Earth System Science Data (Feb 2021)
Ship- and island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 EUREC<sup>4</sup>A field campaign
- C. C. Stephan,
- S. Schnitt,
- H. Schulz,
- H. Bellenger,
- S. P. de Szoeke,
- C. Acquistapace,
- K. Baier,
- T. Dauhut,
- R. Laxenaire,
- Y. Morfa-Avalos,
- R. Person,
- R. Person,
- E. Quiñones Meléndez,
- G. Bagheri,
- G. Bagheri,
- T. Böck,
- T. Böck,
- A. Daley,
- A. Daley,
- J. Güttler,
- J. Güttler,
- K. C. Helfer,
- K. C. Helfer,
- S. A. Los,
- S. A. Los,
- A. Neuberger,
- A. Neuberger,
- J. Röttenbacher,
- J. Röttenbacher,
- A. Raeke,
- A. Raeke,
- M. Ringel,
- M. Ringel,
- M. Ritschel,
- M. Ritschel,
- P. Sadoulet,
- P. Sadoulet,
- I. Schirmacher,
- I. Schirmacher,
- M. K. Stolla,
- M. K. Stolla,
- E. Wright,
- E. Wright,
- B. Charpentier,
- A. Doerenbecher,
- R. Wilson,
- F. Jansen,
- S. Kinne,
- G. Reverdin,
- S. Speich,
- S. Bony,
- B. Stevens
Affiliations
- C. C. Stephan
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- S. Schnitt
- Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- H. Schulz
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- H. Bellenger
- LMD/IPSL, CNRS, ENS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PSL, Research University, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- S. P. de Szoeke
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- C. Acquistapace
- Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- K. Baier
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- T. Dauhut
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- R. Laxenaire
- Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Y. Morfa-Avalos
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- R. Person
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD, MNHN, INRAE, ENS, UMS 3455, OSU Ecce Terra, Paris, France
- R. Person
- Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, SU/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
- E. Quiñones Meléndez
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
- G. Bagheri
- Laboratory for Fluid Physics, Pattern Formation and Biocomplexity, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany
- G. Bagheri
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- T. Böck
- Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- T. Böck
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- A. Daley
- Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Husbands, St. James, Barbados
- A. Daley
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- J. Güttler
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- J. Güttler
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- K. C. Helfer
- Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
- K. C. Helfer
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- S. A. Los
- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- S. A. Los
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- A. Neuberger
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- A. Neuberger
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- J. Röttenbacher
- Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- J. Röttenbacher
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- A. Raeke
- Deutscher Wetterdienst, Seewetteramt Hamburg, Seeschiffahrtsberatung – Bordwetterdienst, Hamburg, Germany
- A. Raeke
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- M. Ringel
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- M. Ringel
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- M. Ritschel
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- M. Ritschel
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- P. Sadoulet
- Météo-France, Bordeaux, France
- P. Sadoulet
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- I. Schirmacher
- University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- I. Schirmacher
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- M. K. Stolla
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- M. K. Stolla
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- E. Wright
- Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- E. Wright
- These authors also contributed equally to this work.
- B. Charpentier
- Meteomodem, Ury, France
- A. Doerenbecher
- Météo-France and CNRS, CNRM-UMR 3589, 42 Av. G. Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse CEDEX, France
- R. Wilson
- Sorbonne Université, LATMOS/IPSL, INSU/CNRS, Paris, France
- F. Jansen
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- S. Kinne
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- G. Reverdin
- Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN, SU/CNRS/IRD/MNHN, Paris, France
- S. Speich
- LMD/IPSL, CNRS, ENS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PSL, Research University, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- S. Bony
- LMD/IPSL, CNRS, ENS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, PSL, Research University, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
- B. Stevens
- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-491-2021
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13
pp. 491 – 514
Abstract
To advance the understanding of the interplay among clouds, convection, and circulation, and its role in climate change, the Elucidating the role of clouds–circulation coupling in climate campaign (EUREC4A) and Atlantic Tradewind Ocean–Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC) collected measurements in the western tropical Atlantic during January and February 2020. Upper-air radiosondes were launched regularly (usually 4-hourly) from a network consisting of the Barbados Cloud Observatory (BCO) and four ships within 6–16∘ N, 51–60∘ W. From 8 January to 19 February, a total of 811 radiosondes measured wind, temperature, and relative humidity. In addition to the ascent, the descent was recorded for 82 % of the soundings. The soundings sampled changes in atmospheric pressure, winds, lifting condensation level, boundary layer depth, and vertical distribution of moisture associated with different ocean surface conditions, synoptic variability, and mesoscale convective organization. Raw (Level 0), quality-controlled 1 s (Level 1), and vertically gridded (Level 2) data in NetCDF format (Stephan et al., 2020) are available to the public at AERIS (https://doi.org/10.25326/137). The methods of data collection and post-processing for the radiosonde data set are described here.
