ASDC | CAMP2Ex_Merge_Data

CAMP2Ex Level 3

Entry Title: CAMP2Ex Merge Data Files

Entry ID: CAMP2Ex_Merge_Data_1

Aerosols Clouds Tropospheric Composition

Description

CAMP2Ex_Merge_Data are pre-generated aircraft merge data files created utilizing data collected during the Clouds, Aerosol and Monsoon Processes-Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex) NASA field study. Data collection for this product is complete.

CAMP2Ex was a NASA field study, with three main science objectives: aerosol effect on cloud microphysical and optical properties, aerosol and cloud influence on radiation as well as radiative feedback, and meteorology effect on aerosol distribution and aerosol-cloud interactions. Research on these three main objectives requires a comprehensive characterization of aerosol, cloud, and precipitation properties, as well as the associated meteorological and radiative parameters. Trace gas tracers are also needed for airmass type analysis to characterize the role of anthropogenic and natural aerosols. To deliver these observations, CAMP2Ex utilized a combination of remote sensing and in-situ measurements. NASA’s P-3B aircraft was equipped with a suite of in-situ instruments to conduct measurements of aerosol and cloud properties, trace gases, meteorological parameters, and radiative fluxes. The P-3B was also equipped passive remote sensors (i.e. lidar, polarimeter, radar, and radiometers). A second aircraft, the SPEC Learjet 35A, was primarily dedicated to measuring detailed cloud microphysical properties. The sampling strategy designed for CAMP2Ex coordinated flight plans for both aircraft to maximize the science return. The P-3B was used primarily to conduct remote sensing measurements of cloud and precipitation structure and aerosol layers and vertical profiles of atmospheric state variable, while the Learjet flew below the P-3B to obtain the detailed cloud microphysical properties. During the 2019 field deployment in the vicinity of the Philippines, completed from August 20-October 10, the P-3B conducted 19 science flights and the SPEC Learjet conducted 11 flights. Ground-based aerosol observations were also recorded in 2018 and 2019. CAMP2Ex was completed in partnership with Philippine research and operational weather communities. Measurements completed during CAMP2EX provide a 4-D observational view of the environment of the Philippines and its neighboring waters in terms of microphysical, hydrological, dynamical, thermodynamical and radiative properties of the environment, targeting the environment of shallow cumulus and cumulus congestus clouds.

DOI

10.5067/Airborne/CAMP2Ex_Merge_Data_1

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

NASA.gov CAMP2Ex Feature “Philippine Airborne Campaign Targets Weather, Climate Science”

PUBLICATIONS

Air–Sea Interactions from the Diurnal to the Intraseasonal during the PISTON, MISOBOB, and CAMP2Ex Observational Campaigns in the Tropics

CAMP2Ex Mission Overview/White Paper

CAMP2Ex Overview Publication

NASA Earth Expeditions CAMP2Ex Posts

From GCMD Science Keywords:

SULFATE PARTICLES
AIR QUALITY
POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
NITRATE PARTICLES
VAPOR PRESSURE > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
STATIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ORGANIC PARTICLES
UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
NITROGEN OXIDES
WIND DIRECTION > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
AEROSOL EXTINCTION
SATURATION VAPOR PRESSURE > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS
METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
AEROSOLS
UPPER LEVEL WINDS
SURFACE WINDS
AEROSOL BACKSCATTER
ALTITUDE
NITROGEN OXIDES > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
RELATIVE HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS
WIND SPEED > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
CARBON MONOXIDE
SULFUR DIOXIDE > SULFUR COMPOUNDS
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > SURFACE WINDS
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT > CLOUD PROPERTIES

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

ICARTT, Other (.zip)

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -10, N: 45), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT ASIA SOUTHEASTERN ASIA OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN PHILIPPINES VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2019-08-22 - 2019-10-07

Platforms

Propeller

NASA P-3

Computer

Metadata Dates

Created on 2022-04-01

Last updated on 2023-08-02