Mission
Research is more than ever driven by data. However, on the oceans we still lack a lot of valuable insights. As a consequence, the uncertainties of our future climate projections can be largely attributed to our marine environment, in particular to the shallow clouds of the sub-tropical and tropical oceans. These clouds are very ubiquitous and reflective, but are too small to be resolved by current climate simulations. To measure processes on the order of 10-100km we need a dense network of measurement platforms. Traditional research vessels are limited in their numbers and too expensive to create such a dense array of stations. The same applies for buoys and autonomous platforms. The cruisers of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers are a great fit to help us improve our knowledge about marine trade-wind clouds. The vast number of boats and the proximity thereof naturally build a mesoscale network of potential measurement platforms. In addition, they follow the trade-winds and therefore naturally capture the stratocumulus to cumulus transition that is still challenging to predict.
Participation
Equipping hundreds of boats with meteorological instruments is a major undertaking. To make sure our instruments can withstand the harsh marine conditions we are planning to deploy only a few instruments for the ARC/ARC+ 2023. For this deployment we are currently searching for volunteering crews to join our team and take one measurement unit across the Atlantic.
Please fill out the form to indicate your interest in the 2023 science project.
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