NAAMES C-130 Ocean Remote Sensing Data, Version 1

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NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data are remotely sensed ocean measurements collected onboard the C-130 aircraft during the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES). These measurements were collected from November 4, 2015 – November 29, 2015, May 11, 2016 – June 5, 2016 and August 30, 2017-September 22, 2017 over the North Atlantic Ocean. The primary objective of NAAMES was to resolve key processes controlling ocean system function, their influences on atmospheric aerosols and clouds and their implications for climate. The airborne products link local-scale processes and properties to the larger scale continuous satellite record. Related ocean property measurements are available in the NAAMES_AerosolCloud_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1. Data collection for this product is complete. The NASA North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) project was the first NASA Earth Venture – Suborbital mission focused on studying the coupled ocean ecosystem and atmosphere. NAAMES utilizes a combination of ship-based, airborne, autonomous sensor, and remote sensing measurements that directly link ocean ecosystem processes, emissions of ocean-generated aerosols and precursor gases, and subsequent atmospheric evolution and processing. Four deployments coincide with the seasonal cycle of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Winter Transition (November 5 – December 2, 2015), the Bloom Climax (May 11 – June 5, 2016), the Deceleration Phase (August 30 – September 24, 2017), and the Acceleration Phase (March 20 – April 13, 2018). Ship-based measurements were conducted from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Research Vessel Atlantis in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, while airborne measurements were conducted on a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 Hercules that was based at St. John's International Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. Data products in the ASDC archive focus on the NAAMES atmospheric aerosol, cloud, and trace gas data from the ship and aircraft, as well as related satellite and model data subsets. While a few ocean-remote sensing data products (e.g., from the high-spectral resolution lidar) are also included in the ASDC archive, most ocean data products reside in a companion archive at SeaBass.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 ASDC NAAMES Project Documentation Page https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/naames/naames-project-documents.html
21 DOI data set landing page for NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1
21 NAAMES SeaBASS Data https://seabass.gsfc.nasa.gov/naames
21 NAAMES Science Motive and Mission Overview https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00122/full
21 NASA Earth Observatory NAAMES Posts https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/category/naames/
21 NASA.gov Article “NAAMES Returns to Air and Sea to Study Plankton’s Annual Cycle” https://www.nasa.gov/feature/langley/naames-returns-to-air-and-sea-to-study-plankton-s-annual-cycle
21 ASDC Microarticle “A Look into the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES)” https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/micro-article/a-look-into-the-north-atlantic-aerosols-and-marine-ecosystems-study-naames
21 ASDC Microarticle “Observing Sea-to-Air Aerosol Gas Fluxes Under Extreme Weather Conditions” https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/micro-article/observing-sea-to-air-aerosol-gas-fluxes-under-extreme-weather-conditions
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC%2FNAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1
21 ASDC Data and Information for NAAMES https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/NAAMES
21 NAAMES project home page https://naames.larc.nasa.gov/
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Earthdata Search for NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1688126075-LARC_ASDC
21 NASA Earth Expeditions NAAMES Posts https://blogs.nasa.gov/earthexpeditions/tag/naames/
21 NASA.gov Article “Five-Year NASA Study to Look at the Immense Influence of Petite Plankton” https://www.nasa.gov/feature/five-year-nasa-study-to-look-at-the-immense-influence-of-petite-plankton
21 NASA.gov Article “All in the NAAMES of Ocean Ecosystems and Climate” https://www.nasa.gov/feature/all-in-the-naames-of-ocean-ecosystems-and-climate
21 ASDC StoryMap “Exploring the Connection Between Plankton and Clouds – NAAMES” https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/outreach-materials#name-exploring-the-connection-between-plankton-and-clouds-naames-storymap
21 NAAMES Data on the Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) Power User Interface (UI) https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/soot/power-user/NAAMES/2015
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/NAAMES/Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1/
21 OPeNDAP data access for NAAMES_Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/NAAMES/Ocean_AircraftRemoteSensing_Data_1/contents.html
21 Frontiers E-Book: Unraveling Mechanisms Underlying Annual Plankton Blooms in the North Atlantic and their Implications for Biogenic Aerosol Properties and Cloud Formation https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/8451/unraveling-mechanisms-underlying-annual-plankton-blooms-in-the-north-atlantic-and-their-implications

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