Western Atlantic Climate Study (WACS): Physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols in Georges Bank and the Sargasso Sea aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown (2012-08-19 to 2012-08-28) and WHOI R/V Knorr (2014-05-20 to 2014-06-06) (NCEI Accession 0310824)

Description

This dataset contains physical, optical, and chemical properties of atmospheric marine aerosols from two different cruises as part of the WACS project. The first cruise (WACS) was aboard NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown from 19 August to 28 August 2012. The second cruise (WACS-2) was aboard WHOI R/V Knorr from 20 May to 06 June 2014. The data from each cruise is divided into multiple csv datasets, summarized as follows: Main - Navigation, Meteorology, Scattering, and Absorption; Chemistry - Aerosol species concentrations at varying particle diameters; AOD - Aerosol optical depth at varying wavelengths; DMS - Seawater Dimethyl sulfide; Radon - Radon Concentration; CCN - Cloud Condensation Nuclei; Size Distribution (APS) - Aerodynamic Particle Size Distribution; Size Distribution (DMPS) - Differential Mobility Particle Size Distribution; Size Distribution - Merged version of the APS and DMPS datasets

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0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/tx5t-1e17
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/310824
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/310824
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0240/0310824/
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0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
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21 related dataset https://data.pmel.noaa.gov/pmel/erddap/index.html
0 project page https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acg/field_wacs2012
0 project page 2 https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acg/field_WACS2

Tags

  • relative humidity of scattering coefficient
  • condensation particle counter
  • absorption - angstrom exponent
  • co
  • yder06
  • r/v knorr
  • altitude
  • ship course over ground
  • frh - dependence of scattering on rh
  • co gas analyzer
  • nephelometer & absorption photometer
  • precipitation sensor
  • oceanography
  • scattering - angstrom exponent
  • total particulate mass
  • particle number concentration
  • impactor
  • ship speed over ground
  • ccn to cn ratio
  • absorption photometer
  • aerosol species
  • cloud condensation nuclei counter
  • sunphotometer
  • dual-flow-loop
  • ccn supersaturation
  • single scatter albedo
  • r/v ronald h. brown
  • dms seawater
  • o3 analyzer

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