ASDC | NAAMES_Merge_Data

NAAMES Level 3

Entry Title: NAAMES C-130 Aircraft Merge Data Files

Entry ID: NAAMES_Merge_Data_1

Aerosols Clouds Field Campaigns

Description

NAAMES_Merge_Data is the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) pre-generated aircraft merge data files created using data collected during the NAAMES campaign. NAAMES was a NASA funded Earth-Venture Suborbital (EVS) mission with 4 deployments occurring from 2015-2018. Data collection is complete.

The NASA North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) project was the first NASA Earth Venture – Suborbital mission focused on studying the coupled ocean ecosystem and atmosphere. NAAMES utilizes a combination of ship-based, airborne, autonomous sensor, and remote sensing measurements that directly link ocean ecosystem processes, emissions of ocean-generated aerosols and precursor gases, and subsequent atmospheric evolution and processing. Four deployments coincide with the seasonal cycle of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Winter Transition (November 5 – December 2, 2015), the Bloom Climax (May 11 – June 5, 2016), the Deceleration Phase (August 30 – September 24, 2017), and the Acceleration Phase (March 20 – April 13, 2018). Ship-based measurements were conducted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Research Vessel Atlantis in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, while airborne measurements were conducted on a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 Hercules that was based at St. John's International Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. Data products in the ASDC archive focus on the NAAMES atmospheric aerosol, cloud, and trace gas data from the ship and aircraft, as well as related satellite and model data subsets. While a few ocean-remote sensing data products (e.g., from the high-spectral resolution lidar) are also included in the ASDC archive, most ocean data products reside in a companion archive at SeaBass.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/NAAMES_Merge_Data_1

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PUBLICATIONS

Frontiers E-Book: Unraveling Mechanisms Underlying Annual Plankton Blooms in the North Atlantic and their Implications for Biogenic Aerosol Properties and Cloud Formation

NAAMES Science Motive and Mission Overview

From GCMD Science Keywords:

WIND SPEED > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
AIR QUALITY
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
STATIC PRESSURE
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
SURFACE PRESSURE
NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
AEROSOL FORWARD SCATTER
CARBON MONOXIDE
CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
ALTITUDE
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
WIND DIRECTION > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC PARTICLES
CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > SURFACE WINDS
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
AEROSOLS
CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI
AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
UPPER LEVEL WINDS
VAPOR PRESSURE > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
SURFACE WINDS
SULFATE PARTICLES
NITRATE PARTICLES
RELATIVE HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT, Other (.zip)

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (30, 65), (-80, -30)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-11-10 - 2017-09-22

Platforms

Aircraft

C-130

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Data Analysis

Metadata Dates

Created on 2022-04-01

Last updated on 2022-06-24