flight legs above land and the Kongsfjord at multiple constant altitudes. A detailed description of the AIDA campaign (Aerosol variability and Interaction with ambient conditions based on small-scale vertical and horizontal Distribution of Arctic measurements), the ALADINA system and the applied methods during the post-processing will be provided by Schuchard et al. (in preparation).

Keyword(s):

aerosol; airborne measurements; Arctic; Arctic aerosol; atmospheric boundary layer; new particle formation; Ny-Ålesund; Svalbard; UAV

Funding:

German Research Foundation (DFG), grant/award no. 519822612 : Aerosol-Variabilität und Interaktion mit Umgebungsbedingungen basierend auf der kleinskaligen vertikalen und horizontalen Verteilung bei Messungen in der Arktis (AIDA)

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 78.926763 * Median Longitude: 11.861218 * South-bound Latitude: 78.919961 * West-bound Longitude: 11.825085 * North-bound Latitude: 78.938121 * East-bound Longitude: 11.897681

Date/Time Start: 2024-05-22T17:55:22 * Date/Time End: 2024-05-22T18:34:15

Minimum ALTITUDE: 60.7 m * Maximum ALTITUDE: 853.4 m

Event(s):

AIDA_ALADINA_20240522_07 * Latitude Start: 78.925880 * Longitude Start: 11.875969 * Latitude End: 78.923890 * Longitude End: 11.871521 * Date/Time Start: 2024-05-22T17:55:22 * Date/Time End: 2024-05-22T18:34:15 * Location: Ny-Ålesund, Spitsbergen * Campaign: * Basis: AWIPEV * Method/Device: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Schuchard, Malte		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Schuchard, Malte	GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P	Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Schuchard, Malte	GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P	Geocode
4	ALTITUDE	Altitude	m	Schuchard, Malte	GNSS, u-blox Holding AG Switzerland, uBlox ZED-F9P	Geocode
5	Temperature, air	TTT	°C	Schuchard, Malte	Temperature sensor, Measurement Specialists Ireland, TSYS01
6	Humidity, relative	RH	%	Schuchard, Malte	Thermometer/Hygrometer, Vaisala, HMP110
7	Pressure, at given altitude	PPPP	hPa	Schuchard, Malte	Pressure sensor, Analog Microelectronics Germany, AMS 5812
8	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 6 nm to 1 µm	N_conc(6)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Condensation particle counter (CPC), TSI Inc. USA, 3007
9	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 19 nm to 1 µm	N_conc(19)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Condensation particle counter (CPC), TSI Inc. USA, 3007
10	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.3 µm to 0.5 µm	N_conc(0.3-0.5)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 1. channel of OPC
11	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.5 µm to 0.7 µm	N_conc(0.5-0.7)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 2. channel of OPC
12	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 0.7 µm to 1 µm	N_conc(0.7-1.0)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 3. channel of OPC
13	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 1 µm to 2.5 µm	N_conc(1.0-2.5)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 4. channel of OPC
14	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 2.5 µm to 5 µm	N_conc(2.5-5.0)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 5. channel of OPC
15	Particle number concentration, particle diameter range 5 µm to 10 µm	N_conc(5-10)	#/cm³	Schuchard, Malte	Optical particle counter (OPC), Met One lnstruments inc. USA, GT-526S	from 6. channel of OPC
16	Short-wave downward (GLOBAL) radiation	SWD	W/m²	Schuchard, Malte	Pyranometer, EKO Instruments, ML-01
17	Short-wave upward (REFLEX) radiation	SWU	W/m²	Schuchard, Malte	Pyranometer, EKO Instruments, ML-01
18	Surface temperature	Surf temp	°C	Schuchard, Malte	Temperature sensor, Melexis Belgium, MLX90614
19	Roll angle	Roll	deg	Schuchard, Malte	Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube	proxy values from autopilot system
20	Pitch angle	Pitch	deg	Schuchard, Malte	Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube	proxy values from autopilot system
21	Heading	Head	deg	Schuchard, Malte	Autopilot system, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. Australia, Pixhawk 2.1 Cube	proxy values from autopilot system
22	Wind velocity, horizontal	Wind hor	m/s	Schuchard, Malte
23	Wind direction	dd	deg	Schuchard, Malte

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)

Status:

Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)

Size:

2274503 data points

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