ASDC | STAQS_INSTEP_Data

STAQS Level 2

Entry Title: STAQS INSTEP Data

Entry ID: STAQS_INSTEP_Data_1

Tropospheric Composition

Description

STAQS_INSTEP_Data is the trace gas data collected by the Inexpensive Network Sensor Technology Exploring Pollution (INSTEP) instrument during the Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science (STAQS) mission. Data collection for this product is complete.

Launched in April 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) satellite monitors major air pollutants across North America every daylight hour at high spatial resolution at a geostationary orbit (GEO). With these measurements, NASA’s STAQS mission seeks to integrate TEMPO satellite observations with traditional air quality monitoring to improve understanding of air quality science and enhance societal benefit. STAQS is being conducted during summer 2023, targeting urban areas, including Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago. As part of the mission two aircraft will be outfitted with various remote sensing payloads. The Johnson Space Center (JSC) Gulfstream-V (G-V) aircraft will feature the GeoCAPE Airborne Simulator (GCAS) and combined High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 (HSRL-2) and Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL). This payload provides repeated high-resolution mapping of NO2, HCHO, ozone, and aerosols up to 3x per day over targeted cities. NASA Langley Research Center’s (LaRC’s) Gulfstream-III will measure city-scale emissions 2x per day over the targeted cities with the High-Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) and Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer – Next Generation (AVIRS-NG). STAQS will also incorporate ground-based tropospheric ozone profiles from the NASA Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet), NO2, HCHO, and ozone measurements from Pandora spectrometers, and will leverage existing networks operated by the EPA and state air quality agencies. The primary goal of STAQS is to improve our current understanding of air quality science under the TEMPO field of regard. Further goals include evaluating TEMPO level 2 data products, interpreting the temporal and spatial evolution of air quality events tracked by TEMPO, improving temporal estimates of anthropogenic, biogenic, and greenhouse gas emissions, assessing the benefit of assimilating TEMPO data into chemical transport models, and linking air quality patterns to socio-demographic data.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/STAQS/DATA001/INSTEP_1

Citation Styles for this Dataset

Resources and Documentation

Earthdata Forum

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STAQS Project Home Page

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

NOAA CSL Overview of STAQS

From GCMD Science Keywords:

FORMALDEHYDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
OZONE PROFILES > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Data Distribution

Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 33.97, N: 34.96), (W: -118.2, E: -117.1)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NEW YORK CALIFORNIA ILLINOIS NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2023-06-08 - 2023-11-17

Platforms

Permanent Land Sites

GROUND STATIONS

GAS SENSORS

Metadata Dates

Created on 2024-02-12

Last updated on 2024-07-19