Annual cycle of aerosol properties over the central Arctic during MOSAiC 2019–2020 – light-extinction, CCN, and INP levels from the boundary layer to the tropopause

Ansmann, Albert; Ohneiser, Kevin; Engelmann, Ronny; Radenz, Martin; Griesche, Hannes; Hofer, Julian; Althausen, Dietrich; Creamean, Jessie M.; Boyer, Matthew C.; Knopf, Daniel A.; Dahlke, Sandro; Maturilli, Marion; Gebauer, Henriette; Bühl, Johannes; Jimenez, Cristofer; Seifert, Patric; Wandinger, Ulla

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Annual cycle of aerosol properties over the central Arctic during MOSAiC 2019–2020 – light-extinction, CCN, and INP levels from the boundary layer to the tropopause

Albert Ansmann, Kevin Ohneiser, Ronny Engelmann, Martin Radenz, Hannes Griesche, Julian Hofer, Dietrich Althausen, Jessie M. Creamean, Matthew C. Boyer, Daniel A. Knopf, Sandro Dahlke, Marion Maturilli, Henriette Gebauer, Johannes Bühl, Cristofer Jimenez, Patric Seifert, and Ulla Wandinger

Albert Ansmann

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

albert@tropos.de

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5382-8440

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Kevin Ohneiser

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Ronny Engelmann

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4225-9961

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Martin Radenz

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-033X

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Hannes Griesche

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8696-7359

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Julian Hofer

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6657-4072

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Dietrich Althausen

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2785-0788

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Jessie M. Creamean

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3819-5600

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA

Matthew C. Boyer

Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research/Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Daniel A. Knopf

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7732-3922

School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA

Sandro Dahlke

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-9597

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

Marion Maturilli

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6818-7383

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

Henriette Gebauer

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Johannes Bühl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0354-3487

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Cristofer Jimenez

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2776-0339

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Patric Seifert

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5626-3761

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

Ulla Wandinger

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3676-9121

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany

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The 1-year MOSAiC (2019–2020) expedition with the German ice breaker Polarstern was the largest polar field campaign ever conducted. The Polarstern, with our lidar aboard, drifted with the pack ice north of 85° N for more than 7 months (October 2019 to mid-May 2020). We measured the full annual cycle of aerosol conditions in terms of aerosol optical and cloud-process-relevant properties. We observed a strong contrast between polluted winter and clean summer aerosol conditions.

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