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Data from expedition ARTofMELT, Arctic Ocean, 2023

Michael Tjernström, Paul Zieger, ARTofMELT 2023 Scientific Party

Newer versions of this dataset are available

The ARTofMELT expedition was carried out in the Fram Strait pack ice during the spring transition (May to June) of 2023, with the Swedish icebreaker Oden serving as research platform.

ARTofMELT targeted the Arctic at the onset of the annual sea-ice melt. Most research expeditions to the Arctic Ocean focus on late summer or early autumn, when the summer melt has generated easier conditions to navigate in the ice. As a consequence, there are almost no observations on the initiation of melt in spring. While targeting this difficult period, ARTofMELT also explored the hypothesis that episodic inflow of warm and moist air from south, so-called "atmospheric rivers", may trigger the melt onset.

The ARTofMELT field phase collected interdisciplinary observations and samples across a column from ~500 meters into the ocean, through ice and snow and up through the atmosphere, using both in situ and remote sensing instruments.

The expedition deployed from Svalbard in late winter on 8 May and captured the onset of the surface melt on 10 June before returning to Svalbard on 15 June, 2023.

MarineExpeditionARTofMELT 2023 expeditionArctic climate systemAtmospheric riversArctic springMelt onsetAtmosphereOceanSea iceSnow on iceFram straitArcticArctic OceanARTofMELTIcebreaker Oden

Datasets

Expedition data
Expedition report and ship data
Atmospheric sciences
Aerosols
Atmospheric gas phase
Atmospheric profiling
Clouds
Micrometeorology / Surface fluxes
Radiosoundings
Trajectories
Visibility
Weather observations
Ocean sciences
Hydrography
Ocean chemistry
Sea ice

Name

oden-artofmelt-2023-expedition

Version

1

Citation

Michael Tjernström, Paul Zieger, ARTofMELT 2023 Scientific Party (2026) Data from expedition ARTofMELT, Arctic Ocean, 2023. Dataset version 1. Bolin Centre Database. https://doi.org/10.17043/oden-artofmelt-2023-expedition-1

References

Tjernström M, Zieger P, et al. (2025) ARTofMELT 2023 - Expedition report. Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Luleå, 123 pp. ISBN 978-91-519-5134-8. https://polar.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2013678/FULLTEXT01.pdf

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The expedition

The ARTofMELT 2023 expedition on board the Swedish icebreaker Oden was organized by the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat from 8 May through 14 June, 2023. ARTofMELT is endorsed by the WMO-project PCAPS (Polar Coupled Analysis and Prediction for Services).

Logistics coordinator
  • Åsa Lindgren, Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Sweden
Chief scientist
  • Michael Tjernström, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Co-chief scientist
  • Paul Zieger, Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, Sweden
Projects

Individual projects were organized into Work packages (WP):

  • WP1 — Arctic Climate Across Scales & Atmospheric Boundary Layers
    • Ian Brooks, University of Leeds, UK
    • John Prytherch (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • WP2 — Stable water Isotopes
    • Jeffrey Welker, University of Oulu, Finland / University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
  • WP3 — Aerosols and clouds in-situ
    • Paul Zieger, Stockholm University, Sweden
    • Jessie Creamean, Colorado State University, USA
  • WP4 — VAERTICAL (Helikite aerosol vertical profiling)
    • Jessie Creamean, Colorado State University, USA
    • Julia Schmale (on shore), EFPL, Switzerland
  • WP5 — Helipod (helicopter-borne instrument package)
    • Falk Pätzold, TU Braunschweig, Germany
    • Astrid Lampert (on shore), TU Braunschweig, Germany
  • WP6 — BAMZ (Boron in Arctic Marginal ice Zones)
    • Penny Vlahos, University of Connecticut, USA
  • WP7 — SMÄLTA (Secondary Marine Aerosol precursors and Links to aerosol growth at icemelT onset in the Arctic)
    • Cort Zang, Colorado State University, USA
    • Megan Willis (on shore), Colorado State University, USA
  • WP8 — Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle & Ice properties
    • Philipp Anhaus, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
    • Marcel Nicolaus (on shore), Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
  • WP9 — Sea Ice Dynamics
    • Denis Demchev, Chalmers University, Sweden
    • Leif Eriksson (on shore), Chalmers University, Sweden
  • WP10 — Physical Oceanography
    • Julia Muchowski, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • WP11 — Geophysical Mapping
    • Aileen Bohan, Geological Survey Ireland
Science

The expedition was funded by:

  • Swedish Polar Research Secretariat
  • US National Science Foundation
  • Academy of Finland.
  • German Research Council (DFG)

Scientific planning was supported by:

  • International Meteorological Institute at Stockholm University (IMI)
  • International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).

Projects were funded by:

  • Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)
  • UK National Environmental Research Council (NERC)
  • Swedish Research Council (VR)
  • Academy of Finland
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • German Research Foundation (DFG)
  • Alfred Wegener Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
  • Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS)
  • Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University
  • Helmholtz Infrastructure Initiative
Scientific party

Weather forecast office (virtual)

  • Gunilla Svensson (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Linus Magnusson (on shore), ECMWF, UK
  • Anna Lewinschal (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden

WP1

  • Ian Brooks, University of Leeds, UK
  • Heather Guy, University of Leeds, UK
  • Sonja Murto, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Michail Karalis, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Timo Vihma, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
  • Gabin Urbancic, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • John Prytherch (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden

WP2

  • Jeff Welker, University of Oulu, Finland / University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
  • Valtteri Hyöky, University of Oulu, Finland
  • Ben Kopec (on shore), University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
  • Eric Klein (on shore), University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
  • Hannah Bailey (on shore), University of Oulu, Finland

WP3

  • Paul Zieger, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Julia Asplund, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Gabriel Freitas, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Lea Haberstock, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Luisa Ickes, Chalmers University, Sweden
  • Stella Papadopoulou, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Theresa Mathes, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Fredrik Mattsson, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Lovisa Nilsson, Lund University, Sweden
  • Jennie Spicker Schmidt, Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Jessie Creamean, Colorado State University, USA
  • Nicolas Faure, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Camille Mavis, Colorado State University, USA
  • Roman Pohorsky, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Kouji Adachi (on shore), Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
  • Imad El Haddad (on shore), Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Stefania Gilardoni (on shore), Institute of Polar Sciences, Italy
  • Marianne Glasius (on shore), Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Andreas Held (on shore), Technical University of Berlin, Germany
  • Radovan Krejci (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Claudia Mohr (on shore), Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
  • Ilona Riipinen (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Tina Santl-Temkiv (on shore), Aarhus University, Denmark
  • Alexander Smirnov (on shore), NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, USA
  • Erik Thomson (on shore), Gothenburg University, Sweden
  • Birgitta Sveningsson (on shore), Lund University, Sweden
  • Erik Swietlicki (on shore), Lund University, Sweden

WP4

  • Jessie Creamean, Colorado State University, USA
  • Roman Pohorsky, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Nicolas Fauré, Gothenburg University, Sweden
  • Ian Brooks, University of Leeds, UK
  • Paul Zieger, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Heather Guy, University of Leeds, UK
  • Lea Haberstock, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Anaïs Bretones, University of Bergen, Norway
  • Julia Schmale, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
  • David Brus (on shore), Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
  • Radiance Calmer (on shore), University of Colorado, USA

WP5

  • Falk Pätzold, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  • Magnus Asmussen, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  • Astrid Lampert (on shore), Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

WP6

  • Penny Vlahos, University of Connecticut, USA
  • Samantha Rush, University of Connecticut, USA
  • Lauren Barrett, University of Connecticut, USA

WP7

  • Cort Zang, Colorado State University, USA
  • Megan Willis (on shore), Colorado State University, USA
  • Jeffery Pierce (on shore), Colorado State University, USA
  • Shantanu Jathar (on shore), Colorado State University, USA
  • Nicole June (on shore), Colorado State University, USA

WP8

  • Philipp Anhaus, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
  • Martin Schiller, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
  • Christian Katlein, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany
  • Marcel Nicolaus (on shore), Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany

WP9

  • Denis Demchev, Chalmers University, Sweden,
  • Truls Karlsen, University of Tromsö/The Arctic University, Norway
  • Leif Eriksson (on shore), Chalmers University, Sweden
  • Malin Johansson (on shore), UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • Alexander Komarov (on shore), Environment and Climate Change, Canada

WP10

  • Julia C. Muchowski, Stockholm University, Sweden,
  • Aileen Bohan, Geological Survey of Ireland
  • Anais Magali Bretones, University Bergen, Norway
  • Lina Aleke Holthusen, University of Oldenburg, Germany
  • Magnus Ole Asmussen, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  • Noemie Planat, McGill University, Canada
  • Martin Jakobsson (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Christian Stranne (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden

WP11

  • Aileen Bohan, Geological Survey Ireland
  • Julia C. Muchowski, Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Anais Magali Bretones, University Bergen, Norway
  • Lina Aleke Holthusen, University of Oldenburg, Germany
  • Magnus Ole Asmussen, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
  • Noemie Planat, McGill University, Canada
  • Martin Jakobsson (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
  • Christian Stranne (on shore), Stockholm University, Sweden
Reports

See more information at the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat.

Project

ARTofMELT 2023 expedition

Publisher

Bolin Centre Database

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)

First name

Michael

Last name or organisation

Tjernström

Email address

michaelt@misu.su.se

Address

Department of Meteorology; Stockholm University

Postal code

SE-106 91

City

Stockholm

Country

Sweden

GCMD science keyword

Earth science > Oceans

GCMD location

Ocean > Arctic Ocean

Dataset language

English

Begin date

2023-05-08

End date

2023-06-15

DOI

10.17043/oden-artofmelt-2023-expedition-1

Time

2026-04-22T16:59:33.75+00:00

Versions

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  • 1 2026-04-22T16:59:33.75+00:00