Table · collection · 2021
ACTIVATE Falcon In Situ Cloud Data
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/asdc/activate_cloud_aircraftinsitu_falcon_data_1
ACTIVATE_Cloud_AircraftInSitu_Falcon_Data is the cloud data collected onboard the HU-25 Falcon aircraft via in-situ instrumentation during the ACTIVATE project.
Description
ACTIVATE was a 5-year NASA Earth-Venture Sub-Orbital (EVS-3) field campaign. Marine boundary layer clouds play a critical role in Earth’s energy balance and water cycle.
These clouds cover more than 45% of the ocean surface and exert a net cooling effect. The Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) project was a five-year project that provides important globally-relevant data about changes in marine boundary layer cloud systems, atmospheric aerosols and multiple feedbacks that warm or cool the climate. ACTIVATE studied the atmosphere over the western North Atlantic and sampled its broad range of aerosol, cloud and meteorological conditions using two aircraft, the UC-12 King Air and HU-25 Falcon.
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The UC-12 King Air was primarily used for remote sensing measurements while the HU-25 Falcon will contain a comprehensive instrument payload for detailed in-situ measurements of aerosol, cloud properties, and atmospheric state. A few trace gas measurements were also onboard the HU-25 Falcon for the measurements of pollution traces, which will contribute to airmass classification analysis. A total of 150 coordinated flights over the western North Atlantic occurred through 6 deployments from 2020-2022.
The ACTIVATE science observing strategy intensively targets the shallow cumulus cloud regime and aims to collect sufficient statistics over a broad range of aerosol and weather conditions which enables robust characterization of aerosol-cloud-meteorology interactions. This strategy was implemented by two nominal flight patterns: Statistical Survey and Process Study. The statistical survey pattern involves close coordination between the remote sensing and in-situ aircraft to conduct near coincident sampling at and below cloud base as well as above and within cloud top.
The process study pattern involves extensive vertical profiling to characterize the target cloud and surrounding aerosol and meteorological conditions.
Links
Get the data
- Resource doi.org/10.5067/asdc/activate_cloud_aircraftinsitu_falcon_data_1 ↗
DOI data set landing page for ACTIVATE_Cloud_AircraftInSitu_Falcon_Data_1
landing page · download · DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource science.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/climate-science/probing-the-haz… ↗
Nasa.gov Feature “ACTIVATE Makes a Careful Return to Flight”
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource asdc.larc.nasa.gov/micro-article/advancing-aerosol-cloud-meteorology-knowledge-th… ↗
ASDC Microarticle “Advancing Aerosol-Cloud-Meteorology Knowledge through ACTIVATE”
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Creative Commons License for ACTIVATE creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/3419/2023/essd-15-3419-2023.html ↗
Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the NASA ACTIVATE dataset
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ACTIVATE Support Documentation Page asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/ACTIVATE/pdocuments ↗
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- ACTIVATE StoryMap storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/afb08663731c4e19897e74e19efd2cf6 ↗
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
- Resource nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-embarks-on-us-cross-country-expediti… ↗
Nasa.gov Feature “NASA Embarks on Five U.S. Expeditions Targeting Air, Land, and Sea”
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Resource nasa.gov/feature/langley/probing-the-hazy-mysteries-of-marine-clouds ↗
Nasa.gov Feature “Probing the Hazy Mysteries of Marine Clouds”
documentation · download · from NASA CMR, data nasa gov
- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD.iso19115 ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov /virtual-directory/collections/C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Virtual Directory for ACTIVATE_Cloud_AircraftInSitu_Falcon_Data_1
download · from NASA CMR
- search.earthdata.nasa.gov /search/granules?p=C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD ↗
Earthdata Search for ACTIVATE_Cloud_AircraftInSitu_Falcon_Data_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data)
download · from NASA CMR
- Resource www-air.larc.nasa.gov/missions/activate/index.html ↗
ACTIVATE NASA LaRC Airborne Science Data for Atmospheric Composition Project Home Page
download · project · from data nasa gov, NASA CMR
Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/activate-falcon-in-situ-cloud-data-1fb15 ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 3
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=75414651-a6be-44cb-80f6-d104dcee6… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- 2D-STEREO PARTICLE PROBE (2DS) · Cloud and Aerosol Spectrometer · Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size · Cloud Droplet Distribution · Cloud Droplet Probe · Cloud Liquid Water/Ice · Cloud Microphysics · Clouds · Dassault HU-25A Guardian · FAST CLOUD DROPLET PROBE (FCDP) · Particle Size Distribution
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
- Inferred from text
- Satellite remote sensing 65%
Provenance · 2 source records, 26 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASA Earthdata CMR | C3880544307-LARC_CLOUD | 8 d ago | JSON v1 |
| NASA Data Portal | 75414651-a6be-44cb-80f6-d104dcee67a2 | 5 d ago | JSON v2 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| access_level | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| 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:2ds | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:cas | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:cdp | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:fcdp | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/atmosphere/clouds | 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-liquid-water-ice | 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[modality].local:modality:remote-sensing | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
| concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:hu-25a | 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 |