FIREX-AQ: NOAA-MET Twin Otter Fire Boundary Wind and Temperature Data

FIREX-AQ_N46_Data includes wind profiles and fire temperature measurements from the NOAA-MET Twin Otter aircraft during the 2019 FIREX-AQ campaign. The data collection is complete and was conducted by the NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, integrating measurements from the NightFOX UAS and a wind lidar. This dataset focuses on air movements at fire boundaries to understand local weather impacts and fire movement patterns.

Use Cases

• Modeling local weather impacts of fires based on wind profile data at fire boundaries
• Analyzing fire plume rise and movement patterns based on combined wind and temperature measurements
• Satellite data validation for fire detection and emissions estimation based on coordinated aircraft campaign data
• Studying chemical transformation in wildfire plumes by integrating with complementary chemical measurements from other FIREX-AQ platforms

Strengths

• Data collection is complete for the 2019 FIREX-AQ campaign
• Integrates measurements from multiple instruments including a UAS and a wind lidar
• Part of a major interagency campaign (NOAA/NASA) with coordinated data from aircraft, satellites, and ground stations

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data files are in specialized formats (BIN, ISO) which may require specific tools for processing

Provenance

Source

NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory (CSL), data archived via NASA

Collection Method

Collected onboard the NOAA-MET Twin Otter aircraft using instrument payloads including NightFOX UAS and wind lidar

Time Range

Summer 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 13 02:48:00.928407; freshness should be verified

Geography

Primarily Western wildfires, with campaign operations from Boise, Idaho and Salina, Kansas