ASDC | FIREXAQ_TraceGas_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SHIS_Data

FIREX-AQ Level 2

Entry Title: FIREX-AQ ER-2 Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)

Entry ID: FIREXAQ_TraceGas_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SHIS_Data_1

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Description

FIREXAQ_TraceGas_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SHIS_Data are remotely sensed measurements collected by the Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) onboard the ER-2 aircraft. Data collection for this product is complete.

Completed during summer 2019, FIREX-AQ utilized a combination of instrumented airplanes, satellites, and ground-based instrumentation. Detailed fire plume sampling was carried out by the NASA DC-8 aircraft, which had a comprehensive instrument payload capable of measuring over 200 trace gas species, as well as aerosol microphysical, optical, and chemical properties. The DC-8 aircraft completed 23 science flights, including 15 flights from Boise, Idaho and 8 flights from Salina, Kansas. NASA’s ER-2 completed 11 flights, partially in support of the FIREX-AQ effort. The ER-2 payload was made up of 8 satellite analog instruments and provided critical fire information, including fire temperature, fire plume heights, and vegetation/soil albedo information. A ground-based mobile lab provided in-situ measurements of aerosol microphysical and optical properties, aerosol chemical compositions, and trace gas species.

The Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ) campaign was a NOAA/NASA interagency intensive study of North American fires to gain an understanding on the integrated impact of the fire emissions on the tropospheric chemistry and composition and to assess the satellite’s capability for detecting fires and estimating fire emissions. The overarching goal of FIREX-AQ was to provide measurements of trace gas and aerosol emissions for wildfires and prescribed fires in great detail, relate them to fuel and fire conditions at the point of emission, characterize the conditions relating to plume rise, and follow plumes downwind to understand chemical transformation and air quality impacts.

DOI

10.5067/ASDC/FIREXAQ_TraceGas_AircraftRemoteSensing_ER2_SHIS_Data_1

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PRODUCTION HISTORY

ER-2 instrument suite for the Summer 2019 FIREX-AQ field campaign

From GCMD Science Keywords:

TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

HDF5, NetCDF-3

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 15, N: 60), (W: -135, E: -75)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEOGRAPHIC REGION WESTERN HEMISPHERE VERTICAL LOCATION TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2019-08-02 - 2019-08-23

Platforms

Jet

NASA ER-2

NASA Earth Resources-2

SHIS

Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-05-29

Last updated on 2024-08-19