ARCSIX P-3B Aircraft Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar (MARLi) Data contains lidar measurements collected onboard a NASA P-3B aircraft during the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction EXperiment. The LARC_CLOUD organization produced this dataset from two campaign deployments in May-June and July-August 2024. Data collection for this product is complete.
Use Cases
- Analyze lidar backscatter profiles to characterize vertical distributions of aerosols and clouds over the Arctic.
- Validate satellite-based remote sensing algorithms for cloud and aerosol properties using coincident airborne MARLi measurements.
- Study the temporal evolution of atmospheric layers during the Arctic summer melt season using the time-series lidar data.
- Correlate lidar-derived optical properties with in-situ measurements from other ARCSIX aircraft payloads to improve model parameterizations.
Strengths
- Data collected during a dedicated NASA field campaign (ARCSIX) with clear scientific objectives.
- Measurements acquired from a high-altitude P-3B aircraft platform, providing targeted atmospheric profiles.
- Covers two distinct deployment periods in the early and late Arctic summer of 2024.
Limitations
- Specific data volume, row count, and column details are unknown.
- Geographic coverage is limited to flight paths over the Arctic, primarily around Greenland.
- Data usefulness may be constrained without access to complementary datasets from other ARCSIX instruments.
Provenance
- Source
- NASA LARC_CLOUD organization via the ARCSIX campaign.
- Collection Method
- Collected by the Multi-function Airborne Raman Lidar (MARLi) instrument onboard the NASA P-3B aircraft.
- Time Range
- May-June 2024 and July-August 2024.
- Freshness
- Data last updated on 2024-08-18.
- Geography
- Arctic region, with flights based out of Greenland and data also from the Thule High Arctic Atmospheric Observatory.