Scientific Data (Jul 2023)
Multi-campaign ship and aircraft observations of marine cloud condensation nuclei and droplet concentrations
- Kevin J. Sanchez,
- David Painemal,
- Matthew D. Brown,
- Ewan C. Crosbie,
- Francesca Gallo,
- Johnathan W. Hair,
- Chris A. Hostetler,
- Carolyn E. Jordan,
- Claire E. Robinson,
- Amy Jo Scarino,
- Taylor J. Shingler,
- Michael A. Shook,
- Kenneth L. Thornhill,
- Elizabeth B. Wiggins,
- Edward L. Winstead,
- Luke D. Ziemba,
- Scott Chambers,
- Alastair Williams,
- Ruhi S Humphries,
- Melita D. Keywood,
- Jason P. Ward,
- Luke Cravigan,
- Ian M. McRobert,
- Connor Flynn,
- Gourihar R. Kulkarni,
- Lynn M. Russell,
- Gregory C. Roberts,
- Greg M. McFarquhar,
- Athanasios Nenes,
- Sarah F. Woods,
- Jeffery S. Reid,
- Jennifer Small-Griswold,
- Sarah Brooks,
- Simon Kirschler,
- Christianne Voigt,
- Jian Wang,
- David J. Delene,
- Patricia K. Quinn,
- Richard H. Moore
Affiliations
- Kevin J. Sanchez
- NASA Langley Research Center
- David Painemal
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Matthew D. Brown
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Ewan C. Crosbie
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Francesca Gallo
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Johnathan W. Hair
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Chris A. Hostetler
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Carolyn E. Jordan
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Claire E. Robinson
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Amy Jo Scarino
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Taylor J. Shingler
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Michael A. Shook
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Kenneth L. Thornhill
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Elizabeth B. Wiggins
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Edward L. Winstead
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Luke D. Ziemba
- NASA Langley Research Center
- Scott Chambers
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Alastair Williams
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
- Ruhi S Humphries
- Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
- Melita D. Keywood
- Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
- Jason P. Ward
- Climate Science Centre, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
- Luke Cravigan
- School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
- Ian M. McRobert
- Engineering and Technology Program, CSIRO National Collections and Marine Infrastructure
- Connor Flynn
- School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
- Gourihar R. Kulkarni
- Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Lynn M. Russell
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Gregory C. Roberts
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Greg M. McFarquhar
- School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
- Athanasios Nenes
- Laboratory of atmospheric processes and their impacts (LAPI), ENAC/IIE, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- Sarah F. Woods
- Stratton Park Engineering Company (SPEC)
- Jeffery S. Reid
- Naval Research Laboratory
- Jennifer Small-Griswold
- University of Hawaii at Mānoa
- Sarah Brooks
- Texas A&M University
- Simon Kirschler
- Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR, German Aerospace Center
- Christianne Voigt
- Institute for Atmospheric Physics, DLR, German Aerospace Center
- Jian Wang
- Center for Aerosol Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
- David J. Delene
- University of North Dakota
- Patricia K. Quinn
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA
- Richard H. Moore
- NASA Langley Research Center
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02372-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 15
Abstract
Abstract In-situ marine cloud droplet number concentrations (CDNCs), cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), and CCN proxies, based on particle sizes and optical properties, are accumulated from seven field campaigns: ACTIVATE; NAAMES; CAMP2EX; ORACLES; SOCRATES; MARCUS; and CAPRICORN2. Each campaign involves aircraft measurements, ship-based measurements, or both. Measurements collected over the North and Central Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and Southern Oceans, represent a range of clean to polluted conditions in various climate regimes. With the extensive range of environmental conditions sampled, this data collection is ideal for testing satellite remote detection methods of CDNC and CCN in marine environments. Remote measurement methods are vital to expanding the available data in these difficult-to-reach regions of the Earth and improving our understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions. The data collection includes particle composition and continental tracers to identify potential contributing CCN sources. Several of these campaigns include High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) and polarimetric imaging measurements and retrievals that will be the basis for the next generation of space-based remote sensors and, thus, can be utilized as satellite surrogates.
