ASDC | DCOTSS-Aircraft-Data

DCOTSS Level 2

Entry Title: Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Airborne Data Products

Entry ID: DCOTSS-Aircraft-Data_1

Aerosols

Description

DCOTSS-Aircraft-Data features the aircraft data collected during the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere sub-orbital campaign. These data products were collected via a variety of instrumentation onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, including: Advanced Whole Air Sampler (AWAS), ERA5,GFS, and GEOS-5 Analysis Fields , Meteorological Measurement System (MMS), Particle Analysis by Laser Mass Spectrometry – Next Generation (PALMS-NG), UAS Chromatography for Atmospheric Trace Species (UCATS), DCOTSS Printed Optical Particle Spectrometer (DPOPS), Rapid Ozone Experiment (ROZE), Harvard Water Vapor (HWV), Compact Airborne Nitrogen diOxide Experiment (CANOE), Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment (CAFÉ), Harvard Halogens Experiment (HAL), and Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ringdown Spectrometer (HUPCRS). Data collection for this product is ongoing and currently only features the first deployment.

Each summer the North American Monsoon Anticyclone (NAMA) dominates the circulation of the North-Western Hemisphere and acts to partially confine and isolate air from the surrounding atmosphere. Strong convective storms in the NAMA regularly reach altitudes deep into the lower stratosphere, with some ascending above 20 km. These storms carry water and pollutants from the troposphere into the otherwise very dry stratosphere, where they can have a significant impact on radiative and chemical processes, potentially including destruction of stratospheric ozone. The Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) field campaign is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital research project aimed at investigating these thunderstorms. DCOTSS utilizes NASA’s ER-2 aircraft and conducted two ~8-week science deployments based out of Salina, KS spanning early to late summer.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Aircraft-Data_1

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Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

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DCOTSS Project Home Page

DCOTSS ESPO Home Page

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Strategic Plan
YouTube: NASA's ER-2 High Altitude Aircraft Prepared for DCOTSS Mission

INSTRUMENT/SENSOR CALIBRATION DOCUMENTATION

ER-2 Handbook (Navigational information and documentation)

MICRO ARTICLE

DCOTSS micro article

From GCMD Science Keywords:

WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
FORMALDEHYDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
STATIC PRESSURE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS
WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
HALONS > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
AEROSOLS
METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
HALOCARBONS > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-4, ICARTT

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (13.5, 58), (-131, -78.5)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2021-06-09 - Present

Platforms

Jet

NASA ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2

MMS

Meteorological Measurement System

UCATS-GC

Unmanned Chromatograph Airborne System for Atmospheric Trace Species - Gas Chromatography (UCATS-GC)

DPOPS

DCOTSS Portable Optical Particle Spectrometer

ROZE

Rapid Ozone Experiment

HWV

Harvard Water Vapor

CANOE

Compact Airborne Nitrogen diOxide Experiment

CAFE

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment

HAL

Harvard Halogens Experiment

HUPCRS

Harvard University Picarro Cavity Ring Down Spectrometer (HUPCRS)

Models

GEOS-5

Goddard EOS Data Assimilation System-5

Computer

NCEP-GFS

NCEP Global Forecast System

Computer

ECMWF ERA5

ECMWF ERA5 Atmospheric Reanalysis

Computer

Metadata Dates

Created on 2022-03-23

Last updated on 2023-02-02