CAMEX-4 Mobile Atmospheric Electric Field Mill Data

2001 data from the CAMEX-4 field campaign collected by the University of Alabama in Huntsville Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS). This dataset provides measurements from Electric Field Mills, capturing information about atmospheric electrical fields above the instruments. The data is hosted by the Global Hydrology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC).

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal variations in atmospheric electric field strength during convective events.
• Correlating electric field measurements with other MIPS sensor data (e.g., Doppler profiler, radiometer) for multi-parameter atmospheric studies.
• Supporting research on lightning initiation and storm electrification processes.
• Validating models of atmospheric electrical structure using direct, mobile field observations.

Strengths

• Data originates from a specialized, instrumented mobile atmospheric profiling platform (MIPS).
• Dataset is curated and distributed by NASA's GHRC DAAC, indicating a level of quality control.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA EarthData and Data.gov signals recognized importance and reliability.

Limitations

• Specific column names, row counts, and file sizes are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last updated date: one states 2001-09-14, while others state 2026-03-13 (likely a metadata refresh).
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' or 'None', requiring user verification.

Provenance

Source

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Mobile Integrated Profiling System (MIPS), curated by GHRC_DAAC.

Collection Method

Measured in-situ by Electric Field Mills mounted on a mobile atmospheric profiling platform.

Time Range

2001 (from the CAMEX-4 campaign and one platform's last updated date).

Freshness

2026-03 13 07:04:22.614595 (from metadata refresh on nasa_earthdata and datagov)

Geography

Mobile deployment during the CAMEX-4 (Convection and Moisture Experiment) field campaign; specific locations not detailed.