ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation

Description

This dataset provides: (1) In situ dust aerosol concentration measurements over remote tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans by NOAA Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry (PALMS) airborne single-particle mass spectrometer combined with Aerosol Microphysical Properties (AMP) aerosol size spectrometers. Measurements were made aboard the NASA DC8 aircraft during the four ATom campaigns that occurred from 2016 to 2018 (2) Model output of dust and meteorology from the CESM global transport model extracted at the time and location of the aircraft; (3) Model output of dust, other aerosol, and meteorology from the GEOS global transport model extracted at the time and location of the aircraft; (4) CESM model global output of dust and meteorology for dust emitted by specific source regions; (5) NCEP Global Forecast System forward trajectories of air parcels initiated at the time and location of the aircraft; and (6) The location and properties of cirrus clouds formed along the forward trajectories simulated using a parcel model. These data have been applied to better understand the role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/atom/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ATOM/guides/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2006
8 ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation: GEOS_data_dictionary.csv https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/atom/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud/comp/GEOS_data_dictionary.csv
21 ATom campaign page https://daac.ornl.gov/ATOM/campaign/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F2006
8 ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation: ForwardTraj_data_dictionary.csv https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/atom/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud/comp/ForwardTraj_data_dictionary.csv
8 ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation: dust_data_dictionary.csv https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/atom/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud/comp/dust_data_dictionary.csv
33 ATom: Dominant Role of Mineral Dust in Cirrus Cloud Formation: ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/atom/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud/comp/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud.pdf
34 Dust mass observations across the Pacific Ocean made by the PALMS instrument combined with AMP aerosol size spectrometers during the ATom-4 campaign in May 2018. https://daac.ornl.gov/ATOM/guides/ATom_Mineral_Dust_Cirrus_Cloud_Fig1.png

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • clouds
  • earth-science

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