DISCOVER-AQ Level 2
Entry Title: DISCOVER-AQ Ground-based Lidar Aerosol Measurements
Entry ID: DISCOVER-AQ_Ground_Remote_Sensing_Aerosol_Data_1
Field Campaigns
Description
DISCOVER-AQ_Ground_Remote_Sensing_Aerosol_Data are ground-based lidar measurements of extinction, backscattering profiles and aerosol optical depth (AOD) at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) site during the first deployment of the Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality project (DISCOVER-AQ). Data collection is complete.
Resources and Documentation
PROFESSIONAL HOME PAGE
NASA Mission Overview of DISCOVER-AQ
DISCOVER-AQ NASA LaRC Airborne Science Data for Atmospheric Composition
PROJECT HOME PAGE
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DATA CITATION POLICY
Keywords
From GCMD Science Keywords:
- AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
- AEROSOLS
- AIR QUALITY
- AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
- Airborne Science Data
- Navigational Data
Data Distribution
File Format(s):
HDF5
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Spatial Information
Spatial Coverage Type: Not provided
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian
Locations
NORTH AMERICA
Temporal Information
Temporal Coverage: 2011-07-01 - 2013-01-18