ASDC | OWLETS1_SherpaAircraft_Data

OWLETS Level 2

Entry Title: OWLETS-1 Sherpa Aircraft Data

Entry ID: OWLETS1_SherpaAircraft_Data_1

Field Campaigns

Description

OWLETS1_SherpaAircraft_Data_1 is the Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study (OWLETS-1) data collected on board the Sherpa Aircraft. OWLETS was supported by the NASA Science Innovation Fund (SIF). Data include trace gas measurements, greenhouse gases, and aircraft navigational and housekeeping data collected via remote sensing and in-situ instrumentation. This collection features data from the GeoTASO instrument, a pre-cursor to the TEMPO satellite. Data collection is complete.

Coastal regions have typically posed a challenge for air quality researchers due to a lack of measurements available over water and water-land boundary transitions. Supported by NASA’s Science Innovation Fund (SIF), the Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study (OWLETS) field campaign examined ozone concentrations and gradients over the Chesapeake Bay from July 5, 2017 – August 3, 2017, with twelve intensive measurement days occurring during this time period. OWLETS utilized a unique combination of instrumentation, including aircraft, TOLNet ozone lidars (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Tropospheric Ozone Differential Absorption Lidar and NASA Langley Research Center Mobile Ozone Lidar), UAV/drones, ozonesondes, AERONET sun photometers, and mobile and ship-based measurements, to characterize the land-water differences in ozone and other pollutants. Two main research sites were established as part of the campaign: an over-land site at NASA LaRC, and an over-water site at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. These two research sites were established to provide synchronous vertical measurements of meteorology and pollutants over water and over land. In combination with mobile observations between the two sites, pollutant gradients were able to be observed and used to better understand the fundamental processes occurring at the land-water interface. OWLETS-2 was completed from June 6, 2018 – July 6, 2018 in the upper Chesapeake Bay region. Research sites were established at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Hart Miller Island (HMI), and Howard University Beltsville (HUBV), with HMI representing the over-water location and UMBC and HUBV representing the over-land sites. Similar measurements were carried out to further characterize water-land gradients in the upper Chesapeake Bay. The measurements completed during OWLETS are of importance in enhancing air quality models, and improving future satellite retrievals, particularly, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution, which is scheduled to launch in 2022.

DOI

10.5067/Suborbital/OWLETS-1/SherpaAircraft_Data_1

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GENERAL DOCUMENTATION

Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study (OWLETS) Introduction Presentation Slides

PUBLICATIONS

NASA Chesapeake Bay Study To Help Improve Air-Quality Forecasts

The Ozone Water–Land Environmental Transition Study: An Innovative Strategy for Understanding Chesapeake Bay Pollution Events

From GCMD Science Keywords:

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
AIR TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC OZONE > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
METHANE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
WIND DIRECTION > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC WINDS
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > SURFACE WINDS
NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS
WIND DIRECTION > SURFACE WINDS
WIND SPEED > SURFACE WINDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
U/V WIND COMPONENTS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
UPPER LEVEL WINDS
SURFACE WINDS
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS

Data Distribution

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: 35, N: 40), (W: -78, E: -74)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal Vertical
Coordinate System: Cartesian
Granule Spatial Representation: Cartesian

Locations

NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MARYLAND VIRGINIA NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TROPOSPHERE

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2017-07-07 - 2017-09-12

Platforms

Propeller

C-23 Sherpa

Short Brothers C-23 Sherpa

GC-MS

Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry

CHEMILUMINESCENCE

LGR

Los Gatos Research CO/CO2/H2O Analyzer

LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR

GPS

Global Positioning System

HYGROMETERS

PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS

PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM

TEMPERATURE SENSORS

CAFE

NASA Compact Airborne Formaldehyde Experiment

2B Technologies

2B Technologies Ozone Monitor

GeoTASO

Geostationary Trace gas and Aerosol Sensor Optimization

Metadata Dates

Created on 2020-12-09

Last updated on 2023-10-06