VIRGAS WB-57 Aircraft In-Situ Trace Gas Data

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VIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data are the in-situ trace gas data collected during the Volcano-plume Investigation Readiness and Gas-phase and Aerosol Sulfur (VIRGAS) sub-orbital campaign. Data from the whole air sampler, NOAA UASO3 and Laser Induced Fluorescence - SO2 (LIF-SO2) are featured in this data product. Data collection is complete. Conducted in October 2015, the Volcano-plume Investigation Readiness and Gas-phase and Aerosol Sulfur (VIRGAS) field campaign had a primary objective to test instrument capability and readiness for deployment in the investigation of major volcanic eruptions. VIRGAS aimed to enable researchers to assess the impact of these volcanic eruptions on stratospheric aerosols and the ozone layer. As sulfur dioxide is a characteristic component of volcanic emissions, the LIF SO2 instrument was of critical importance to VIRGAS. VIRGAS was conducted in one deployment consisting of six science flights based from Houston, TX. The current available data products are from the NOAA LASER-Induced Fluorescence (LIF SO2) instrument, the NOAA Unmanned Aircraft System O3 Photometer (UASO3), and NASA’s Meteorological Measurement System (MMS). The ASDC houses data including 1 Hz SO2 data from seven flights, 1 Hz O3 data from ten flights, and 1 Hz and 20 Hz data for temperature, pressure, and 3-D winds from 5 flights. VIRGAS was led by Dr. Karen Rosenlof and Dr. Ru-Shan Gao of the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (NOAA CSL), as well as by Dr. Paul Newman of NASA Godard Space Flight Center’s Earth Sciences Division. Other participants include researchers from NASA Ames Research Center, the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI), and the University of Miami.

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Name Format Description Link
21 How to Cite ASDC Data https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/citing-data
21 Johnson Space Center WB-57 Aircraft Atmospheric Research Missions https://www.nasa.gov/specials/jsc-aircraft-ops/wb57-missions.html#top
21 ARC-CREST BAER Institute News Article https://www.arc-crest.org/2015/11/05/cecilia-chang-works-on-volcano-plume-study-in-houston/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FASDC%2FSUBORBITAL%2FVIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1
21 NOAA Chemical Science Laboratory VIRGAS Home Page https://csl.noaa.gov/projects/virgas/
33 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Atmospheric Research 2015 Technical Highlights https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sci/content/uploadFiles/highlight_files/610AT2015Highlights.pdf
21 CIRES Article, High-Altitude Aircraft Data May Help Improve Air Quality Models, More https://cires.colorado.edu/news/high-altitude-aircraft-data-may-help-improve-air-quality-models-more
21 BAMS Article Featuring VIRGAS https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/98/10/bams-d-16-0055.1.xml
21 AGU Geophysical Research Letters Article Featuring VIRGAS https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017GL072754
21 Earthdata Search for VIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1 (NASA Application to search, discover, visualize, refine, and access NASA Earth Observation data) https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C2179058097-LARC_ASDC
21 ASDC Direct Data Download for VIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1 https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/data/VIRGAS/TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1/
21 DOI data set landing page for VIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1 https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/VIRGAS_TraceGas_AircraftInSitu_Data_1
33 2016 Airborne Science Program Annual Report Featuring VIRGAS https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ASP_2016_Annual_Report.pdf

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  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-chemistry
  • earth-science

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