ARCSIX Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data

Description

ARCSIX_Cloud_AircraftInSitu_Learjet_Data is the in-situ cloud data collected onboard the Learjet aircraft during the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction EXperiment (ARCSIX) campaign. Data from the 2D-Gray Particle Probe (2D-Gray), 2D-Stereo Particle Probe (2DS), Fast Cloud Droplet Probe (FCDP), High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer (HVPS), and the Nevzorov Water Vapor Probe are featured in this collection. Data collection for this product is complete. The ARCSIX campaign is a NASA field investigation aimed at quantifying the contributions of surface properties, clouds, aerosol particles, and precipitation to the Arctic summer surface radiation budget and sea ice melt during the early melt season. Based out of Greenland, ARCSIX completed two deployments from May – June 2024 and July - August 2024 utilizing the NASA P-3B, LaRC G-III, and SPEC-Learjet aircraft. The P-3B was equipped with in situ and remote sensing payloads to acquire measurements of aerosols, cloud, and radiation properties. The high-flying LaRC G-III was equipped with remote sensing instrumentation, including the HALO, and HSRL, along with the AVAPS dropsonde system. The SPEC-Learjet acquired measurements of cloud microphysics. Data were also collected at the Thule High Arctic Atmospheric Observatory (THAAO) in Pituffik, Greenland. The primary objective of ARCSIX was to enhance long-term space-based monitoring and predictive capabilities of Arctic sea ice, cloud, and aerosols by validating and improving remote sensing algorithms and model parameterizations in the Arctic. ARCSIX science questions focused on examining the impact of the predominant summer Arctic cloud types on the radiative surface energy budget, what processes control the evolution and maintenance of the predominant cloud types in the summertime Arctic, and how do the two-way interactions between surface properties and atmospheric forcings affect sea ice evolution?

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Name Format Description Link
5 https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/arcsix/
5 https://espo.nasa.gov/arcsix
33 ARCSIX_wp_20201030.pdf https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ARCSIX_wp_20201030.pdf
5 https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-mission-flies-over-arctic-to-study-sea-ice-melt-causes/
5 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
5 https://flexpart-request.nilu.no/data-access
5 ARC6_BC.py https://atmo-access.nilu.no/ARC6_BC.py
5 ARC6_DUST.py https://atmo-access.nilu.no/ARC6_DUST.py
5 Default.aspx https://ebas-data.nilu.no/Default.aspx
5 https://villumresearchstation.dk/
5 https://projects.au.dk/cleancloud/cleancloud-project
5 https://www.thuleatmos-it.it/
5 https://www.thuleatmos-it.it/data/arcsix/
21 Oden_24_0.html https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/cruises_v3/Oden_24_0.html
21 Polarstern_24_0.html https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/cruises_v3/Polarstern_24_0.html
21 Oceania_24_4.html https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/cruises_v3/Oceania_24_4.html
21 https://doi.org/10.23703/e0p8-8r10
5 https://bolin.su.se/data/
21 https://doi.org/10.48515/14c4-nn87
5 https://brage.npolar.no/npolar-xmlui/handle/11250/3145717
5 https://data.npolar.no/dataset?q=ao2024
21 https://doi.org/10.57738/BzPM_0794_2025
33 CampaignReport_IceBirdSummer2024.pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/59013/1/CampaignReport_IceBirdSummer2024.pdf
21 ice-bird.html https://www.awi.de/en/science/climate-sciences/sea-ice-physics/projects/ice-bird.html
21 https://doi.org/10.18739/A2T14TR46
21 https://doi.org/10.18739/A2FJ29F6X
5 https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/earthcare
5 https://icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov/
5 https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
5 https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov/
5 https://prefire.ssec.wisc.edu/
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3160930797-NSIDC_CPRD&pg%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=%2AARCSIX2024%2A&q=LVISF1B
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3160943354-NSIDC_CPRD&pg%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=%2AARCSIX2024%2A&q=LVISF2
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3160958277-NSIDC_CPRD&pg%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=%2ACAM150%2AARCSIX2024%2A&q=OLVIS1A
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3160958277-NSIDC_CPRD&pg%5B0%5D%5Bid%5D=%2ACAM0%2AARCSIX2024%2A&q=OLVIS1A
5 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C3466131054-LARC_CLOUD
21 https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ARCSIX/DATA001/Learjet/Cloud_AircraftInSitu_1
0 The metadata's original source. https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3466131054-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115
21 Kronprins_Haakon_24.html https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/cruises_v3/Kronprins_Haakon_24.html

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  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-cloud-droplet-concentration-size
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-microphysics-ice-nuclei
  • earth-science-clouds-atmosphere-cloud-droplet-distribution
  • earth-science-aerosols-atmosphere-cloud-condensation-nuclei
  • earth-science-snow-ice-terrestrial-hydrosphere-liquid-water-content
  • earth-science-atmospheric-water-vapor-atmosphere-water-vapor-processes-supersaturation

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