SHEBA
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)
1 September 1997 - 1 September 1998
Lead Scientist: Richard Moritz
Observatory: nsa, nsa
The overarching purpose of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) was to produce year-long retrievals of cloud properties, including crystal/droplet sizes, optical depths, water contents, and cloud boundaries through the depth of the troposphere. These results were intended to enhance the understanding of the thermodynamic coupling between the atmosphere and the ocean when covered with sea ice.
In 1997, SHEBA participants placed a Canadian icebreaker, DesGroseilliers, in the Arctic ice pack 570 kilometers northeast of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. During its year-long deployment, the DesGroseilliers powered a comprehensive suite of atmospheric, ocean, and ice sensors that were operated on the ship and the surrounding ice floe. In addition, ARM deployed two dozen instruments, including a lidar and millimeter cloud radar, and gathered 10 sets of vertical profiles of clouds and aerosol properties data from over the SHEBA site.
The interdisciplinary effort between ARM and NOAA for SHEBA consisted of three phases. The first began in 1995 with the examination of existing Arctic data and models, the second involved the deployment and operation of instruments as part of SHEBA field effort, and the third ended in 2002 with in-depth analysis of processes and feedback mechanisms from data obtained during the SHEBA deployment. Both ARM and NOAA contributed equipment, data, and personnel to this NSF-funded multiseason field experiment, which helped develop detailed models of physical processes on a local and aggregate scale.
Related Publications
2020
Achtert P, E O'Connor, I Brooks, G Sotiropoulou, M Shupe, B Pospichal, B Brooks, and M Tjernström. 2020. "Properties of Arctic liquid and mixed-phase clouds from shipborne Cloudnet observations during ACSE 2014." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(23), 10.5194/acp-20-14983-2020.
Ali S and F Pithan. 2020. "Following moist intrusions into the Arctic using SHEBA observations in a Lagrangian perspective." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 146(732), 10.1002/qj.3859.
Zhang X, T Schneider, and C Kaul. 2020. "Sensitivity of idealized mixed‐phase stratocumulus to climate perturbations." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, , 10.1002/qj.3846. ONLINE.
Hashino T, G de Boer, H Okamoto, and G Tripoli. 2020. "Relationships between immersion freezing and crystal habit for Arctic mixed-phase clouds – a numerical study." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(7), 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0078.1.
Goss HB, KS Dorsey, CB Ireland, MR Wasem, RA Stafford, and R Jundt. 2020. 2019 Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Annual Report. Ed. by Kathryn Dorsey, ARM user facility. DOE/SC-ARM-19-032.
Kim J, M Laguë, S Pennypacker, E Dawson, and A Swann. 2020. "Evaporative Resistance is of Equal Importance as Surface Albedo in High‐Latitude Surface Temperatures Due to Cloud Feedbacks." Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), 10.1029/2019GL085663.
2019
Chechin D, I Makhotina, C Lüpkes, and A Makshtas. 2019. "Effect of Wind Speed and Leads on Clear-Sky Cooling over Arctic Sea Ice during Polar Night." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76(8), 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0277.1.
Simpfendoerfer L, J Verlinde, J Harrington, M Shupe, Y Chen, E Clothiaux, and J Golaz. 2019. "Formation of Arctic Stratocumuli through Atmospheric Radiative Cooling." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(16), 10.1029/2018JD030189.
Yu L, Q Yang, M Zhou, X Zeng, D Lenschow, X Wang, and B Han. 2019. "The Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of Arctic Temperature and Specific Humidity Inversions." Atmosphere, 10(4), 10.3390/atmos10040214.
Nielsen-Englyst P, J Høyer, K Madsen, R Tonboe, G Dybkjær, and E Alerskans. 2019. "In situ observed relationships between snow and ice surface skin temperatures and 2m air temperatures in the Arctic." The Cryosphere, 13(3), 10.5194/tc-13-1005-2019.
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Campaign Data Sets
IOP Participant | Data Source Name | Final Data |
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Peter Hobbs | UW- Convair-580 aircraft | Order Data |
James Liljegren | MWR | Order Data |