DC3: Aircraft In-Situ Radiation Data

DC3_Miscellaneous_DLR-Falcon_Data and DC3_Radiation_AircraftInSitu_DC8_Data are products from the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) field campaign. The data were collected onboard the DLR Falcon and NASA DC-8 aircraft from May to June 2012, based in Salina, Kansas, with observations in Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, and Alabama. The campaign aimed to understand storm dynamics, lightning processes, and their impact on upper tropospheric chemistry.

Use Cases

• Analyzing storm dynamics and physics using in-situ aircraft measurements.
• Investigating lightning production of nitrogen oxides (NOx) during active convection.
• Studying changes in upper tropospheric chemistry in the 12-48 hours following convection.
• Modeling cloud hydrometeor effects on wet deposition of chemical species.
• Exploring seasonal changes in upper tropospheric composition linked to convective events.

Strengths

• Data collection is explicitly stated as complete across all sources.
• Campaign had a focused temporal scope (May-June 2012) and specific geographic targets.
• Cross-platform presence on NASA Earthdata and Data.gov signals importance and curation.

Limitations

• Column names and dataset size/row counts are unknown across all sources.
• License information is inconsistently reported ('other-license-specified' vs 'None').
• Metadata for the DC-8 radiation dataset lacks tags, author, and organization details.

Provenance

Source

LARC_ASDC (for DLR-Falcon data); NASA DC-8 aircraft

Collection Method

Collected via in-situ instruments onboard DLR Falcon and NASA DC-8 aircraft during the DC3 field campaign.

Time Range

May to June 2012

Freshness

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Geography

Northeastern Colorado, west Texas to central Oklahoma, and northern Alabama, USA.