Aircraft Navigation and Flight Data from MC3E Atmospheric Experiment

GPM Ground Validation UND Citation Navigation Data MC3E contains flight navigation records from a Cessna Citation II research aircraft during the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment. The University of North Dakota operated the aircraft, which collected data from April 1, 2011, through June 2, 2011. This dataset provides time-stamped aircraft position, including latitude, longitude, and altitude, alongside IWG1 instrument data.

Use Cases

• Validating satellite precipitation measurements by correlating aircraft position with concurrent cloud microphysics instrument data.
• Analyzing flight patterns and spatial coverage of atmospheric sampling campaigns during the MC3E field experiment.
• Studying aircraft altitude and temporal flight logs for atmospheric profile reconstruction.
• Integrating IWG1 data records with navigation parameters for synchronized instrument analysis.

Strengths

• Data covers a defined 2-month experimental campaign from April to June 2011.
• Includes synchronized IWG1 instrument data alongside core navigation parameters.
• Dataset is hosted by NASA, indicating institutional oversight and curation.

Limitations

• Core metadata like row count, file size, and specific column names are not provided by any source.
• Sources conflict on the last update date, with one reporting 2011 and another reporting 2026.
• The license is ambiguously listed as 'other-license-specified' without clear terms.

Provenance

Source

University of North Dakota (UND), collected for NASA's GPM Ground Validation program.

Collection Method

Gathered by instruments on a Cessna Citation II research aircraft during the MC3E field campaign.

Time Range

April 1,我们发现2011 through June 2, 2011

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:58:54.797707

Geography

Midlatitude Continental region, specific to the MC3E experiment area.