ASDC | PACE-PAX_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SPEXAIRBORNE_Data

PACE-PAX Level 2

Entry Title: PACE-PAX ER-2 Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration - Airborne (SPEX Airborne) Data

Entry ID: PACE-PAX_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SPEXAIRBORNE_Data_1

Aerosols Clouds Radiation Budget

Description

PACE-PAX_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SPEXAIRBORNE_Data is the Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration - Airborne (SPEX Airborne) data collected onboard the ER-2 aircraft during the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment (PACE-PAX) campaign. Data collection for this product is complete.

The PACE-PAX campaign was conducted in September 2024 to gather data for the validation and refinement of data products generated by the PACE satellite mission. PACE-PAX obtained measurements over Southern and Central California and nearby coastal regions. Scheduled for roughly 9 months after the launch of PACE, sixty flight hours were planned for each of the two aircraft, NASA’s ER-2 high-altitude aircraft, and the CIRPAS Twin Otter aircraft (in situ sampling). Based out of their respective home airports (NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center for the ER-2 and Marina Municipal Airport for the Twin Otter), flights were coordinated between the two aircraft, PACE satellite overpasses, and ground and ocean-based observations. With a robust suite of in situ and remote sensing instruments, and ground-based observations, PACE-PAX validated and refined PACE data products and identified any potential errors or biases in the measurements, which is essential for ensuring the accuracy and reliability of the PACE data products and maximizing the scientific value of the mission. The following were validation objectives for PACE-PAX: Validate new retrieval parameters; Assess spatial and temporal scale impact on validation; Validate within the instrument swath of all PACE instruments; Validate radiometric and polarimetric properties; Target specific geometries, season, and time of day; and focus on specific processes or phenomena (e.g., high-aerosol loads over land and ocean, multiple aerosol layers).

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/PACE-PAX/ER2/AircraftRemoteSensing/SPEXAIRBORNE_1

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

PROJECT HOME PAGE

PACE-PAX Project Home Page

PACE-PAX Home Page

PACE-PAX ESPO Home Page

PACE-PAX PICARD Data Access (LAADS)

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PI DOCUMENTATION

PACE-PAX Meteorological Support

PUBLICATIONS

PACE-PAX White Paper

From GCMD Science Keywords:

ANGSTROM EXPONENT > AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
SURFACE PRESSURE
CLOUD FRACTION > CLOUD PROPERTIES
SCATTERING
OZONE PROFILES > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
CLOUD-SCREENED TOTAL COLUMN NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

NetCDF-4 , PDF

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 31.36, N: 42.54), (W: -128.76, E: -112.16)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CALIFORNIA NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2024-08-28 - 2024-10-01

Platforms

Jet

NASA ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2

SPEX Airborne

Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration Airborne

Metadata Dates

Last updated on 2025-09-08