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Airborne measurements of aerosol particle concentrations were obtained in coastal Antarctica in the Summer season 2024-25 during the RINGS campaign. A total of 11 horizontal transects covers several thousands of km, and 16 vertical profiles illustrate the take offs and landings of the aircraft. GPS tracks were obtained from a high precision mapping setup. Additionally, ERA5 weather reanalysis data provides information on the local conditions during the campaign.
The aim of this internship/semester project is to combine these datasets and to characterize the particle concentrations and their size distribution in coastal Antarctica. The results will be evaluated against the available literature (e.g., Lachlan-Cope et al., 2016; Kobayashi, 2021) and the recent balloon-borne measurements performed by EERL at Neumayer III station.
In case of interested for a MSc thesis, the candidate will further investigate horizontal and vertical variations of aerosol quantities, linking them with the atmospheric circulation in the region. Case studies will be set up to explore the impact of different source areas of the air mass (e.g., marine vs mountainous) and of atmospheric conditions (e.g., cloudy vs cloudless).
Desired skills: Python programming – Experience with geospatial data
