Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) - Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer from Wallops ground station

Description

TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS is the Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) data set from Wallops ground station. The TARFOX Intensive Field Campaign was conducted July 10-31, 1996. It included coordinated measurements from four satellites (GOES-8, NOAA-14, ERS-2, LANDSAT), four aircraft (ER-2, C-130, C-131A, and a modified Cessna), land sites, and ships. A variety of aerosol conditions was sampled, ranging from relatively clean behind frontal passages to moderately polluted with aerosol optical depths exceeding 0.5 at mid-visible wavelengths. Gradients of aerosol optical thickness were sampled to aid in isolating aerosol effects from other radiative effects and to more tightly constrain closure tests, including those of satellite retrievals. Early results from TARFOX include demonstration of the unexpected importance of carbonaceous compounds and water condensed on aerosol in the US mid-Atlantic haze plume, chemical apportionment of the aerosol optical depth, measurements of the downward component of aerosol radiative forcing, and agreement between forcing measurements and calculations.

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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_DAAC%2FTARFOX%2F0004
21 ASDC Data and Information for TARFOX https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/TARFOX
21 TARFOX Mission Summaries and Overview Data https://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/mission/mission.html
21 Earthdata Search for TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1536049398-LARC_ASDC
33 TARFOX Langley DAAC Data Set Document https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/guide/base_tarfox_datasets.pdf
21 TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS Readme https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/readme/readme_tarfox_wallops_smps.txt
21 DOI data set landing page for TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0004
33 Project/Campaign Document: TARFOX Langley DAAC https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/documents/tarfox/guide/tarfox_project.pdf
21 How to cite ASDC data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Field campaigns in which the Lidar Group has participated https://science.larc.nasa.gov/lidar/campaigns.html
21 OPeNDAP data access for TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS_1 https://opendap.larc.nasa.gov/opendap/TARFOX/TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS/contents.html
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/TARFOX/TARFOX_WALLOPS_SMPS/
21 TARFOX project home page https://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sgg/tarfox/

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  • aerosols
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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