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FRAMZY 2002 - Second Field Experiment on Fram Strait Cyclones and their Impact on Sea Ice: meteorological measurements of the research aircraft Falcon, 15 autonomous ice buoys and radiosoundings at the research vessel Aranda

The field experiment FRAMZY (in German: Framstraßen-Zyklonen; in English: Fram Strait Cyclones) 2002 took place in the Fram Strait region between Greenland and Spitsbergen and between 76-83¿N during the period 25 February to 25 March 2002. It was the second field experiment (following FRAMZY 1999) on cyclones in the Fram Strait and their impact on sea ice. The objectives of FRAMZY 2002 were to sample a data set in order to understand the processes of cyclone generation and sea ice forcing by the cyclones and to estimate the quality of atmospheric models in analysing and forecasting the cyclones and the quality of sea ice models in simulating the cyclone impacts on the sea ice. FRAMZY 2002 also aims to clarify the role of Fram Strait cyclones in the large interannual variations of the North-to-South sea ice transport through the Fram Strait. To reach the objectives measurements were taken simultaneously in the atmosphere and of the sea ice and covered a wide range of scales from the synoptic (cyclone) to the turbulent scale (turbulent fluxes at the air-ice interface). Measurements were taken in-situ by 14 autonomous ARGOS ice buoys, the Finnish Research Vessel Aranda and the German Research Aircraft Falcon and were supplemented by satellite data from NOAA-AVHRR, RADARSAT and DMSP-SSM/I.

FRAMZY 2002 was the second one in a series of five field experiments (1999,2002,2007,2008) carried out in the frame of the Collaborative Research Centre 512 (Cyclones and the North Atlantic Climate System) funded by the German Science Foundation.


In addition to the published datasets several other measurements were performed during the experiment. Corresonding datasets will be published in the near future and are available on request.

Details about all used platforms and sensors and all performed measurements are listed in the fieldreport.

The following datasets are available on request: ground data at RV Aranda

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Date (Publication)
2012-03-27
Edition

1

Citation identifier
UNI_HH_MI_FRAMZY2002
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/UNI_HH_MI_FRAMZY2002
Principal investigator
  Finnish Institute of Marine Research - Jouko Launiainen
www.fimr.fi/en_GB/
Originator
  University of Hamburg - Dr. Gerd Müller
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Author
  University of Hamburg - Prof. Dr. Burghard Brümmer
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Author
  Finnish Institute of Marine Research - Jouko Launiainen
www.fimr.fi/en_GB/
Author
  University of Hamburg - Dr. Gerd Müller
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Author
  University of Hamburg - Christian Wetzel
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Principal investigator
  University of Hamburg - Prof. Dr. Burghard Brümmer
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Publisher
  WDC Climate at DKRZ
Point of contact
  University of Hamburg - Dr. Gerd Müller
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
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Keywords
  • SFB 512

Keywords
  • aircraft

Keywords
  • aircraft measurement

Keywords
  • arctic

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  • buoy

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  • ice

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  • ice drift

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  • observational data

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  • radiosonde

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  • sea ice

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  • ship

Use limitation

scientific use: For scientific use only

Language

eng; USA

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2002-02-25
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2002-03-25
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OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=UNI_HH_MI_FRAMZY2002
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Non quantitative attribute accuracy

Name of measure

n/a

Measure description

None

Attribute description
dew_point_temperature
Descriptor

Dew point temperature is the temperature at which a parcel of air reaches saturation upon being cooled at constant pressure and specific humidity. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
time
Descriptor

time [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Attribute description
sea_ice_temperature
Descriptor

sea_ice_temperature [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Attribute description
upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

"shortwave" means shortwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean "net upward". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
height
Descriptor

Height is the vertical distance above the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
longitude
Descriptor

longitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_east

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
time
Descriptor

time [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Attribute description
air_pressure_at_sea_level
Descriptor

sea_level means mean sea level, which is close to the geoid in sea areas. Air pressure at sea level is the quantity often abbreviated as MSLP or PMSL.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Attribute description
upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

"longwave" means longwave radiation. Upwelling radiation is radiation from below. It does not mean "net upward". When thought of as being incident on a surface, a radiative flux is sometimes called "irradiance". In addition, it is identical with the quantity measured by a cosine-collector light-meter and sometimes called "vector irradiance". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
air_pressure
Descriptor

air_pressure [CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
latitude
Descriptor

latitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_north

Attribute description
latitude
Descriptor

latitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_north

Attribute description
upward_latent_heat_flux_in_air
Descriptor

"Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Guidelines for construction] [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
longitude
Descriptor

longitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_east

Attribute description
latitude
Descriptor

latitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_north

Attribute description
specific_humidity
Descriptor

"specific" means per unit mass. Specific humidity is the mass fraction of water vapor in (moist) air.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: g kg-1

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
eastward_wind
Descriptor

"Eastward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed eastward (negative westward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
time
Descriptor

time [CF-Standard Name]; unit: s

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
northward_wind
Descriptor

"Northward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed northward (negative southward). Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
upward_sensible_heat_flux_in_air
Descriptor

"Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics.[CF-Guidelines for construction] [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
upward_air_velocity
Descriptor

vertical wind velocity A velocity is a vector quantity. "Upward" indicates a vector component which is positive when directed upward (negative downward). Upward air velocity is the vertical component of the 3D air velocity vector. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Attribute description
height
Descriptor

Height is the vertical distance above the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Attribute description
humidity_mixing_ratio
Descriptor

Humidity mixing ratio of a parcel of moist air is the ratio of the mass of water vapor to the mass of dry air. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: g kg-1

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Attribute description
longitude
Descriptor

longitude [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree_east

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-2

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Attribute description
surface_temperature
Descriptor

The surface called "surface" means the lower boundary of the atmosphere. The surface temperature is the (skin) temperature at the interface, not the bulk temperature of the medium above or below. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: not filled

Attribute description
downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
Descriptor

downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air [CF-Standard Name]; unit: W m-2

File identifier
wdc-climate.de:2250985 XML
Metadata language

eng; USA

Hierarchy level
collection
Hierarchy level name

UNI_HH_MI_FRAMZY2002

Date stamp
2011-06-22T14:51:52
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115

Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-2:2009

Point of contact
  University of Hamburg - Christian Wetzel
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
Point of contact
  University of Hamburg - Dr. Gerd Müller
http://www.mi.uni-hamburg.de/
 
 

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