ARCSIX Data Release Announcement

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The Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) has released data for the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction eXperiment (ARCSIX). ARCSIX is a NASA field campaign that aimed at quantifying the contributions of surface properties, clouds, aerosol particles, and precipitation to the Arctic summer surface radiation budget and sea ice melt during the early melt season. Based out of Greenland, ARCSIX completed two deployments from May-June 2024 and July-August 2024. Both deployments utilized the NASA P-3B, LaRC G-III, and SPEC-Learjet aircraft. ARCSIX science questions focused on examining the impact of the predominant summer Arctic cloud types on the radiative surface energy budget, what processes control the evolution and maintenance of the predominant cloud types in the summertime Arctic, and how do the two-way interactions between surface properties and atmospheric forcings affect sea ice evolution?

Data Access:
ASDC ARCSIX Landing Page: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/ARCSIX
ARCSIX Earthdata Search: https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?fpj=ARCSIX
ARCSIX Direct Data Download: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/ARCSIX/