LISTOS: NASA Aircraft Remote Sensing Data for Long Island Sound Ozone Study

LISTOS_AircraftRemoteSensing_NASAAircraft_Data is remote sensing data collected onboard NASA aircraft during the Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study field campaign. The dataset was produced by a multi-agency collaboration including NASA, NOAA, EPA NESCAUM, and state environmental departments. Primary measurement observations took place between June and September 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyze ozone formation and transport patterns based on aircraft remote sensing observations over Long Island Sound
• Validate satellite-based air quality retrievals (e.g., TEMPO, TROPOMI) based on airborne and ground-based measurements of ozone, NO2, and HCHO
• Study the impact of sea breeze circulation on pollutant confinement and inland transport based on the described marine boundary layer dynamics
• Investigate chronic ground-level ozone problems in the NYC metropolitan area based on multi-agency collaborative field campaign data

Strengths

• Data collection is complete, indicating a finalized dataset
• Observations include a multi-platform campaign with three aircraft, ground sites, mobile vehicles, boat measurements, and ozonesondes
• Collaboration involved multiple federal and state agencies and university research groups

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Remote sensing data collected onboard NASA aircraft during the LISTOS field campaign

Time Range

June-September 2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 01:08:11.284375; freshness should be verified

Geography

New York City metropolitan area, Long Island Sound, and surrounding coastlines (portions of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts)