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Dissolved trace metal (Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) concentrations in the Indian and Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (2016-2017)
<p>Dissolved trace metal (Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) concentrations in the Indian and Pacific sectors of the Southern Ocean from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition, 2016-2017.</p> <p>Dissolved trace metal (Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, Pb) concentrations measured on seawater samples from the Southern Ocean. Samples were collected with a trace metal clean rosette system to a maximum depth of 1000 m during Legs 1 and 2 of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), 2016-2017. Samples were filtered through Akropak Supor filters (0.2 um) in a class 100 clean container, acidified to pH ≤ 2 and stored until analysis (>6 months). Samples from Leg 1 (TMR Casts 3-7) were collected during a transect from Cape Town, South Africa to Hobart, Australia. Samples from Leg 2 (TMR casts 8-20) were collected during a transect from Hobart, Australia to Punta Arenas, Chile. Data cover environments near subantarctic and Antarctic islands (TMR 3, 4, 13-15), in the Mertz Glacier Polynya (TMR 11-12) and near the Antarctic Peninsula (TMR 18), as well as meridional transects to and from the Antarctic continent (TMR 7-12, TMR 18-20).</p>
Seawater chromium concentrations and isotope compositions in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/2017, on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>Dissolved seawater chromium (Cr) concentrations and stable isotope compositions measured on samples collected with a trace metal clean rosette system in the Southern Ocean. Stations TM 7 to TM 12 reflect a north-south transect from Hobart, Tasmania to Mertz Glacier in Antarctica. Stations TM 14 and TM 15 neighbour the Balleny Islands. Stations TM 18 and TM 20 are located in the Drake Passage. Water samples were collected down to a depth of 1000 metres. The water was filtered in a class 100 clean container aboard the ship through pre-rinsed Supor Acropak capsule filters (0.2 um). Subsequently the samples were acidified and stored at a pH < 2 for several months prior to analysis. Reported values therefore represent bulk seawater chromium (Cr III and Cr VI). The data was obtained using the double-spike technique.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_chromium_isotope_concentration.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This chromium concentration and isotope composition dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p>
Physical and biogeochemical oceanography data from Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) rosette deployments during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This data set contains measurements from various sensors mounted on the Conductivity, Temperature, Depth (CTD) rosette that was deployed in the Southern Ocean during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). 63 CTD casts were carried out during three legs in the period 21st December 2016 to 16th March 2017, including one test cast and one failed cast, for which no data is available. Data include temperature, salinity, pressure, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, chlorophyll-a concentration, backscatter, and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and reported are also the computed variables density, depth, and sound velocity. All data has been quality controlled and post-cruise calibrated, except for the oxygen data. Data is provided at 1 dbar pressure intervals for the up- and down-casts separately and as a merged bottle file when Niskin bottles were closed. This circumpolar data set provides insights into the circumpolar hydrography and biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean during one austral summer season.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <p>For transparency, the raw files and files produced at the intermediate stages of data processing have been provided, in addition to the final processed files.</p> <p><em>Raw data files: </em></p> <ul> <li>ace_ctd_raw_files.zip - includes raw files direct from instrument and XMLCON configuration files</li> </ul> <p><em>Intermediate files: </em></p> <ul> <li>files output at each stage of the SeaBird processing</li> </ul> <p><em>Processed data files: </em></p> <ul> <li>ace_ctd_CTD20200406CURRSGCMR - one final set of files for the complete sensor data;</li> <li>ace_ctd_BOTTLE20200406CURRSGCMR_hy1.csv - a merged bottle file extracted from the sensor data is also provided</li> </ul> <p><em>Metadata:</em></p> <ul> <li>range of files describing the CTD deployments, sensors, water sampling; quality-checking and processing of the files.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This physical and biogeochemical oceanography dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p><strong>Change log</strong></p> <p><strong>v1.1</strong><br> Quick summary of issues addressed in CTD DOI Update<br> - Resolved discrepancies between upcast and downcast MLD estimates<br> - ‘Bad’ datapoints in file dACE201601_002_ct1.csv which were not flagged with ‘4’ Bad measurement<br> - CTDFLUOR1, CTDFLUOR1Q, CTDFLUOR2, CTDFLUOR2Q ‘dark’ correction was not applied consistently in first processing and should have been applied to all fluorescence variables<br> - CTDFLUOR1Q, CTDFLUOR2Q quenching correction needed to be recalculated and reapplied after update to MLD and dark correction<br> - Limit the number of decimal places for fluorescence, PAR and backscattering variables according to the instrument sensitivity limits (which is 4 decimal places except for backscattering which is 6)<br> - Changed file names described in data_file_header.txt</p> <p>Additional details on ‘Issues’ and resolutions<br> Mixed layer depth estimates<br> - Large discrepancy in MLD estimates from upcast and downcasts at the same station was due to differences in the ‘reference’ depth i.e. depth other than 10 m was used when there were no datapoints at 10 m.<br> - Note: influence of time between casts was also checked and was not the driver of the discrepancies.<br> - Issue was resolved by setting the MLD for any cast where the reference depth was not 10 m to NaN.</p> <p>Bad data flagging<br> - 22 ‘bad’ datapoints for variables salinity, density, temperature and sound at the end of the downcast file dACE201601_002_ct1 were missed during the visual inspection of the first CTD processing and hence were not flagged as bad.<br> - The bad datapoints are now flagged as ‘4’ bad measurement</p> <p>Fluorescence<br> - In the first processing, dark correction was only applied to the files where quenching correction was needed, and only to the quenched corrected fluorescence variable, but should have been applied to all fluorescence variables in all files. This has been corrected<br> - In the first processing, the upcast MLD was used as the MLD estimate in quenching correction for both the upcast and downcast file. This has been changed so that the MLD from the same cast is used i.e. downcast estimate for the downcast file and upcast estimate for the upcasts file, unless the MLD estimate is NaN (because the reference depth was not 10 m), in that case the either the downcast or upcast estimate is used - whichever exists.</p> <p>Decimal places<br> - The number of decimal places for the fluorescence, PAR and backscattering variables far exceeded the sensitivity limits of the respective sensors - for the fluorescence and backscattering variables this was due to the additional calculations and corrections applied. For the PAR variable it was the output from the Seabird processing.</p> <p>Updated files list<br> The following files have been updated:<br> Folder: ace_bottle_BOTTLE20200406CURRSGCMR (all files within)<br> Folder: ace_ctd_CTD20200406CURRSGCMR (all files within)<br> ace_ctd_mld_CURRSSRGCMR20200405.csv<br> ace_ctd_visual_inspection_v2.csv<br> README.txt<br> data_file_header.txt<br> ace_physical_biogeochemical_oceanography_ctd_change_log.txt (new file)</p> <p><strong>v1.0</strong> - Initial release of physical and biogeochemical oceanography data set.</p>
Sky irradiance over photosynthetically active radiation wavelengths (400-700 nm) recorded shipboard during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Austral Summer of 2016/2017.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This dataset contains high resolution records of sky irradiance over photosynthetically active radiation wavelengths (PAR; 400-700 nm) recorded shipboard during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) Leg 1-3. A hemispherical PAR sensor was fixed to the bow of the RV Akademik Tryoshnikov ship at approximately 2 metres height above the main deck and continuously recorded the irradiance over PAR wavelengths (400-700 nm) at 1 minute intervals from 21st December 2016 to the 16th March 2017. This data provides high resolution information on the diel cycle in sky irradiance and absolute sky irradiance over PAR wavelengths (400-700 nm) along the ship track of the ACE expedition.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>ace_par_20200526CURRSGCMR.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> </ul>
Particulate organic carbon and particulate organic nitrogen concentrations and stable isotope composition of seawater sampled during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Austral Summer of 2016/2017.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This dataset contains particulate organic carbon and particulate organic nitrogen concentrations and stable isotope composition (delta 13C and delta 15N) sampled during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) Leg 1-3. Water samples were collected from the underway seawater supply every 3 hours, filtered onto pre-combusted glass fibre filters, acidified to remove inorganic compounds and analysed for both elements on the same filter using an elemental analyser. These samples provide an estimate of the organic carbon and organic nitrogen concentration and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of living and detrital particles > 0.7 micrometres in size.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>README.txt, metatdata, text</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>ace_uw_poc_pon_blanks_20200512CURRSGCMR.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ace_uw_poc_pon_20200512CURRSGCMR.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> </ul>
Physical and biogeochemical oceanography data from underway measurements with an AquaLine Ferrybox during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This data set contains measurements from various sensors installed on the Aqualine Ferrybox system that was connected to the underway seawater supply in the Southern Ocean during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Data was collected continuously except for periods when the pump of the underway system was switched off or the system was turned off. Data collection covers all three cruise legs in the period 24th December 2016 to 18th March 2017. Data collected with the CTG MiniPack CTD-F are temperature, salinity, pressure, and turbidity. Data collected by the Aanderaa oxygen optode include dissolved oxygen and oxygen saturation. An SBE 18 sensor measured pH. The CTG UniLux fluorometer measured chlorophyll-a concentration. All data has been quality controlled and post-cruise calibrated. Data is provided at 1-minute intervals along the cruise track. In addition, we provide satellite data (sea-surface temperature, sea-surface height, geostrophic velocity, sea-ice concentration) that was interpolated to the cruise-track and an estimate of frontal positions to supplement this underway data set where data was missing or for additional information. This circumpolar data set provides insights into the circumpolar surface ocean conditions and biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean during one austral summer season.</p> <p>Note on version 1.0: The first version of this data set only contains temperature, salinity, pressure, and potential density in the post-processed file, since post-processing and quality control for turbidity, chlorophyll-a, dissolved oxygen, oxygen saturation, and pH have not been finalized. These variables will be added to the post-processed data file in a future release.</p> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This dataset of physical and biogeochemical oceanography underway measurements from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Fe chemical speciation collected using trace metal rosette in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/2017, on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>Fe chemical speciation of filtered seawater data are presented in this dataset, resulting from samples collected from a trace metal rosette on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). During the austral summer of 2016/2017, seawater samples were collected from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sectors of the Southern Ocean and dissolved Fe concentration, iron-binding organic ligands concentration and the conditional stability constant of Fe’ are presented here.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_fe_chemical_speciation.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>figure1.pdf, metadata, portable document format</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This Fe chemical speciation dataset from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Hydrolysable carbohydrate data collected from the trace metal rosette in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/2017, on board the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>Hydrolysable carbohydrate (referred to as TPZT from the analytical methodology used) is part of the labile pool of dissolved organic carbon that is excreted by most (micro)organisms or released by continental margins/sediments. It is a carbon source for heterotrophic bacteria. These carbohydrates could also potentially bind iron and act as an iron binding ligand.</p> <p>This data is used to explore the nature of iron ligands and relate to biological and chemical oceanography.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_hydrolysable_carbohydrates_tpzt_data.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ace_hydrolysable_carbohydrates_tpzt_data_visual_summary.png, metadata, portable network graphics</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>change_log.txt</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This hydrolysable carbohydrate dataset from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p><strong>Change log</strong></p> <p>v1.1 - permissions changed to open access (CC BY 4.0 license) and small changes</p> <ul> <li>add license to README.txt</li> <li>format of data_file_header.txt</li> <li>add Frictionless Data schema files</li> </ul> <p>v1.0 - initial release of dataset</p>
Seawater salinity sample measurements from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This data set contains salinity measurements from discrete seawater samples that were collected in the Southern Ocean (south of 30deg S) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). 657 samples were collected during the period December 24th, 2016 and March 18th, 2017 in the Southern Ocean from the surface ocean using the ship's underway line (UW; 328 samples) and in vertical profiles using Niskin bottles mounted on the CTD rosette (273 samples). A few additional samples (56) were collected from a parallel cast with a trace-metal rosette, with a bucket, and as duplicates to ensure data quality. All samples were analyzed for their salinity and results are reported on the Practical Salinity Scale 1978 (PSS-78; Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc., 1989). Measurements were performed on a Guildline Autosal Laboratory Salinometer 8400(B) at CSIRO (Hobart, Australia) for samples collected during leg 1, and on a OPTIMARE Precision Salinometer (OPS) at the Alfred Wegener Institute (Bremerhaven, Germany) for samples collected during legs 2 and 3. This circumpolar data set provides insights into the hydrological cycle of the Southern Ocean and the processes (precipitation, evaporation, sea-ice melting and freezing, ice-berg and land-ice melting) that determine the salinity of a certain water mass. It is being used to calibrate the CTD sensor vertical profiles (Henry et al., 2020) and thermosalinograph sensor underway measurements (Haumann et al., 2020) from the ACE cruise.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <p>Processed Data</p> <ul> <li>ace_18_data_salinity_ctd_20200812.csv, text format; contains salinity measurements of seawater samples collected from the Niskin bottles mounted on the CTD rosette</li> <li>ace_18_data_salinity_uw_20200812.csv, text format; contains salinity measurements of seawater samples collected from the underway line</li> <li>ace_18_data_salinity_other_20200812.csv, text format; contains salinity measurements of miscellaneous samples: Duplicate seawater samples; seawater bucket sample from Cumberland Bay, South Georgia; seawater samples from Niskin bottles mounted on the trace-metal rosette.</li> </ul> <p>Metadata</p> <ul> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>figure*.pdf, metadata, portable document format</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This physical and biogeochemical oceanography dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a></p>
Atmospheric profiling data collected from radiosondes in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017 during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The data set consists of the vertical profiles of the atmospheric variables measured using radiosondes (i-Met) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition from November 2016 to April 2017. The data include the raw variables measured directly by the radiosondes and derived parameters: altitude (km), air pressure (mb), air temperature (ºC), relative humidity (%), frostpoint (ºC), potential temperature (ºK), water vapour mixing ratio (ppmv), total column water (mm w.e.), wind speed (m/s) and wind direction (deg).</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>aceNNN_yyyymmdd, directory <ul> <li>aceNNN_yyyymmdd.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>aceNNN_yyyymmdd.kml, metadata, XML</li> <li>aceNNN_yyyymmdd.raw, data file, raw, ASCII DOS</li> <li>aceNNN_yyyymmdd.raw_config, metadata, XML</li> <li>aceNNN.de1, metadata, ASCII text format</li> <li>aceNNNflt.dat, data file, ASCII text format</li> <li>aceNNNpre.dat, data file, ASCII text format</li> </ul> </li> <li>plots, directory <ul> <li>Sounding_ACENNN.png, metadata, portable network graphics</li> </ul> </li> <li>data_file_header_csv.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>data_file_header_dat.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>data_file_header_launches.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>overview_radiosonde_launches.csv, metadata, comma-separated value</li> </ul> <p>where NNN is the launch number yyyy is the year, mm is the month and dd is the day. Dates are in UTC.</p> <p>json files make up a Frictionless Data package.</p> <p><strong>Dataset citation</strong></p> <p>Please cite this dataset as:</p> <p>Gorodetskaya, I.V., Thurnherr, I., Tsukernik, M., Graf, P., Aemisegger, F., Wernli, H. and Ralph, F.M. (2021). Atmospheric profiling data collected from radiosondes in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017 during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. (Version 1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4382460</p>
Transparent exopolymer particle (TEP) and Coomassie stainable particle (CSP) data collected from the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>TEP are operationally defined as gel particles that are retained on 0.4 µm polycarbonate filters and stained with the cationic copper phthalocyanine dye Alcian Blue 8GX at pH 2.5. CSP are gel particles retained on 0.4 µm polycarbonate filters that are stained with a solution of Coomassie Brilliant Blue G (CCB) at pH 7.4. Seawater surface samples (5 m) were collected every 6 hours from the ship’s underway pump. In addition, vertical profiles (6 depths, generally from 5 to 100-150 m) were sampled from 19 CTD casts using a SBE 911 Plus attached to a rosette of 24 12-L PVC Niskin bottles. This dataset presents TEP and CSP from seawater samples collected from the ship’s underway pump and CTDs. Samples were collected around the Southern Ocean on the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov in the austral summer of 2016/2017, as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_seawater_csp.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ace_seawater_tep.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header_csp.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>data_file_header_tep.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This TEP and CSP dataset from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Concentration of gaseous sulfuric acid measured over the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The authors would highly appreciate being contacted if the data is used for any purpose.</p> <p>We measured sulfuric acid concentration in the gas phase with a nitrate chemical ionization mass spectrometer (we used an APi-HTOF mass spectrometer produced by Tofwerk AG coupled with a Chemical ionization inlet A70 produced by Airmodus). Sulfuric acid is detected in the mass spectrometer either as a deprotonated ion or as a cluster with the reagent ion (NO3-). The concentration is calculated as the area of these two peaks normalized to the concentration of the reagent ions (monomer, dimer and trimer) and multiplied by a calibration factor that was experimentally derived at Paul Scherrer Institute in the summer 2017, after the campaign. In the atmosphere, sulfuric acid is produced by the oxidation of sulfur dioxide that could have both a natural or anthropogenic origin (e.g. phytoplankton emission or fossil fuel combustion). Sulfuric acid in the atmosphere is responsible for a very large fraction of the newly formed particles, therefore it is important to have accurate measurements of this vapour in remote places like the Southern Ocean to better understand secondary aerosol sources and processes.</p> <p>The data have been cleaned from the influence of the exhaust of the research vessel. Temporal coverage is from January 22, 2017 to March 19, 2017. There are no data for the first leg of the expedition because the instrument was not on the ship. The instrument was operated during leg 4 but data has not been processed yet as they require additional work due to some instrumental issues that affects their quality. Data were collected with one-second time resolution but integrated to five minutes to increase the signal to noise ratio.</p> <p>Concentrations are reported as molecules per cubic centimeter. The lower limit of detection is in the ppq (part per quadrillion) range but was not determined exactly as it varies with the integration time and background noise.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>gas_sulfuric_acid_concentration_data.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>change_log.txt, metadata, text format</li> </ul> <p>Data that were missing or bad because of instrumental problems were simply removed from the file (no entry).</p> <p><strong>Change log</strong></p> <p>v1.1 - data files updated</p> <ul> <li>re-analysis of the raw data with an improved mass spectra peak fitting routine, a different calibration factor was also applied to the data following a more detailed analysis of the calibration experiment</li> <li>use updated, corrected GPS data</li> </ul> <p>v1.0 - initial release of dataset</p>
Concentration of gaseous methanesulfonic acid measured over the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The authors would highly appreciate being contacted if the data is used for any purpose.</p> <p>We measured methanesulfonic acid concentration in the gas phase with a nitrate chemical ionization mass spectrometer (we used an APi-HTOF mass spectrometer produced by Tofwerk AG coupled with a Chemical ionization inlet A70 produced by Airmodus). Methanesulfonic acid is detected in the mass spectrometer either as a deprotonated ion or as a cluster with the reagent ion (NO3-). The concentration is calculated as the area of these two peaks normalized to the concentration of the reagent ions (monomer, dimer and trimer) and multiplied by a calibration factor that was experimentally derived at Paul Scherrer Institute in the summer 2017, after the campaign.</p> <p>In the atmosphere, methanesulfonic acid is produced by the oxidation of dimethyl sulfide that is mostly emitted in the atmosphere by phytoplankton. Methanesulfonic acid can contribute to the growth of aerosol particles by condensation or aqueous phase processing in clouds. The data have been cleaned from the influence of the exhaust of the research vessel. Temporal coverage is from 22 January 2017 to 19 March 2017. There are no data for the first leg of the expedition because the instrument was not on the ship. The instrument was operated during leg 4 but data has not been processed yet as they require additional work due to some instrumental issues that affects their quality. Data were collected with one-second time resolution but integrated to five minutes to increase the signal-to-noise ratio.</p> <p>Concentrations are reported as molecules per cubic centimeter. The lower limit of detection is in the ppq (part per quadrillion) range but was not determined exactly as it varies with the integration time and background noise.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>gas_methanesulfonic_acid_concentration_data.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text format</li> <li>change_log.txt, metadata, text format</li> </ul> <p>There are no null values in the file. Data that were missing or bad because of instrumental problems were simply removed from the file (no entry).</p> <p><strong>Change log</strong></p> <p>v1.1 - data files updated</p> <ul> <li>re-analysis of the raw data with an improved mass spectra peak fitting routine, a different calibration factor was also applied to the data following a more detailed analysis of the calibration experiment</li> <li>use updated, corrected GPS data</li> </ul> <p>v1.0 - initial release of dataset</p>
Quality-checked horizontal particle flux data collected using a snow particle counter on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/17 as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>Flux of particles (snow, rain and other particles including sea spray) were recorded passing through a photo-electric snow particle counter installed on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Data were recorded from January to March 2017 in the Southern Ocean. Here we present the finalised, quality-checked, horizontal particle flux data where counts have been averaged over a one-minute period.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>SPC_HPF_windtrue_1min.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>SPC_HPF_windtrue_1min.png, metadata, portable network graphics</li> <li>SPC_HPF_windtrue_saveplot.py, script, Python code</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This quality-checked horizontal particle flux dataset from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Intermediate processing stage of horizontal particle flux data collected using a snow particle counter on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/17 as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE).
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>Flux of particles (snow, rain and other particles including sea spray) were recorded passing through a photo-electric snow particle counter installed on board the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov as part of the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Data were recorded from January to March 2017 in the Southern Ocean. Here we present an intermediate step in data processing, with relative horizontal particle flux of particles with a size between 36 – 2000 μm averaged over one-minute periods. Data are presented in daily files.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>SPC_HPF_1min_YYYY_MM_DD.csv, data files, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This one-minute averaged horizontal particle flux dataset from ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition event log: recording data and sample collection in the Southern Ocean during the austral summer of 2016/17.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) spent 90 days circumnavigating Antarctica on the R/V Akademik Tryoshnikov during the austral summer of 2016/17. This dataset provides a record of the instrument deployments as well as dataset and sample collection events that took place during the expedition.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_events.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>sampling_method_descriptions.csv, metadata, comma-separated values</li> <li>README.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This event log is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> <p> </p>
Seawater stable isotope sample measurements from the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE)
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>This data set contains oxygen and hydrogen isotope measurements from discrete seawater samples that were collected in the Southern Ocean (south of 30 deg S) during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). 637 samples were collected during the period December 24th, 2016 and March 18th, 2017 in the Southern Ocean from the surface ocean using the ship's underway line (UW; 338 samples) and in vertical profiles using Niskin bottles mounted on the CTD rosette (287 samples). A few additional samples were collected from a parallel cast with a trace-metal rosette, with a bucket, and from the surface of a tabular iceberg. All samples were analyzed for their oxygen isotopic composition (reported as permille deviation of the oxygen-18 to oxygen-16 ratio from VSMOW2: DEL18O) and a few samples (80) from the Pacific sector were analyzed for their hydrogen isotopic composition (reported as permille deviation of the hydrogen to deuterium ratio from VSMOW2: DELD) by mass spectrometry at the British Geological Survey. This circumpolar data set provides insights into the hydrological cycle of the Southern Ocean and the processes (precipitation, evaporation, sea-ice melting and freezing, iceberg and land-ice melting) that determine the salinity of a certain water mass.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ace_18_data_d18o_dd_ctd_20190219.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ace_18_data_d18o_dd_other_20190219.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ace_18_data_d18o_dd_uw_20190219.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>README.md, metadata, markdown</li> </ul>
Sub-micron aerosol particle size distribution collected in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The authors would highly appreciate to be contacted if the data is used for any purpose.</p> <p>We measured sub-micrometer aerosol particles with two scanning mobility particle spectrometers (SMPSs) between 11 and 400 nm (file name ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution.csv) in 100 bins, and 11 and 181 nm in 77 bins - so no data entry in the remaining 23 bins - (ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution_nano.csv) at a time resolution of five minutes during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). Particles in this size range are important for cloud formation because a sub-set of them can act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN).</p> <p>The time series of the size distribution shows that the particle population over the Southern Ocean can be quite variable featuring three dominant modes: a new particle formation mode (11 – 30 nm); an Aitken mode (20 – 70 nm); and an accumulation mode (> 70 nm). Often a concentration minimum between the Aitken and accumulation mode can be observed. It is known as Hoppel minimum (Hoppel and Frick, 1990; 10.1016/0960-1686(90)90020-N). Typically, particles larger than this minimum act as CCN. The variability of the particle size spectrum is a result of particle sources and atmospheric processes. Sea spray generation adds larger particles likely with a peak in the mode around 200 nm. Trace gas emissions from microbial communities in the ocean, such as dimethylsulfide (DMS) will be oxidized to either sulphuric acid or methanesulfonic acid in the atmosphere which condense onto pre-existing particles, hence growing those. Sulphuric acid can also form new particles (new particle formation mode). Rain and snow will remove particles larger than the Hoppel minimum.</p> <p>The data set can be used to explore the variability of the particle size distribution in three different oceans around Antarctica (Indian, Pacific, Atlantic Oceans) and from Cape Town to Europe in relation to weather patterns, air mass trajectories, microbial activity etc. It is best used in combination with CCN data to explore the importance of particles for cloud formation. This data set cannot be used to unambiguously determine sources of particles over the southern ocean or to trace anthropogenic impact in the region.</p> <p>The data have been cleaned from the influence of the exhaust of the research vessel.</p> <p>We give five-minute average data as dN/dlog(dp), where dN is the particle number concentration per measured size bin normalized over the logarithm of the bin width. The bin width is defined as the distance between two diameters. They are spaced equally in log-space with dlog(dp) = log(d_n+1/d_n) = 1/64. To derive the total particle number concentration between 11 and 400 nm one has to integrate over the diameter range taking into account the normalization by dlog(dp).</p> <p>Temporal coverage is from December 20, 2016 to April 10, 2017. The file “ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution.csv” covers the entire time period except between 9 and 14 January 2017 due to instrument issues. The file “ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution_nano.csv” contains data for the period between 9 and 14 January 2017 and can be used to fill the above gap. The second data file stems from another SMPS with a smaller differential mobility analyser, hence the smaller diameter coverage.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <p>The data set contains two files with the size distribution of sub-micrometer aerosol particles. The rows are indexed by the time stamp, which is the end of the 5-minutes averaging interval. The columns are the normalized concentrations of particles in the respective size bin. See the data abstract for details.</p> <ul> <li>ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ACESPACE_submicron_aerosol_particle_size_distribution_nano.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>ACESPACE_particle_diameter_bins.csv, metadata, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.md, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p>NaN values in a complete row denote missing values because of e.g., calibration periods, ship exhaust contamination, instrument failure. NaN values which appear individually or only in small groups reflect that data were below detection limit. For latitude and longitude, NaN values are noted in cases where position data was not available for the given time period.</p> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This sub-micron aerosol particle size distribution dataset collected during ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Equivalent black carbon aerosol measured over the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The authors would highly appreciate to be contacted if the data is used for any purpose.</p> <p>We measured equivalent black carbon (eBC) with an aethalometer (model AE33, Magee Scientific) at a time resolution of one second during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). We report five-minute averaged data, cleaned from exhaust gas influence. Temporal coverage is from December 20, 2016 to April 10, 2017.</p> <p>The mass concentration of eBC, reported in ng m<sup>-3</sup>, reflects how far fossil fuel combustion or biomass burning contribute to the aerosol population over the Southern Ocean and between South Africa and Europe. Over the Southern Ocean there are no sources of eBC, except for ship emissions and (sub-)Antarctic station emissions, and hence an enhancement of eBC points towards long-range influence from Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America. When plotted against latitude, eBC concentrations drop south of 60°S, indicating a more pristine environment. Elevated concentration around the equator are likely influenced by biomass burning in tropical Africa.</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ACESPACE_equivalent_black_carbon_aerosol.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.md, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p>The data file listed above contains five-minute averaged values of equivalent black carbon (eBC) measured during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition. Timestamps are the end of the five-minute period over which the eBC values were averaged. Latitude and longitude are average values of the position of the measurement during the five-minute interval.</p> <p>NaN values of eBC denote missing values because of e.g., ship exhaust contamination, maintenance, instrument failure or signal noise levels exceeding 200 ng/m<sup>3</sup>. For latitude and longitude, NaN values are noted in cases where position data was not available for the given time period.</p> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This equivalent black carbon dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
Coarse mode aerosol particle size distribution collected in the Southern Ocean in the austral summer of 2016/2017, during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition.
<p><strong>Dataset abstract</strong></p> <p>The authors would highly appreciate to be contacted if the data is used for any purpose.</p> <p>We measured coarse mode aerosol particle size distributions with an aerodynamic particle sizer (APS, model TSI 3321) at a time resolution of five minutes during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE). The diameter range is 0.7 to 19 µm. Particles in this size range are indicative of primary sea spray aerosol, biological particles and potentially long-range transported mineral dust. These particles are also important for cloud formation as they act as cloud condensation nuclei or ice nucleating particles, the latter especially in the case of biological particles and mineral dust.</p> <p>Typically the instrument reports data starting from particles with a diameter greater than 500 nm, however, particle number concentrations in the channels below 723 nm were overestimated, which is a common artefact with this instrument.</p> <p>The data have been cleaned from the influence of the exhaust of the research vessel. Temporal coverage is from December 20, 2016 to April 10, 2017. We give five-minute averaged data as dN/dlog(dp), where dN is the particle number concentration per measured size bin normalized over the logarithm of the bin width. The bin width is defined as the distance between two diameters. They are spaced equally in log-space with dlog(dp) = log(d_n+1/d_n) = 1/32. To derive the total particle number concentration one has to integrate over the diameter range taking into account the normalization by dlog(dp).</p> <p><strong>Dataset contents</strong></p> <ul> <li>ACESPACE_coarse_mode_aerosol_particle_size_distribution.csv, data file, comma-separated values</li> <li>data_file_header.txt, metadata, text</li> <li>README.md, metadata, text</li> </ul> <p>NaN values in a complete row denote missing values because of e.g., ship exhaust contamination, maintenance, instrument failure. NaN values which appear individually or only in small groups reflect that data were below detection limit. For latitude and longitude, NaN values are noted in cases where position data was not available for the given time period.</p> <p><strong>Dataset license</strong></p> <p>This coarse mode aerosol particle size distribution dataset collected during ACE is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) whose full text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p>
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