Cloud Condensation Nuclei number concentrations over the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/2017 on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
Creators
- 1. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
- 2. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
- 3. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- 4. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- 5. University of Helsinki, Finland
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Researcher:
- 1. Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany
- 2. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
- 3. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- 4. Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
- 5. University of Helsinki, Finland
- 6. Swiss Polar Institute, Lausanne, Switzerland
Description
Dataset abstract
Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) are a subclass of atmospheric aerosol particles, which can be activated to cloud droplets at a certain supersaturation, with respect to water. Due to their abundance, these particles can affect micro-physical properties of clouds, while acting as CCN. It was found that CCN are relevant for the Earth’s radiation budget, by affecting cloud albedo and lifetime. When giving a number concentration of CCN, also the supersaturation at which it was measured has to be given.
With additional information on particle number size distribution, the hypothetical diameter of particle activation (critical diameter) was derived. Further, the particle hygroscopicity parameter (kappa) was calculated using the critical diameter. Values of kappa can be a proxy for bulk chemical composition of the sampled CCN population.
Our dataset gives CCN number concentrations measured by a CCN counter (type CCN-100 by DMT, Boulder, US) operated at five different levels of supersaturation (0.15%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.5%, 1%) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) cruise over the Southern Ocean, as part of the ACE-SPACE project. Temporal coverage is from December 20, 2016 to March 19, 2017. We give 5-minute averaged and quality controlled CCN number concentrations, critical diameter and kappa values.
Dataset contents
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS015.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS020.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS030.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS050.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS100.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_critical_diameter_SS015.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_critical_diameter_SS020.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_critical_diameter_SS030.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_critical_diameter_SS050.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_critical_diameter_SS100.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_hygroscopicity_parameter_SS015.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_hygroscopicity_parameter_SS020.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_hygroscopicity_parameter_SS030.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_hygroscopicity_parameter_SS050.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_hygroscopicity_parameter_SS100.csv, data file, comma-separated values
- data_file_header_number_concentration.txt, metadata, text
- data_file_header_critical_diameter.txt, metadata, text
- data_file_header_hygroscopicity_parameter.txt, metadata, text
- change_log.txt, metadata, text
- README.txt, metadata, text
The files listed above contain Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) number concentration (N_CCN), critical diameter (D_crit) and particle hygroscopicity parameter (KAPPA) values for the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition from in-situ measurements. Each file contains only N_CCN, D_crit or KAPPA values for one of the five measured levels of supersaturation (SS), e.g., N_CCN at SS=0.15% in ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS015.csv or N_CCN at SS=0.2% in ACESPACE_cloud_condensation_nuclei_number_concentration_SS020.csv etc. In addition, for each N_CCN value the respective temperature of the CCNCs measurement column (T_col) is given. Values are from 1 Hz measurements and averaged to represent 5-minute intervals.
For every given value of CCN number concentration, the respective supersaturation level is given, although files only contain values for one level only. Additionally, longitude and latitude for the ship’s position at the start time of the averaging period are given.
For latitude and longitude nan values are given, in cases where positioning data was not available for the given time period. There are no nan values for CCN number concentration included, in a way that only quality assured data is given.
Change log
v1.1 - data files updated
- change dataset title to specify ACE cruise
- change time resolution to 5 minutes
- addition of critical diameter data
- addition of hygroscopicity parameter data
- create separate data_file_headers
- add change log
v1.0 - initial release of dataset
Notes
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Additional details
References
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