ACE-1 Southern Hemisphere Aerosol Characterization Experiment

ACE-1 (1995)
The Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-1) was the first of a series of IGAC experiments designed to quantify the chemical, physical, and meteorological processes controlling the evolution and properties of the atmospheric aerosol relevant to radiative forcing and climate. The PMEL-JISAO Atmospheric Chemistry Group conducted gas and aerosol measurements aboard the NOAA ship Discoverer from Seattle (11 October 1995) to Hobart (10 November 1995) and during the ACE-1 intensive south and west of Tasmania (15 November - 14 December, 1995).

    Intensive cruise track on SST figure

Other Figures From ACE-1

• Ship track figure in transit
• ACE-1 observations cartoon
• Seawater DMS concentration and flux
• 8-16 nm particles and radon
• 2-D size distribution
• Ozonesonde plot Transit Leg
• Ozonesonde plot ACE-1 proper

Radiative Effects of Aerosols in the Remote Marine Atmosphere

• ACE-1 Overview
• Science and Implementation Plan
• ACE-1 data from the CODIAC data server at NCAR
• ACE-1 Scientists
• ACE-1 Publications
• Accepted Abstracts for ACE-1 AGU session
• ACE-1 color logos for use on AGU posters and transparencies
  • ACE-1 Black&White Logo
• ACE-1 Field Experiment Highlights
• Program schedule and status
• ACE-1 Data Workshop, Hilo, Hawaii, 3-7 March 1997
  • ACE-1 Hilo Data Workshop Summary
  • Reports from the Working Groups
• ACE-1 Data Workshop, Seattle, June 24-27, 1996
  • ACE-1 Data Workshop Summary
  • Posters
  • DISCOVERER Sampling periods
  • Reports from the Working Groups
  • Lagrangian B Page from Qing Wang at NPS
• ACE-1 Sky Camera
• Back trajectories to the DISCOVERER (calculated using Hysplit 4)
• ACE-1 cruise instructions

Other Aerosol Projects

• TARFOX, The Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment
• ACE-2, North Atlantic Regional Aerosol Characterisation Experiment. Tenerife - Sagres, June 16 - July 25, 1997
• The PMEL ACE-2 page containing meteorological data from the R/V Vodyanitskiy
• ACE-Asia, 2000 - 2001

Additional Information about ACE-1

• ACE-1 Project Page at UCAR/OFPS Office of Field Project Support (OFPS) provides a UCAR/NSF focal point for the coordination, planning, implementation and data management of ACE-1 field project. The latter includes all facets of data collection, processing, archival, and distribution
• NEW PALMS, the Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry (NOAA Aeronomy Lab)

ACE-1 Schedule and Status

• 17-18 January 1995 US NSF/NOAA proposal panel review
• 13-17 February 1995 ACE-1 planning meeting, Hilo, Hawaii
• 18-21 April NCAR C-130 meeting, Boulder, CO
• 14-16 August 1995 ACE-1 final operations meeting, Boulder, CO
• 14 August - 1 Sept 1995 Aerosol workshop, Seattle, WA
• 11 October 1995 NOAA ship Discoverer departs Seattle for Hobart
• 1 November 1995 C-130 departs Boulder
• 15 Nov-14 Dec 1995 ACE-1
• 24-28 June 1996 Data Workshop, Seattle, WA
• 26-30 August 1996 14th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aersosols, Helsinki, Finland
• 14 December 1996 ACE-1 meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 15-19 December 1996 AGU meeting, San Francisco, CA
• 3-7 March 1997 Data Workshop, Hilo, Hawaii
• 1-9 July 1997 IAMAS Assembly, Melbourne, Australia

Last Update: 23-February-2001