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Spatial distribution of aerosol and meteorological parameters measured during flight SourceFFR_ALADINA_20241016_10 with the UAS ALADINA near Frankfurt airport in October 2024

Exposure to ultrafine aerosol particles (UFPs) can cause adverse effects on human health, local environment and climate. Air traffic is associated with the emission of high numbers of UFPs, which results in increased UFP number concentrations close to airports. So far, the spatial distribution and variability of UFPs is poorly understood in the atmospheric boundary layer. The uncrewed aerial system (UAS) ALADINA (Application of Lightweight Aircraft for Detecting In-situ Aerosols, e.g. Altstädter et al., 2015) was operated close to the largest airport in Germany at Frankfurt airport (FRA) between 11 and 19 October 2024. The dataset provides airborne in-situ observations of the spatial distribution of aerosol particle number concentration with different sizes and meteorological parameters of temperature, humidity, wind, surface temperature and short-wave irradiance, as well as accurate position and orientation of ALADINA. Data are available from 26 measurement flights, comprising a number of 122 vertical profiles between ground and a maximum altitude of 750 m above mean sea level (ASL) and about 70 horizontal legs at different but constant altitude, e.g. in 100 m altitude intervals. Details about the ALADINA measurements will be provided in a publication (Harm-Altstädter et al., in prep.) soon.

Distribution and concentration of nutrients, carbon compounds and methane in water samples in the southern German Bight (North Sea) in September 2024 during the MOSES Sternfahrt 12

The 12th Sternfahrt of the ElbeXtreme and MOSES projects took place in 2024 from September 02 to 13, within the area of the German Bight (North Sea). Its objective was to get a more systematic grid of sampling data by spatially integrated onboard sensors. Therefore, the MOSES-laboratory container was installed again. Water samples were taken from the surface with a rosette or via Niskin bottles. The first part of the cruise was conducted by the research vessel (RV) Ludwig Prandtl, starting on the 2nd of September on Heligoland. From there, the crew navigated towards Cuxhaven covering some stations from previous MOSES cruises. For the next days, the ship followed a rectangular track, shifting northward each day, heading towards Heligoland again. Due to strong winds, the sampling stations were reduced to three on the last day. On Heligoland the RV Mya II took over the laboratory container and other sampling equipment for the second part of the cruise. Persistent strong winds delayed the start of the cruise until September 11. Since most of the planned stations were already covered from the RV Ludwig Prandtl, the crew decided to expand the sampling area using a more systematic zig-zag line. With the return of Mya II in the afternoon of the 13th September 2024, the campaign was successfully finished.

PHILEAS (Untersuchung des Transport aus dem asiatischen Sommermonsun in hohe Breiten)

PHILEAS (Probing high latitude export of air from the Asian summer monsoon)Die asiatische Sommermonsun Antizyklone (AMA) während des Nordsommers wird als ein Haupttransportweg in die obere Troposphäre / untere Stratosphäre (UTLS) für troposphärische Luftmassen, die viel H2O und Aerosolvorläufergase und Verschmutzung enthalten, gesehen. Neuere Beobachtungen zeigen eine große Bedeutung des Transports von Ammoniumnitrat durch die AMA für das Aerosolbudget und die asiatische Tropopausenaerosolschicht (ATAL), wahrscheinlich auch mit Konsequenzen für die Zirrenbildung.Neuere flugzeuggetragene Messkampagnen konnten die Zusammensetzung und Aerosolgehalt im Inneren der AMA charakterisieren oder werden in unmittelbarer Nähe Messungen erheben. Im Gegensatz dazu wurde der Einfluss von monsungeprägten Luftmassen auf die Gesamtzusammensetzung der nördlichen untersten Stratosphäre, z.B. bei HALO Mesungen nachgewiesen. Allerdings gibt es bisher keine Studie, die den Übergang der AMA Luftmassen in die extratropische unterste Stratosphäre (LMS) und die Konsequenzen für Aerosolprozessierung und Zusammensetzung zeigt. Im Rahmen der früheren HALO Missionen TACTS/ESMVal und WISE hat sich gezeigt, dass der nördliche Zentralpazifik eine Schlüsselregion für diesen Übergang ist.Beobachtungen und Modelldaten zeigen eine besondere Bedeutung des sogenannten ‘eddy-sheddings‘ für die Befeuchtung der nördlichen UTLS an. Diese Eddies stellen isolierte dynamische Anomalien dar, die sich von der AMA gelöst haben und mit der Hintergrundströmung in der Atmosphäre zu zirkulieren beginnen. Die chemische Zusammensetzung der Eddies ist zunächst isoliert von ihrer Umgebung. Dynamische und diabatische Prozesse erodieren jedoch diese Anomalien und führen zu einer allmählichen Vermischung mit dem stratosphärischen Hintergrund.Weitere Transportpfade beeinflussen die Zusammensetzung der UTLS über dem Pazifik im Sommer: i) quasi-horizontales Mischen über den Subtropenjet ii) konvektiver Eintrag tropischer Taifune, die in die Extratropen wandern können iii) Wettersysteme der mittleren Breiten. Bei PHILEAS ist geplant, die relative Bedeutung verschiedener Prozesse für die Gasphasen und Aerosolzusammensetzung der UTLS zu untersuchen. Dabei soll insbesondere die dynamische und chemische Entwicklung ehemaliger AMA Filamente untersucht werden, die sich von der AMA abgespalten haben und über dem Pazifik aus der Troposphäre in die Stratosphäre übergehen.Insgesamt ergeben sich drei Hauptthemen, die die PHILEAS Mission motivieren:1) Welche Haupttransportpfade, Zeitskalen und Prozesse dominieren den Transport aus der AMA in die unterste Stratosphäre?2) Wie entwickeln sich Zusammensetzung der Gasphase und der Aerosole während des Transports speziell durch die 'shed eddies'?3) Welche Bedeutung hat der Prozess der Wirbelablösung für das globale Budget der UTLS speziell von H2O und infrarot-aktiven Substanzen?

Pore-water pH, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, major and trace element data from MUC cores taken during RV HEINCKE cruises HE575 and HE595 in the Helgoland Mud Area, German Bight

This dataset includes downcore measurements of pH values, H2S, Cl-, SO42-, SiO2, NO2-, PO43-, NH4+, NO3-, As, Ba, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, P, Si and Sr concentrations for sediment cores retrieved using multi-corer sampling during RV Heincke expeditions HE575 and HE595 in 2021 and 2022, respectively. The samples were collected in the framework of the Project APOC (Anthropogenic impacts on particulate organic carbon cycling in the North Sea). All measurements were performed in the laboratories of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, except pH values, which were determined onboard the research vessel.

Ecosystem functions of rare arable plants - field study: Carabidae data

Partly taken from the materials and methods of https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.12.003: To compare the activity densities of ground-dwelling predators between treatments with and without RAPs, carabids were sampled using pitfall traps, which were set up after each round of aphid counting (one per plot, twice per year; Brown & Matthews, 2016). The traps (with a volume of 400 ml and a width of 90 mm) were filled with a mixture of water and ethylene glycol (1:1; 120 ml) and dug at ground level into the middle of each plot. The traps were covered with a plastic roof and a metal grid (15 × 15 mm grid size) to avoid overflowing during rain and accidental rodent catches (Császár et al., 2018). The traps were activated for 7 days. Subsequently, all arthropods were transferred into 70% ethanol. Carabids were identified to species according to Hůrka (1996). Carabid feeding behavior was classified according to Homburg et al. (2014). To simplify the dataset, carabid feeding behavior was classified as predominantly granivorous (species mainly feed on seeds and fruits) or as carnivorous/omnivorous, because carnivorous and omnivorous species are potentially feeding on aphids and other non-plant material.

Ecosystem functions of rare arable plants - field experiment: Carabidae data

Partly taken from the materials and methods of https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.12.003: To compare the activity densities of ground-dwelling predators between treatments with and without RAPs, carabids were sampled using pitfall traps, which were set up after each round of aphid counting (one per plot, twice per year; Brown & Matthews, 2016). The traps (with a volume of 400 ml and a width of 90 mm) were filled with a mixture of water and ethylene glycol (1:1; 120 ml) and dug at ground level into the middle of each plot. The traps were covered with a plastic roof and a metal grid (15 × 15 mm grid size) to avoid overflowing during rain and accidental rodent catches (Császár et al., 2018). The traps were activated for 7 days. Subsequently, all arthropods were transferred into 70% ethanol. Carabids were identified to species according to Hůrka (1996). Carabid feeding behavior was classified according to Homburg et al. (2014). To simplify the dataset, carabid feeding behavior was classified as predominantly granivorous (species mainly feed on seeds and fruits) or as carnivorous/omnivorous, because carnivorous and omnivorous species are potentially feeding on aphids and other non-plant material.

Colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption coefficients in the sea-surface microlayer and the underlying water during a mesocosm phytoplankton bloom in 2023

The effects of a phytoplankton bloom and photobleaching on colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the sea-surface microlayer (SML) and the underlying water (ULW) were studied in a month-long mesocosm study, in May and June of 2023, at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The mesocosm study was conducted by the DFG research group BASS (Biogeochemical processes and Air–sea exchange in the Sea-Surface microlayer, Bibi et al., 2025) in the Sea Surface Facility (SURF) of the ICBM. The facility contains an 8 m × 1.5 m × 0.8 m large outdoor basin with a retractable roof, which was closed at night and during rain events. The basin was filled with North Sea water from the adjacent Jade Bay. Homogeneity of the ULW in the basin was achieved by constant mixing of the water column. The daily SML and ULW samples were collected alternating in the morning, about 1 h after sunrise, and in the afternoon, about 10 h after sunrise. The alternation of sampling times intended to capture a potential effect of sun-exposure duration on DOM transformations and elucidated the day and night variability of the layers. The SML was collected via glass plate sampling (Cunliffe and Wurl, 2014). The ULW was sampled via a submerged tube and a connected syringe suction system in 0.4 m depth. The removed sample volume was refilled with Jade Bay water every day. SML and ULW samples were filtered through pre-flushed 0.7 µm Whatman GF/F and 0.2 nucleopore filters into brown bottles and were stored dark and at 4 °C until measurement within weeks of the study. The brown bottles were previously combusted at 500 °C. CDOM was measured with three liquid waveguide capillary cells (LWCC, WPI, USA) of different pathlengths (10 cm, 50 cm, 250 cm) to increase the measurement sensitivity following the protocols of Röttgers et al. (2024) using a spectral detector (Avantes, Netherlands) for a total spectral range from 230 to 750 nm. A sodium chloride (NaCl) solution was used for the salinity correction. The blank-corrected absorbance spectra were then converted into Napierian absorption coefficients (Bricaud et al., 1981).

Ecosystem functions of rare arable plants - field study: Araneae data

Partly taken from the materials and methods of https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2022.12.003: To compare the activity densities of ground-dwelling predators between treatments with and without RAPs, spiders were sampled using pitfall traps, which were set up after each round of aphid counting (one per plot, twice per year; Brown & Matthews, 2016). The traps (with a volume of 400 ml and a width of 90 mm) were filled with a mixture of water and ethylene glycol (1:1; 120 ml) and dug at ground level into the middle of each plot. The traps were covered with a plastic roof and a metal grid (15 × 15 mm grid size) to avoid overflowing during rain and accidental rodent catches (Császár et al., 2018). The traps were activated for 7 days. Subsequently, all arthropods were transferred into 70% ethanol. Spiders were identified to species according to Nentwig et al. (2019). Spider hunting strategy (active hunter or web-builder) was used as the feeding trait according to Cardoso et al. (2011).

Digitales Höhenmodell Hamburg DGM 10

Abgeleitetes, flächendeckendes digitales Geländemodell mit einer Rasterweite von 10 Meter auf Basis des DGM1. Für die Fläche der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg (ohne das Gebiet des hamburgischen Wattenmeeres) wurde in 2020 eine Laserscanvermessungen (Airborne Laserscanning) durchgeführt. Die Daten liegen im Lagestatus 310 (ETRS89/UTM) vor, mit Höhenangaben über Normalhöhennull (NHN), gemäß DE_DHHN2016_NH. Die Genauigkeit eines einzelnen Messpunktes liegt in eindeutig definierten Bereichen, wie z.B. auf Straßenflächen, bei ca. ± 105 cm. In Bereichen von Abschattungen (Brücken), Vegetation, insbesondere Flächen in Wald- und Strauchgebieten und bei stark geneigtem Gelände, ist die Genauigkeit geringer. Standardmäßig werden vom LGV folgende Rasterweiten angeboten: DGM 1 (Rasterweite 1m), DGM 10 (Rasterweite 10m), DGM 25 (Rasterweite 25m). Eine jährliche Aktualisierung dieser Daten erfolgt über Luftbildbefliegungen. Neben der reinen Bereitstellung der Höheninformation als regelmäßiges Gitter werden die Daten auch als Dienstleistung in einer Dreiecksvermaschung (TIN) abgegeben. Dabei ist ein Datenaustausch mit 2D- und 3D-CAD-Systemen sichergestellt. Als weitere Dienstleistung können z.B. Höhenlinien und Profile abgeleitet oder Volumina und Neigungen errechnet werden. Durch Integration weiterer Geobasis- und Fachdaten (Vektor- und Rasterdaten) können weitere Dienstleistungen z.B. für die Bereiche Wasserwirtschaft, Tiefbau, Umwelt und Stadtplanung sowie Energieversorgung groß- und kleinräumige Anwendungen abgeleitet werden.

Physical oceanography during RV HEINCKE cruise HE678

Conductivity-temperature-depth profiles were measured using a Seabird SBE 911plus CTD during RV HEINCKE cruise HE678. The CTD was equipped with duplicate sensors for temperature (SBE3plus), conductivity (SBE4) and oxygen (SBE43). Additional sensors such as a WET Labs C-Star transmissometer, a WET Labs ECO-AFL fluorometer and an altimeter (PSA-916 Teledyne (Benthos)) were mounted to the CTD. Temperature, conductivity and oxygen sensors are calibrated by the manufacturer once a year before being mounted in January. They are used throughout the year and no post-cruise or in-situ calibration is applied. All other sensors are calibrated irregularly. Data were connected to the station book of the specific cruise as available in the DSHIP database. Processing of the data including removal of obvious outliers followed the procedures described in CTD Processing Logbook of RV HEINCKE (hdl:10013/epic.47427). The processing report for this dataset is linked below.

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