Collaborative research funded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 analyzes cloud radiative impact on surface warming of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. The project, led by AMD_USAPDC, uses surface- and satellite-based measurements from stations at Rothera, Marambio, and Escudero. Data was last updated in July 2024.
Use Cases
- Quantify cloud radiative forcing on surface energy balance using station-based radiation measurements.
- Characterize seasonal variation in cloud thermodynamic phase (liquid vs. ice) and its impact on surface melt.
- Analyze the role of water vapor and clouds during foehn and atmospheric river events using humidity and cloud property data.
- Validate and improve polar weather models (AMPS, Polar-WRF) with in-situ measurements from three strategic Antarctic stations.
Strengths
- Integrates data from multiple measurement platforms including surface stations and satellites.
- Focuses on three strategically located stations (Rothera, Marambio, Escudero) for cross-peninsula analysis.
- Project leverages previous, ongoing, and planned measurements from an international collaborator group.
Limitations
- Specific row counts, column details, and file formats are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to the Western Antarctic Peninsula region.
- Data granularity and temporal resolution for the time-series are not specified.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA Earthdata (nasa_earthdata), organization AMD_USAPDC.
- Collection Method
- Surface- and satellite-based measurements combined with model outputs (AMPS, Polar-WRF).
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Western Antarctic Peninsula, specifically stations at Rothera, Marambio, and Escudero.