Abstract:
The Arctic Ocean Experiment (AOE) 2001 was a multi-disciplinary
program sponsored by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat in
collaboration with several other institutions including the Stockholm
University and the NOAA's Environmental Technologies Laboratory in
Boulder Colorado. During a 2-1/2 month period beginning in late-June,
... 2001, the Swedish Maritime Administration Icebreaker Oden became the
host platform for scientists and support personnel from 13 different
countries working in the fields of Oceanography, Geology, Ice and
Aerosol Physics, Marine Biology, Atmospheric Chemistry and
Meteorology. The principal goal of the Atmospheric Program was to
enhance understanding about how natural sources of atmospheric
aerosols affect climate through impact on the radiation balance. This
case study presents data from 5 July 2001 to 26 Aug 2001 and covers a
region from 80N to 90N latitude and from 15W to 15E longitude.
The data for this experiment is under Working Group 5 (Polar Clouds)
of the GEWEX Cloud System Study (GCSS) is to improve the
parameterization of precipitating convective cloud systems in global
climate models (GCMs) and numerical weather prediction models through
an improved physical understanding of cloud system processes. 
