ASDC | FIREXAQ_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_ER2_Data

FIREX-AQ Level 2

Entry Title: FIREX-AQ ER-2 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data

Entry ID: FIREXAQ_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_ER2_Data_1

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Description

FIREXAQ_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_ER2_Data_1 are meteorological and navigational data collected onboard the Earth Resources-2 (ER-2) aircraft during the Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments Experiment - Air Quality (FIREX-AQ) Campaign. Completed during summer 2019, FIREX-AQ used a combination of instrumented airplanes, satellites, and ground-based instrumentation. Specifically, data was collected by the NASA Airborne Science Data Telemetry (NASDAT) System on the ER-2 platform. Data collection for this product is complete.

Completed during summer 2019, FIREX-AQ utilized a combination of instrumented airplanes, satellites, and ground-based instrumentation. Detailed fire plume sampling was carried out by the NASA DC-8 aircraft, which had a comprehensive instrument payload capable of measuring over 200 trace gas species, as well as aerosol microphysical, optical, and chemical properties. The DC-8 aircraft completed 23 science flights, including 15 flights from Boise, Idaho and 8 flights from Salina, Kansas. NASA’s ER-2 completed 11 flights, partially in support of the FIREX-AQ effort. The ER-2 payload was made up of 8 satellite analog instruments and provided critical fire information, including fire temperature, fire plume heights, and vegetation/soil albedo information. NOAA provided the NOAA-CHEM Twin Otter and the NOAA-MET Twin Otter aircraft to measure chemical processing in the lofted plumes of Western wildfires. The NOAA-CHEM Twin Otter focused on nighttime plume chemistry, from which data is archived at the NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC). The NOAA-MET Twin Otter collected measurements of air movements at fire boundaries with the goal of understanding the local weather impacts of fires and the movement patterns of fires. NOAA-MET Twin Otter data will be archived at the ASDC in the future. Additionally, a ground-based station in McCall, Idaho and several mobile laboratories provided in-situ measurements of aerosol microphysical and optical properties, aerosol chemical compositions, and trace gas species.

The FIREX-AQ campaign was a NOAA/NASA interagency intensive study of North American fires to gain an understanding on the integrated impact of the fire emissions on the tropospheric chemistry and composition and to assess the satellite’s capability for detecting fires and estimating fire emissions. The overarching goal of FIREX-AQ was to provide measurements of trace gas and aerosol emissions for wildfires and prescribed fires in great detail, relate them to fuel and fire conditions at the point of emission, characterize the conditions relating to plume rise, and follow plumes downwind to understand chemical transformation and air quality impacts.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/FIREXAQ_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_ER2_Data_1

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From GCMD Science Keywords:

WIND DIRECTION > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
SURFACE WINDS
WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
ALTITUDE
WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
WIND SPEED > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (15, 60), (-135, -75)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2019-08-01 - 2019-08-23

Platforms

Jet

NASA ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2

NASDAT

NASA Airborne Science Data and Telemetry System

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-05-29

Last updated on 2023-06-05