Array · collection · 2021
SEAC4RS ER-2 Aircraft Remotely Sensed Research Scanning Polarimeter Aerosol and Cloud Data
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/asdc/suborbital/seac4rs_aircraftremotesensing_rsp_er2_data_1
SEAC4RS_AircraftRemoteSensing_RSP_ER2_Data are remotely sensed data collected by the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) onboard the ER-2 aircraft during the Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEA4CRS) airborne field study.
Description
Data collection for this product is complete. Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEAC4RS) airborne field study was conducted in August and September of 2013.
The field operation was based in Houston, Texas. The primary SEAC4RS science objectives are: to determine how pollutant emissions are redistributed via deep convection throughout the troposphere; to determine the evolution of gases and aerosols in deep convective outflow and the implications for UT/LS chemistry; to identify the influences and feedbacks of aerosol particles from anthropogenic pollution and biomass burning on meteorology and climate through changes in the atmospheric heat budget (i.e., semi-direct effect) or through microphysical changes in clouds (i.e., indirect effects); and lastly, to serve as a calibration and validation test bed for future satellite instruments and missions.
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The airborne observational data were collected from three aircraft platforms: the NASA DC-8, ER-2, and SPEC LearJet. Both the NASA DC-8 and ER-2 aircraft were instrumented for comprehensive in-situ and remote sensing measurements of the trace gas, aerosol properties, and cloud properties. In addition, radiative fluxes and meteorological parameters were also recorded.
The NASA DC-8 was mostly responsible for tropospheric sampling, while the NASA ER-2 was operating in the lower stratospheric regime. The SPEC LearJet was dedicated to in-situ cloud characterizations. To accomplish the science objectives, the flight plans were designed to investigate the influence of biomass burning and pollution, their temporal evolution, and ultimately, impacts on meteorological processes which can, in turn, feedback on regional air quality.
With respect to meteorological feedbacks, the opportunity to examine the impact of polluting aerosols on cloud properties and dynamics was of particular interest.
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- Resource doi.org/10.5067/asdc/suborbital/seac4rs_aircraftremotesensing_rsp_er2_… ↗
DOI data set landing page for SEAC4RS_AircraftRemoteSensing_RSP_ER2_Data_1
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- SEAC4RS Overview Paper agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015JD024297 ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- How to Cite ASDC Data asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- SEAC4RS Draft Plan espo.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/SEAC4RS_DraftPlan_20130409b_USA.… ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- SEAC4RS/DC3 Data Management Plan www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/dc3-seac4rs/docs/SEAC4RS_Data_Management_Plan.pdf ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource espo.nasa.gov/seac4rs ↗
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for SEAC4RS_AircraftRemoteSensing_RSP_ER2_Data_1
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- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for SEAC4RS_AircraftRemoteSensing_RSP_ER2_Data_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/seac4rs-er-2-aircraft-remotely-sensed-research-scannin… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=ec86bc8c-65f9-4533-97f0-eb2df3199… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Aerosol Backscatter · Aerosol Extinction · Aerosol Forward Scatter · Aerosols · Cloud Asymmetry · Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size · Cloud Droplet Distribution · Cloud Microphysics · Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness · Cloud Properties · Cloud Top Height · NASA Earth Resources-2 · Particle Size Distribution · Research Scanning Polarimeter
- 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, 30 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880794800-LARC_CLOUD | 7 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | ec86bc8c-65f9-4533-97f0-eb2df3199c08 | 4 d ago | JSON v1 |
| 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:rsp | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-backscatter | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-extinction | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/aerosols/aerosol-forward-scatter | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-droplet-distribution | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-droplet-concentration-size | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/cloud-optical-depth-thickness | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-microphysics/particle-size-distribution | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-asymmetry | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds/cloud-properties/cloud-top-height | 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-er-2 | 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 · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@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 |