The CICCI(Cooperative Investigation of Climate-Cryosphere Interaction) - STADS (Soot Transport, Absorption and Deposition Study) project occurred at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard , Norway from April 10 to April 30, 2011.  The central goal of the project was to improve the understanding of processes controlling the distribution of black carbon (BC) in the Arctic atmosphere, the deposition of BC to snow and ice surfaces, and the resulting climate impacts. Measurements were made of the vertical distribution of BC in the atmosphere over Ny- Ålesund using a new unmanned aerial system (UAS).  Flight activities were conducted cooperatively between NOAA and the Northern Research Institute (NORUT) and coordinated in conjunction with the field based activities of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) along with other members of the CICCI project

Plots of flight data can be downloaded in a zip file:   CICCI-STADS-2011_PlotFiles.zip