ACT-America: Aircraft Meteorological and Navigational Data from U.S. Field Campaigns

Aircraft navigational parameters and meteorological data were collected by NASA's B200 King Air and C-130H Hercules aircraft during the ACT-America project. The mission included five 6-week intensive field campaigns across all four seasons and three regions of the central and eastern United States. Measurements likely include latitude, longitude, altitude, ground speed, air temperature, and wind speed and direction.

Use Cases

• Trajectory analysis for atmospheric sampling based on recorded latitude, longitude, and altitude.
• Meteorological condition modeling based on air temperature and wind speed/direction data.
• Geospatial mapping of flight paths and instrument sampling locations based on positional data.
• Seasonal and regional comparison of atmospheric parameters across multiple field campaigns.

Strengths

• Data collected over five years across all four seasons, providing temporal diversity.
• Covers three distinct geographical regions in the central and eastern United States.
• High-quality in situ measurements from two dedicated NASA research aircraft.
• Integrated with related ACT-America instrument datasets for geotrajectory context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific field campaign locations and schedules.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Collected via instruments on NASA's B200 King Air and C-130H Hercules aircraft during intensive field campaigns.

Time Range

Spans five years of field campaigns.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 22:04:26.848175; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Central and eastern United States, covering three regions.