ASDC | DCOTSS-Balloon-Data

DCOTSS Level 2

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

Entry ID: DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1

Field Campaigns

Description

DCOTSS-Balloon-Data features the balloon data collected during the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere sub-orbital campaign. DCOTSS-Ozone-H2O features balloon flights that include both ozone and water vapor trace gas measurements while DCOTSS-Ozone features balloons with only ozone measurements. Balloons were launched from the following locations: Boulder, CO; Salina, KS: Corpus Christi, TX; and Grand Forks, ND. 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-Balloon-Data_1

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Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

DCOTSS Project Home Page

NOAA Balloon Program 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

MICRO ARTICLE

DCOTSS micro article

From GCMD Science Keywords:

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
WIND PROFILES
WATER VAPOR PROFILES
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
VERTICAL PROFILES > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (0, 49), (-172, 0)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO KANSAS NORTH DAKOTA TEXAS

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2021-06-09 - Present

Platforms

In Situ Land-based Platforms

GROUND STATIONS

RADIOSONDES

OZONESONDES

FPH

Lyman-Alpha Total Water

Metadata Dates

Created on 2022-03-23

Last updated on 2023-01-13