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SODAR

Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study (ASCOS) Ian Brooks, Cathryn Birch, Barbara Brooks, Sarah Norris with: Michael Tjernstr öm, Caroline Leck, Thorsten Mauritsen, Andreas Held, Joe Sedlar (Stockholm University), Matt Shupe, Ola Persson (NOAA),…and dozens of others!.

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SODAR

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  1. Arctic Summer Cloud-Ocean Study (ASCOS)Ian Brooks, Cathryn Birch, Barbara Brooks, Sarah Norriswith: Michael Tjernström, Caroline Leck, Thorsten Mauritsen, Andreas Held, Joe Sedlar (Stockholm University), Matt Shupe, Ola Persson (NOAA),…and dozens of others! 6 weeks on Swedish Icebreaker Oden in central arctic ocean(87.5N, 8.5 W) Aug 1- Sept 9 2008 ASCOS science crew32 scientists from 10 countries Micro-meteorology masts Tethered balloon SODAR ICAS measurements on the ice…

  2. ASCOS – multidisciplinary IPY study of interactions between cloud and sea ice. Arctic climate is warming faster than that anywhere else on earth. Climate models suggest the rate of change may increase, but models also show much more scatter in arctic than anywhere else – generally do a poor job of representing arctic cloud & surface processes. Parameterizations are based on observations in mid-latitudes…not appropriate for unique arctic environment. Measurements include : meteorology, aerosol physics & chemistry, gas-phase chemistry, physical oceanography, marine bio-chemistry, remote sensing (sodar, radar wind profiler, cloud radar, lidar, microwave radiometers…) ICAS measurements: 15m & 30m turbulence masts, SODAR, microbarographs, tethered balloon (mean meteorology + turbulence), open-lead flux site, in-water bubble spectra at open lead, aerosol. • OBJECTIVES: • Determine processes controlling artic BL clouds • Determine links between BL structure & evolution to spatial &temporal variability of clouds • Determine source & evolution of CCN • Determine role of BL turbulence & surface properties in exchanges of heat/water/aerosol between surface & cloud, and role of entrainment at cloud top • Two associated PhD projects within ICAS: • (Both with MetOffice CASE support) • Assessment of performance of MetOffice UM surface flux parameterizations & surface energy balance (Cathryn Birch). • Modelling of arctic BL cloud with LEM & bin-resolved microphysics (Tom Pleavin)

  3. Instrumenting mast…in bad weather (of course!) 15m mast5 turbulence levels (1m – 15.5m) Oden from tethered balloon

  4. Tethersonde: measurements of mean met (P, T, RH) and turbulence, + CLASP aerosol spectra up to ~700-800m. Determine BL structure & extent of turbulent mixing between sea-ice and boundary layer cloud. Run 24-hours a day for duration of campaign DC8 overflights down to ~100m

  5. ASCOS Aerosol MeasurementsBarbara Brooks, Sarah Norris, Ian Brooks – Caroline Leck, Douglas Orsini, Erik Swietlicki,…many others…. Overflight by NASA DC8 & (Barbara Brooks) Aerosol inlets CLASP & LiCOR (CO2/H2O) on helicopter (alongside CPC, met, gas sampling) Aerosol container lab Arctic is perhaps cleanest environment on earth. Total aerosol concentrations (>3nm) typically ~100 cm-3 or less. Measured sustained concentrations <10 cm-3…so where does all the CCN come from? Aerosol inlet ICAS on Oden: OPC & SMPS aerosol volatility measurements Oden Aerosol Lab

  6. Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction between the Surface and Atmosphere (AMISA)Barbara Brooks & Ola Persson (NOAA, Boulder, Colorado), Al Gasiewski (University of Colorado) 6 Flights over arctic sea ice, including 4 over-flights of the ASCOS surface site ICAS measurements on NASA DC8: OPC aerosol volatility + CPCs (alongside mean meteorology, cloud microphysics, nephelometers, CCN, multiple radiometers, dropsondes…) • OBJECTIVES: • Determine processes linking cloud properties to synoptic/mesoscale disturbances, BL structure & surface energy budget • Determine properties of aerosols in /near low-level clouds & inversion • In-situ validation of NASA satellite retreivals • Sea-ice mapping & atmospheric radiometric profiling

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