CAMEX-3 Aircraft Mission Reports for Tropical Cyclone Research

Daily mission reports from the Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX)-3, documenting aircraft flights conducted to study atmospheric convection and moisture. The reports include descriptions of mission objectives and operational notes. The dataset is managed by the GHRC DAAC and originates from a 1998 NASA field campaign.

Use Cases

• Analyzing daily mission objectives and flight plans for atmospheric research campaigns.
• Studying the operational context of data collection during tropical cyclone events.
• Reviewing detailed notes on weather conditions and experiment execution from pilot reports.

Strengths

• Provides direct, daily documentation from a major NASA field campaign (CAMEX-3).
• Cross-platform presence on NASA EarthData and Data.gov indicates recognized importance for earth science.

Limitations

• No column names, row counts, or file sizes are provided by any source, limiting technical assessment.
• Conflicting 'last updated' dates (1998-09-13 and 2026-03 13) create uncertainty about metadata freshness.

Provenance

Source

GHRC_DAAC (Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center)

Collection Method

Reports filed daily for each aircraft flight in support of the CAMEX-3 experiment.

Time Range

1998 (campaign period)

Freshness

2026-03-13 07:10:35.455478

Geography

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