FIREX-AQ: In-Situ Cloud Measurements from NASA DC-8 Aircraft, Summer 2019

North American wildfire plumes were sampled during the 2019 FIREX-AQ campaign. NASA's DC-8 aircraft completed 23 science flights from Boise, Idaho and Salina, Kansas, collecting in-situ cloud data with instruments like the CDP, CPSPD, and CAPS. The data provides detailed measurements of cloud properties within fire-influenced air to study emissions and atmospheric impacts.

Use Cases

• Modeling cloud droplet distributions in wildfire plumes based on in-situ cloud microphysics measurements.
• Studying the chemical transformation of lofted fire emissions based on trace gas and aerosol property data.
• Validating satellite-derived fire and atmospheric data based on coordinated aircraft and ground-based measurements.
• Analyzing the relationship between fire conditions and plume rise based on detailed emission sampling.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete for the summer 2019 campaign.
• Campaign involved 23 dedicated science flights by the NASA DC-8 aircraft.
• Measurements are part of a larger interagency effort combining aircraft, satellite, and ground-based data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected onboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft using specific cloud probes (CDP, CPSPD, CAPS).

Time Range

Summer 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:49:19.321525; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North America, with flights originating from Boise, Idaho and Salina, Kansas.