NASA DC-8 Flight Dynamics and Environmental Data from ATom Campaigns

Flight dynamics and environmental parameters for the NASA DC-8 aircraft collected during the ATom campaigns from 2016 through 2018. The dataset provides 1-second resolution measurements of aircraft position, altitude, speed, wind, temperature, and pressure. It is hosted by ORNL_CLOUD and is present on multiple government data platforms.

Use Cases

• Analyzing aircraft positioning and flight path using recorded latitude, longitude, and altitude.
• Studying atmospheric conditions encountered during flight via wind speed, wind direction, and air temperature measurements.
• Investigating cabin environment and pressurization by examining cabin pressure data.
• Correlating aircraft state with other scientific instrument readings from the ATom missions using synchronized 1-second timestamps.
• Modeling aircraft performance under varying environmental conditions using speed and atmospheric pressure data.

Strengths

• Provides high-temporal-resolution data at 1-second intervals.
• Covers four distinct ATom campaign flights conducted over a multi-year period from 2016 to 2018.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA Earthdata and Data.gov indicates established curation and importance.

Limitations

• Column names and the exact row count are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, reporting either 2018-05-21 or 2026-03 13.
• The specific license terms under 'other-license-specified' are not detailed.

Provenance

Source

ORNL_CLOUD

Collection Method

Collected from an assortment of instruments onboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft.

Time Range

2016 through 2018

Freshness

2026-03-13 08:34:16.921231

Geography

Global, based on the flight paths of the ATom campaigns.