LMOS UC-12 Aircraft Remote Sensing Data: Lake Michigan Ozone Study

LMOS_AircraftRemoteSensing_UC12_Data_1 is remote sensing data collected onboard a NASA UC-12 aircraft during the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS) field campaign. The dataset was produced by a multi-agency collaboration including NASA, NOAA, EPA, EPRI, NSF, LADCO, and university research groups. Data collection was conducted from May through June 2017 to investigate ozone formation and transport around Lake Michigan.

Use Cases

• Model ozone formation and transport based on airborne observations of atmospheric chemistry.
• Analyze the lakeshore ozone concentration gradient based on remote sensing data collected over Lake Michigan.
• Improve ozone forecast models for the Lake Michigan region based on the extensive observational dataset.
• Study the influence of emissions on ozone formation in rural areas based on multi-platform field measurements.

Strengths

• Data collection is complete, as stated in the description.
• Dataset is a result of a joint effort across multiple agencies, including NASA, NOAA, EPA, EPRI, NSF, LADCO, and university groups.
• Field study provided extensive observational datasets through airborne, ship, mobile labs, and ground-based platforms.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the specific 2017 field campaign.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Remote sensing data collected onboard the NASA UC-12 aircraft.

Time Range

May through June 2017

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 01:07:15.863811; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lake Michigan region