FIREX-AQ: In-Situ Ground Measurements of Wildfire Emissions, 2019

Summer 2019 in-situ ground measurements collected during the FIREX-AQ campaign, a NOAA/NASA interagency study of North American fires. The data includes aerosol microphysical and optical properties, aerosol chemical compositions, and trace gas species from a ground station in McCall, Idaho and mobile laboratories. The campaign aimed to understand the impact of fire emissions on tropospheric chemistry and assess satellite capabilities for fire detection.

Use Cases

• Modeling chemical transformation of wildfire plumes downwind based on trace gas and aerosol measurements.
• Analyzing the relationship between fuel conditions and fire emissions based on detailed point-of-emission sampling.
• Validating satellite-derived fire data (e.g., temperature, plume heights) using coordinated aircraft and ground-based measurements.
• Studying the local weather impacts of fires based on air movement measurements at fire boundaries.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete for the summer 2019 campaign.
• Campaign utilized a multi-platform approach including instrumented aircraft (NASA DC-8, ER-2, NOAA Twin Otters), satellites, and ground-based stations.
• The NASA DC-8 aircraft payload measured over 200 trace gas species.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• File formats include BIN, PDF, ISO, and HTML, which may require specialized tools for processing.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

In-situ ground measurements collected from a station in McCall, Idaho and mobile laboratories during the FIREX-AQ field campaign.

Time Range

Summer 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:48:55.889290; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North America, with specific operations from Boise, Idaho and Salina, Kansas.