Horizontal Variation in Surface Radiative Fluxes at SHEBA Camp [Curry, J. et al.]

This dataset contains imagery of the horizontal variation in surface radiative fluxes from the SHEBA camp as a part of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) Project. Data collected during 16 missions of the NCAR C-130 over the SHEBA camp during May and July are used to document the radiative environment at the surface. Specifically discussed are the characteristics of surface albedo under cloud conditions vaying from clear to solid overcast during spring and summer. The ice surface changed considerably during this time from snow-covered multiyear ice and mostly refrozen leads in May to bare multiyear ice, meltponds and open water in July.

本数据集收录了北极海洋表面热量预算（Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean，简称SHEBA）项目中SHEBA营地的地表辐射通量水平变化相关影像数据。研究采用美国国家大气研究中心（National Center for Atmospheric Research, NCAR）的C-130机型在5月与7月期间，于SHEBA营地上空执行的16次任务所采集的数据，以表征该区域的地表辐射环境特征。本数据集重点探讨了春夏季期间，云况从晴空至完全阴天的各类场景下的地表反照率特征。在此研究时段内，冰面发生了显著变化：5月时为覆雪多年冰与大多重新冻结的冰间水道，至7月则转变为裸露多年冰、融池与开阔水域。