ASDC | ABLE-3A_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_Electra_Data

ABLE-3 Level 2

Entry Title: ABLE-3A Electra Meteorological and Navigational Data

Entry ID: ABLE-3A_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_Electra_Data_1

Aerosols

Description

ABLE-3A_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_Electra_Data is the in-situ meteorology and navigational data collected onboard the NASA Electra aircraft during the Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition - 3A (ABLE-3A) suborbital campaign. Data collection for this product is complete.

From 1983-2001, NASA conducted a collection of field campaigns as part of the Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE). Among those were the Arctic Boundary Layer Expedition (ABLE 3) campaigns. ABLE 3 was broken into two sub-campaigns: ABLE 3A and ABLE 3B. ABLE 3A took place in the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America and Greenland, while ABLE 3B took place in the north central and northeastern regions of Canada. ABLE 3 was focused on understanding the “early warning” response of the near-surface, organic, active layer to climate variability with a special emphasis placed on identifying the range of variables which might have a significant influence on the tropospheric O3 budged in the Barrow region. The ABLE 3 campaigns took place in the summer since the summer is critical to an assessment of the full impact of accumulated winter/spring pollutant loadings. Observations in the summer months could also determine if significant long-range transport and injection of pollutants occur. ABLE 3A took place July-August 1988, and ABLE 3B took place July-August 1990.

To accomplish its objectives, the ABLE 3 science team deployed the NASA Lockheed Electra aircraft on both sub-campaigns. With over 50 total flights, ABLE 3 aimed to utilize the Electra aircraft to take measurements of methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHC), acetic acid (HA), formic acid (HFo), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), total “reactive” nitrogen gas (NOy), nitric acid (HNO3), peroxyacetyl nitrate (PAN), peroxypropionyl nitrate (PPN), ozone (O3), and aerosol chemical composition and size distribution. Onboard the Electra, airborne UV Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) provided remotely sense data on the two-dimensional distribution of aerosols and O3. The results of ABLE 3 indicate that atmospheric chemical changes in arctic and subarctic regions may serve as unique early warning indicators of global changes.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ABLE-3A_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_Electra_Data_1

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
STATIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
STATIC PRESSURE
HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
AIRSPEED/GROUND SPEED
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
AEROSOLS
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
FLIGHT DATA LOGS
WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
RELATIVE HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 37.082, N: 83.332), (W: -168.402, E: -55.443)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

NORTH AMERICA ALASKA VIRGINIA GREENLAND NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1988-07-07 - 1988-08-18

Platforms

Propeller

NASA ELECTRA

TAMMS

Turbulent Air Motion Measurement System

Metadata Dates

Created on 2024-07-18

Last updated on 2024-07-18