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Data supporting the North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) programme, including atmo...

Data supporting the North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) programme, including atmo...

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Data supporting the North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) programme, including atmospheric composition; oceanographic and sea-ice observations (2016–2022); and output from ocean, atmosphere, land, and sea-ice models (1950–2050)

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Data supporting the North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) programme, including atmospheric composition; oceanographic and sea-ice observations (2016–2022); and output from ocean, atmosphere, land, and sea-ice models (1950–2050)

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Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH

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Earth system science data, 2025-01, Vol.17 (1), p.135-164

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English

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Katlenburg-Lindau: Copernicus GmbH

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The North Atlantic Climate System Integrated Study (ACSIS) was a large multidisciplinary research programme funded by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). ACSIS ran from 2016 to 2022 and brought together around 80 scientists from seven leading UK-based environmental research institutes to deliver major advances in the understanding of North Atlantic climate variability and extremes. Here, we present an overview of the data generated by the ACSIS programme. The datasets described cover the North Atlantic Ocean, the atmosphere above it (including its composition), and Arctic sea ice. Atmospheric composition datasets include measurements from seven aircraft campaigns (45 flights in total, 0–10 km altitude range) in the northeastern Atlantic (∼ 15–55° N, ∼ 40° W–5° E) made at intervals of 6 months to 2 years between February 2017 and May 2022. The flights measured chemical species (including greenhouse gases; ozone precursors; and volatile organic compounds – VOCs) and aerosols (organic aerosol – OA; SO4; NH4; NO3; and non-sea salt chloride – nss-Cl) (https://doi.org/10.5285/6285564c34a246fc9ba5ce053d85e5e7, FAAM et al., 2024). Ground-based stations at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO), Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory (PPAO), and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) recorded ozone, ozone precursors, halocarbons, greenhouse gases (CO2 and methane), SO2, and photolysis rates (CVAO;