ASDC | SONEX_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_DC8_Data

SONEX Level 2

Entry Title: SASS (Subsonics Assessment) Ozone and NOx Experiment (SONEX) DC-8 In-Situ Trace Gas Data

Entry ID: SONEX_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_DC8_Data_1

Tropospheric Composition

Description

SONEX_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_DC8_Data_1 is the in-situ trace gas data collected onboard the DC-8 aircraft during the SASS (Subsonics Assessment) Ozone and NOx Experiment (SONEX) suborbital campaign. Data was collected from a variety of in-situ instrumentation, including the Whole Air Sampler (WAS), ATHOS, FASTOZ, University of Rhode Island Chemistry Instrument, chemiluminescence, DACOM, LICOR, PANAK, CIMS and SAGA. Data collection for this product is complete.

The SASS (Subsonics Assessment) Ozone and NOx Experiment (SONEX) was an international, multi-organizational mission that took place in October-November 1997. NASA was the US sponsor of SONEX that partnered with POLINAT-2 (Pollution from Aircraft Emissions in the North Atlantic Flight Corridor) funded by the German DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt) or German Aerospace Agency. NASA flew the DC-8 aircraft out of NASA/Ames Research Center. DLR operated an instrumented Falcon 20 aircraft. The staging locations for NAFC sampling were primarily Bangor, Maine (US), and Shannon, Ireland. Subsonic aircraft emissions impact several aspects of atmospheric composition: nitrogen oxides (NOx), CO, and hydrocarbons from emissions can perturb upper tropospheric/lower stratospheric (UT/LS) ozone; water vapor, soot, and sulfur oxides (SOx) emitted by aircraft may perturb clouds and aerosols, changing UT/LS radiative forcing and global temperature.

In SONEX and POLINAT, flights were conducted in the vicinity of the North Atlantic Flight Coordinator (NAFC) to observe the impact of aircraft emissions on NOx and ozone (O3). The DC-8 aircraft payload (Singh et al., 1999) primarily measured in-situ CO, CO2, hydrocarbons/halocarbons, O3, aerosols (Dibb et al., 2000), OH/HO2, water vapor, nitric acid (Talbot et al., 1999), photolysis rates, temperature, pressure, winds, NOx, and NOy.

Three sampling approaches were implemented during SONEX. First, special meteorological (Fuelberg et al., 2000) were developed to allow targeted sampling for air parcels affected by aircraft emissions and various meteorological events, e.g., convection, lightning (Jeker et al., 2000), stratospheric intrusions (Cho et al., 2000). Second, because the NAFC had not been extensively sampled in the past, it was important for SONEX to characterize the climatology of trace species like CN (Wang et al., 2000), NOx and NOy (Koike et al., 2000). Third, tracers (Simpson et al., 2000; Thompson et al., 1999) and model sensitivity studies (Meijer et al., 2000) were employed for Air Mass Identification. This sampling strategy answered the following questions: Where and when are air masses found with the greatest aircraft influence? When and where was stratospheric air sampled? SONEX showed a substantial impact of aircraft emissions on UT/LS NOx and CN in the vicinity of fresh aircraft emissions. However, during October-November 1997 over the NAFC, UT/LS NOx was dominated by surface emissions redistributed by convection and augmented by lightning.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SONEX_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_DC8_Data_1

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Ames File Format Overview
Evidence of convection as a major source of condensation nuclei in the northern midlatitude upper troposphere

PUBLICATIONS

A meteorological overview of the Subsonic Assessment Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment (SONEX) period

Composition and distribution of aerosols over the North Atlantic during the Subsonic Assessment Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment (SONEX)

Impact of aircraft emissions on reactive nitrogen over the North Atlantic Flight Corridor region

Measurements of nitrogen oxides at the tropopause: Attribution to convection and correlation with lightning

Model calculations of the impact of NOx from air traffic, lightning, and surface emissions, compared with measurements

Nonmethane hydrocarbon measurements in the North Atlantic Flight Corridor during the Subsonic Assessment Ozone and Nitrogen Oxide Experiment

Observations of convective and dynamical instabilities in tropopause folds and their contribution to stratosphere-troposphere exchange

Perspectives on NO, NOy, and fine aerosol sources and variability during SONEX

Reactive nitrogen budget during the NASA SONEX Mission

SONEX airborne mission and coordinated POLINAT-2 activity: Overview and accomplishments

From GCMD Science Keywords:

TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
FORMALDEHYDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
HYDROPEROXY > HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
CARBON MONOXIDE
FORMIC ACID > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
NITRIC ACID
HYDROGEN OXIDES > HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROUS OXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
METHANOL > HALOCARBONS AND HALOGENS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 19.89, N: 69.127), (W: -180, E: 148.167)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ATLANTIC OCEAN MAINE AZORES IRELAND

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 1997-10-07 - 1997-11-13

Platforms

Jet

NASA DC-8

NASA Douglas DC-8

WAS

Whole Air Sampler

ATHOS

Airborne Tropospheric Hydroxides Sensor

FASTOZ

Langley In Situ Fast-Response Ozone Measurements

URI Instrument

University of Rhode Island Peroxides and Formaldehyde Instrument

CHEMILUMINESCENCE

SAGA

Soluble Acidic Gases and Aerosols

CIMS

Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometer

DACOM

Differential Absorption CO, CH4, N2O Measurements

LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM

PANAK

PeroxyAcetylNitrate, Aldehydes and Ketones

Metadata Dates

Created on 2023-04-21

Last updated on 2023-09-26