NASA Aircraft Meteorological and Navigational Data from LISTOS Campaign

In-situ meteorological and navigational data was collected onboard NASA aircraft during the Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study (LISTOS). The multi-agency campaign, involving NASA, NOAA, EPA NESCAUM, and state environmental departments, conducted primary measurements between June and September 2018. The study focused on ozone formation and transport in the New York City metropolitan area and downwind regions.

Use Cases

• Analyze temporal patterns of airborne ozone and NO2 concentrations to study pollution transport over Long Island Sound.
• Correlate meteorological parameters like temperature and boundary layer height with in-situ pollutant measurements to model ozone formation.
• Validate satellite-based air quality retrievals from TEMPO and TROPOMI by comparing them with airborne GCAS and GeoTASO simulator data.
• Study sea breeze circulation effects by linking navigational flight path data with measured pollutant gradients across coastal land-water interfaces.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete for the focused campaign period from June to September 2018.
• Campaign involved coordinated measurements from three aircraft, ground sites, mobile vehicles, boats, and ozonesondes for multi-platform validation.

Limitations

• Sample size and specific row count for the aircraft dataset are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the New York City metropolitan area, Long Island Sound, and downwind regions of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
• Data is temporally limited to a single summer season in 2018.

Provenance

Source

NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LARC_ASDC), produced as part of the multi-agency LISTOS campaign.

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected onboard NASA aircraft using integrated meteorological and navigational instrumentation.

Time Range

Primary measurement period was June-September 2018.

Freshness

Data collection ended in September 2018; the dataset is a static campaign archive.

Geography

New York City metropolitan area, Long Island Sound, and downwind regions including Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.