ASDC | Aeolus-CalVal-Dropsondes_DC8

Aeolus Level 2

Entry Title: Aeolus CalVal Dropsonde Profiles

Entry ID: Aeolus-CalVal-Dropsondes_DC8_1

Field Campaigns

Description

Aeolus-CalVal-Dropsondes_DC8_1 is the Aeolus CalVal Dropsonde Profiles data product. Data was collected using Dropsondes from the Douglas (DC-8) Aircraft. Data collection for this product is complete.

NASA conducted an airborne campaign from 17 April to 30 April 2019 to: 1) demonstrate the performance of the Doppler Aerosol WiNd Lidar (DAWN) and High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instruments across a range of aerosol, cloud, and weather conditions; 2) compare these measurements with the European Space Agency Aeolus mission to gain an initial perspective of Aeolus performance in preparation for a future international Aeolus Cal/Val airborne campaign; and 3) demonstrate how weather processes can be resolved and better understood through simultaneous airborne wind, water vapor (WV), and aerosol profile observations, coupled with numerical model and other remote sensing observations. Five NASA DC-8 aircraft flights, comprising 46 flight hours, were conducted over the Eastern Pacific and Southwest U.S., based out of NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, CA and Kona, HI. Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc High Definition Sounding System (HDSS) eXpendable Digitial Dropsondes (XDD) were used to validate the DAWN and Aeolus wind observations. The LaRC Diode Laser Hygrometer instrument, which was integrated on the DC-8 in preparation for another NASA airborne campaign, provided in-situ WV measurements used during one flight to validate HALO and dropsonde WV profile products.

DOI

10.5067/Airborne/Aeolus-CalVal-Dropsondes_DC8_1

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Aeolus Cal/Val Support Documentation
Earth Observatory Overview of the HALO (High Altitude Lidar Observatory) Instrument

PUBLICATIONS

NASA Langley Article: NASA Testing Airborne Lasers to Touch the Wind (April 18, 2019)

NASA.gov Article "Going Where the Wind Takes It" (March 18, 2019)

NASA.gov Article "Illuminating Gases in the Sky: NASA Technology Pinpoints Potent Greenhouse Gases" (April 19, 2019)

From GCMD Science Keywords:

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
WIND DIRECTION > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
LOCAL WINDS
SURFACE WINDS
AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
WIND PROFILES
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
UPPER LEVEL WINDS

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 5, N: 52), (W: -159, E: -113)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2019-04-18 - 2019-04-30

Platforms

Jet

NASA DC-8

NASA Douglas DC-8

DROPSONDES

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-07-14

Last updated on 2023-03-30