ARCTAS: Supplementary Satellite Data on Arctic Atmospheric Composition

ARCTAS_Satellite_Data is a supplementary collection from NASA's Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites campaign. It features data from TES, MOPITT, and OMI instruments, with collection complete as of the campaign's end. The dataset was created to support the International Polar Year 2007-2008 and explores pollution transport, forest fire impacts, aerosol forcing, and chemical processes in the Arctic.

Use Cases

• Model long-range pollution transport to the Arctic based on the campaign's first objective.
• Analyze the impact of boreal forest fire emissions on atmospheric composition and radiation based on the second objective.
• Study aerosol radiative forcing in a rapidly changing climate based on the third objective.
• Investigate chemical processes involving ozone, aerosols, mercury, and halogens based on the fourth objective.
• Validate and improve Earth science models by incorporating aircraft and satellite data as mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Data collection is explicitly stated as complete.
• Features data from three specific satellite instruments: TES, MOPITT, and OMI.
• Dataset is part of a defined NASA field campaign (ARCTAS) with clear scientific objectives.
• Campaign involved two three-week aircraft deployments in April and July 2008, providing temporal context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• File formats include BIN, PDF, ISO, and HTML, which may require specialized tools for processing.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data collected from satellite instruments (TES, MOPITT, OMI) and aircraft during the ARCTAS field campaign.

Time Range

Campaign deployments occurred in April and July 2008.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 13 10:38:51.278573; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Arctic region.