Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset

Sorooshian, Armin; Alexandrov, Mikhail D.; Bell, Adam D.; Bennett, Ryan; Betito, Grace; Burton, Sharon P.; Buzanowicz, Megan E.; Cairns, Brian; Chemyakin, Eduard V.; Chen, Gao; Choi, Yonghoon; Collister, Brian L.; Cook, Anthony L.; Corral, Andrea F.; Crosbie, Ewan C.; van Diedenhoven, Bastiaan; DiGangi, Joshua P.; Diskin, Glenn S.; Dmitrovic, Sanja; Edwards, Eva-Lou; Fenn, Marta A.; Ferrare, Richard A.; van Gilst, David; Hair, Johnathan W.; Harper, David B.; Hilario, Miguel Ricardo A.; Hostetler, Chris A.; Jester, Nathan; Jones, Michael; Kirschler, Simon; Kleb, Mary M.; Kusterer, John M.; Leavor, Sean; Lee, Joseph W.; Liu, Hongyu; McCauley, Kayla; Moore, Richard H.; Nied, Joseph; Notari, Anthony; Nowak, John B.; Painemal, David; Phillips, Kasey E.; Robinson, Claire E.; Scarino, Amy Jo; Schlosser, Joseph S.; Seaman, Shane T.; Seethala, Chellappan; Shingler, Taylor J.; Shook, Michael A.; Sinclair, Kenneth A.; Smith Jr., William L.; Spangenberg, Douglas A.; Stamnes, Snorre A.; Thornhill, Kenneth L.; Voigt, Christiane; Vömel, Holger; Wasilewski, Andrzej P.; Wang, Hailong; Winstead, Edward L.; Zeider, Kira; Zeng, Xubin; Zhang, Bo; Ziemba, Luke D.; Zuidema, Paquita

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023

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Articles | Volume 15, issue 8

Data description paper

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03 Aug 2023

Data description paper |

| 03 Aug 2023

Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset

Armin Sorooshian, Mikhail D. Alexandrov, Adam D. Bell, Ryan Bennett, Grace Betito, Sharon P. Burton, Megan E. Buzanowicz, Brian Cairns, Eduard V. Chemyakin, Gao Chen, Yonghoon Choi, Brian L. Collister, Anthony L. Cook, Andrea F. Corral, Ewan C. Crosbie, Bastiaan van Diedenhoven, Joshua P. DiGangi, Glenn S. Diskin, Sanja Dmitrovic, Eva-Lou Edwards, Marta A. Fenn, Richard A. Ferrare, David van Gilst, Johnathan W. Hair, David B. Harper, Miguel Ricardo A. Hilario, Chris A. Hostetler, Nathan Jester, Michael Jones, Simon Kirschler, Mary M. Kleb, John M. Kusterer, Sean Leavor, Joseph W. Lee, Hongyu Liu, Kayla McCauley, Richard H. Moore, Joseph Nied, Anthony Notari, John B. Nowak, David Painemal, Kasey E. Phillips, Claire E. Robinson, Amy Jo Scarino, Joseph S. Schlosser, Shane T. Seaman, Chellappan Seethala, Taylor J. Shingler, Michael A. Shook, Kenneth A. Sinclair, William L. Smith Jr., Douglas A. Spangenberg, Snorre A. Stamnes, Kenneth L. Thornhill, Christiane Voigt, Holger Vömel, Andrzej P. Wasilewski, Hailong Wang, Edward L. Winstead, Kira Zeider, Xubin Zeng, Bo Zhang, Luke D. Ziemba, and Paquita Zuidema

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023-supplement

Data sets

Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment ACTIVATE Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE/DATA001

Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment NASA Langley ASDC User Services https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE/DATA001

ACTIVATE Falcon Aircraft Merge Data Files NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE_Merge_Data_1

ACTIVATE Falcon In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/ACTIVATE_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_Falcon_Data_1

ACTIVATE Miscellaneous and Ancillary Data NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE_Miscellaneous_Data_1

ACTIVATE Supplementary Model Data NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE_Model_Data_1

ACTIVATE FLEXible PARTicle (FLEXPART) Dispersion Model Back-trajectories NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE-FLEXPART_1

ACTIVATE Merged MODIS and MERRA-2 Dataset NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE-MODIS-MERRA2_1

ACTIVATE GOES-16 Supplementary Data Products NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE-Satellite_1

ACTIVATE Merged MODIS and MERRA-2 Dataset NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE-MODIS-MERRA2_1

Model code and software

Python and MATLAB Procedures for the Collocation of In-Situ and Remote Sensing Data J. Schlosser https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.20489442.v2

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The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol–cloud–meteorology interactions. HU-25 Falcon and King Air aircraft conducted systematic and spatially coordinated flights over the northwest Atlantic Ocean. This paper describes the ACTIVATE flight strategy, instrument and complementary dataset products, data access and usage details, and data application notes.