MOSAiC

We now finally have a fully functional met tower, albeit still laying on its side. We sorted out a number of small issues with different instruments, but now we are looking good. And now we wait for a couple days as the sensors collect an intercomparison data set with all instruments at about the same height. This is important to ensure that eventual measurements, with sensors at different heights, are useful for distinguishing small changes in the vertical atmospheric structure. We want to understand how the temperature changes very near the surface to have insight into the transfer of heat to or away from the surface. So after this short wait will be the moment that (seemingly) everyone has been waiting for: We will finally raise the tower. People keep asking about this. Maybe in a couple days after the big winds that are expected.