Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Balloon Data Products

Description

DCOTSS-Balloon-Data features the balloon data collected during the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere sub-orbital campaign. DCOTSS-Ozone-H2O features balloon flights that include both ozone and water vapor trace gas measurements while DCOTSS-Ozone features balloons with only ozone measurements. Balloons were launched from the following locations: Boulder, CO; Salina, KS: Corpus Christi, TX; and Grand Forks, ND. Data collection for this product is ongoing and currently only features the first deployment. Each summer the North American Monsoon Anticyclone (NAMA) dominates the circulation of the North-Western Hemisphere and acts to partially confine and isolate air from the surrounding atmosphere. Strong convective storms in the NAMA regularly reach altitudes deep into the lower stratosphere, with some ascending above 20 km. These storms carry water and pollutants from the troposphere into the otherwise very dry stratosphere, where they can have a significant impact on radiative and chemical processes, potentially including destruction of stratospheric ozone. The Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) field campaign is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital research project aimed at investigating these thunderstorms. DCOTSS utilizes NASA’s ER-2 aircraft and conducted two ~8-week science deployments based out of Salina, KS spanning early to late summer.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC%2FDCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1
21 How to Cite ASDC Data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 DCOTSS Project Home Page https://dcotss.org/science.html
21 NOAA Balloon Program Home Page https://gml.noaa.gov/ozwv/
33 NASA Earth Science Enterprise Strategic Plan https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codez/plans/ESE00plan.pdf
21 DCOTSS ESPO Home Page https://espo.nasa.gov/dcotss/content/DCOTSS
21 DOI for DCOTSS-BALLOON-DATA_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1
21 DCOTSS Data on the Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) Power User Interface (UI) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/soot/power-user/DCOTSS/2022
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/DCOTSS/Balloon-Data_1/
21 Earthdata Search client for DCOTSS-BALLOON-DATA_1 https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2276336354-LARC_ASDC
21 DCOTSS micro article https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/micro-article/understanding-the-north-american-monsoon-anticyclone-with-dcotss
21 YouTube: NASA's ER-2 High Altitude Aircraft Prepared for DCOTSS Mission https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=KGDjf5ynsj8

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

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