CAMEX-3 ER-2 Aircraft Navigation and Meteorological Data

CAMEX-3 ER-2 Navigation data files contain flight information recorded at one-second intervals. The dataset includes typical navigation parameters like date, time, latitude, longitude, and altitude, alongside outside meteorological measurements such as wind speed, wind direction, and temperature. Data is provided by the GHRC DAAC and is available in ASCII text and Graphics Interchange Format files for each flight.

Use Cases

• Analyzing flight trajectories and altitude profiles using recorded latitude, longitude, and altitude columns.
• Studying upper-level wind patterns and atmospheric dynamics with wind speed and wind direction measurements.
• Investigating temperature variations in the upper atmosphere using the recorded outside temperature parameter.
• Correlating aircraft position with concurrent meteorological observations for campaign-specific research.

Strengths

• Data is recorded at a high temporal resolution of one-second intervals for detailed analysis.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA EarthData and Data.gov indicates established curation and importance.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and complete column list are unknown across all sources.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date, reporting both 1998-09-27 and 2026-03 13.
• License is ambiguously specified as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.

Provenance

Source

GHRC DAAC (Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center).

Collection Method

Recorded by onboard navigation and data collection systems during CAMEX-3 ER-2 flights.

Time Range

Coverage corresponds to the CAMEX-3 campaign flight dates (specific range not provided).

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:11:42.819533

Geography

Spatial coverage corresponds to the flight paths of the ER-2 aircraft during the CAMEX-3 campaign.