ASDC | NAAMES_AerosolCloud_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data

NAAMES Level 2

Entry Title: NAAMES C-130 Aerosol and Cloud Remote Sensing Data, Version 1

Entry ID: NAAMES_AerosolCloud_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1

Aerosols Clouds

Description

NAAMES_AerosolCloud_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data are remotely sensed cloud, aerosol and ocean optical measurements collected onboard the C-130 aircraft during the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES). NAAMES was a NASA funded Earth-Venture Suborbital (EVS) mission with 4 deployments occurring from 2015-2018.

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_AerosolCloud_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1

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Earthdata Forum

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NAAMES project home page

Langley Satellite Support for The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

MICRO ARTICLE

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

NASA Earth Expeditions NAAMES Posts

NASA Earth Observatory NAAMES Posts

NASA.gov Article “All in the NAAMES of Ocean Ecosystems and Climate”

NASA.gov Article “Five-Year NASA Study to Look at the Immense Influence of Petite Plankton”

NASA.gov Article “NAAMES Returns to Air and Sea to Study Plankton’s Annual Cycle”

From GCMD Science Keywords:

AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
OCEAN OPTICS
CLOUDS
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
AEROSOLS
CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT , HDF5 , Other (PNG, KML)

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 25, N: 70), (W: -85, E: -25)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

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

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2015-11-04 - 2018-03-25

Platforms

Propeller

C-130

Lockheed C-130 Hercules

RSP

Research Scanning Polarimeter

4STAR

Spectrometers for Sky-Scanning, Sun-Tracking Atmospheric Research

HSRL

High Spectral Resolution Lidar

Metadata Dates

Created on 2019-11-13

Last updated on 2023-08-04