ASDC | TRACERAQ_Sondes_Data

TRACER-AQ Level 2

Entry Title: TRACER-AQ Ozonesondes/Radiosondes Data

Entry ID: TRACERAQ_Sondes_Data_1

Tropospheric Composition

Description

TRACERAQ_Sondes_Data is the ozonesonde and radiosonde data launched at the University of Houston and LaPorte ground sites during the TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality (TRACER-AQ) field study. Data collection is ongoing.

The TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality (TRACER-AQ) campaign is a field study co-sponsored by NASA and TCEQ (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), with partners from DOE (Department of Energy) TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment (TRACER), and several academic institutions. This synergistic effort aims to gain an updated understanding in photochemistry and meteorological impact on ozone formation in the Houston region, particularly around the Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico; provide observations for evaluating air quality models and satellite observations; and identify injustices due to air quality in relation to socioeconomic factors.

The primary TRACER-AQ field observations period lasted from mid-August to late September 2021, coinciding with the peak ozone season in East Texas. A second deployment occurred in summer 2022 with a subset of ground-based assets. The observing system includes airborne remote sensing, mobile (boat/vehicle) laboratories, and stationary ground-based assets.

The airborne component was based on the NASA Gulfstream V aircraft instrumented with GCAS (GEOCAPE (GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events) Airborne Simulator) for making measurements of column nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde (HCHO) as well as a lidar system, HSRL-2 (High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2), to measure ozone (O3) and aerosol vertical profiles over the course of 12 flight days. Ground-based assets include ground-based ozone lidars from the Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network (TOLNet), ceilometers, Pandora spectrometers, AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) remote sensors, ozonesondes, and stationary and mobile laboratories of in situ air quality and meteorological observations. This coordinated observing system provides updated or unseen perspectives in spatial and temporal distribution of the key photochemical species and atmospheric structure information, particularly with a focus on the temporal evolution of observations throughout the daytime in preparation for upcoming geostationary satellite air quality observations.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/TRACERAQDATA001/Ground/Sondes_Data_1

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TRACER-AQ Science Plan

From GCMD Science Keywords:

ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
AIR QUALITY
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 26, N: 33), (W: -98, E: -90)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

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

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2021-06-04 - 2021-10-10

Platforms

Permanent Land Sites

GROUND STATIONS

OZONESONDES

RADIOSONDES

Metadata Dates

Created on 2022-06-07

Last updated on 2023-05-26