Table · collection · 2022
Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System Dropsondes (AVAPS) IMPACTS
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/impacts/avaps/data101
Description
The Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) IMPACTS dataset consists of vertical atmospheric profile measurements collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsondes released from the NASA P-3 aircraft during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S Atlantic Coast (2020-2023).
The campaign aimed to (1) Provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution; (2) Examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands; and (3) Improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. AVAPS uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) dropsonde to measure atmospheric state parameters (temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction, pressure) and location in 3-dimensional space during the dropsonde’s descent.
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The AVAPS dataset files are available from January 12, 2020, through February 28, 2023, in ASCII-ict format.
Links
Get the data
- IMPACTS Field Campaign Collection DOI doi.org/10.5067/impacts/data101 ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- IMPACTS Field Campaign Information espo.nasa.gov/impacts/content/IMPACTS ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF mbw.ch/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ITS-90_Formulations.pdf ↗
ITS-90 Formulations for Vapor Pressure, Frostpoint Temperature, Dewpoint Temperature, and Enhancement Factors in the Range -100 to +100 C
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- PDF ghrc.earthdata.nasa.gov/browseui ↗
The guide document contains detailed information about the dataset
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- The NCAR GPS Dropwindsonde journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/80/3/1520-0477_1999_080_0407_tngd_2_0_co_2.… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-20-0246.1 ↗
Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource doi.org/10.1109/igarss46834.2022.9883693 ↗
Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (Impacts): The 2022 Deployment
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- IMPACTS Field Campaign Micro Article ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/micro-articles/investigation-microphysics-and-precipitati… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- IMPACTS-Related Publications eol.ucar.edu/node/15190/publications?_ga=2.3619568.1372455051.1699281084-28… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Instructions for citing GHRC data ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/about-ghrc/citing-ghrc-daac-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/avaps-dropsonde-system ↗
NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- What is a Dropsonde? eol.ucar.edu/content/what-dropsonde ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C2004708338-GHRC_DAAC ↗
Earthdata Search allows users to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data.
download · from NASA CMR
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2004708338-GHRC_DAAC.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/home/field-campaigns/impacts ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/advanced-vertical-atmospheric-profiling-system-dropson… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/impacts/avaps/data101 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 3
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2004708338-GHRC_DAAC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=170380c9-3a7f-4783-a3c3-47c9909b8… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C2004708338-GHRC_DAAC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems · Atmospheric Pressure Measurements · Atmospheric Temperature Indices · Humidity · NASA P-3 · Vertical Profiles · Wind Speed
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Atmospheric sciences 70% · Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 23 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C2004708338-GHRC_DAAC | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 170380c9-3a7f-4783-a3c3-47c9909b8abd | 7 d ago | JSON v2 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:3701 | enrichment · NASA CMR | taxonomy-embedding@1.0.0 | title+keywords+description (70%) |
| concepts[field].local:field:astronomy | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:avaps | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-pressure/atmospheric-pressure-measurements | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/atmospheric-temperature-indices | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-temperature/upper-air-temperature/vertical-profiles | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-water-vapor/water-vapor-indicators/humidity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/atmospheric-winds/surface-winds/wind-speed | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:nasa-p-3 | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/Abstract |
| license_text | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| spatial | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/SpatialExtent |
| temporal | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/TemporalExtents |
| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| updated_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |