ABoVE/ASCENDS: Merged Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and Meteorological Data, 2017

Description

This dataset provides in situ airborne measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), water vapor concentrations, air temperature, pressure, and wind speed and direction as well as airborne remote sensing measurements of column average CO2 collected during Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS) deployments from 2017-07-20 to 2017-08-08 over Alaska, US, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada. CO2 and CH4 were measured with NASA's Atmospheric Vertical Observations of CO2 in the Earth's Troposphere (AVOCET) instrument. Water vapor and relative humidity were measured with Diode Laser Hydrometer. Measurements were taken onboard a DC-8 aircraft. The ASCENDS flights were coordinated with the 2017 Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) campaign. The data are provided in ICARTT format along with an archive of flight videos.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F2114
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/above/ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge/
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge.html
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2114
21 ABoVE project site https://above.nasa.gov
33 ABoVE/ASCENDS: Merged Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and Meteorological Data, 2017: ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/above/ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge/comp/ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge.pdf
34 A map showing the ground tracks for the airborne campaign with a table summarizing each flight. The colors in the table match those shown in the ground tracks. Image is from the related dataset Abshire et al. (2022). https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/ABoVE_ASCENDS_Merge_Fig1.png

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  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-chemistry
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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