MOOSE GCAS: NASA G-3 Aircraft Remote Sensing Data for Ozone Study

MOOSE_AircraftRemoteSensing_NASA-G3_GCAS_Data contains remotely sensed data collected by the GEO-CAPE Airborne Simulator onboard NASA's Gulfstream-III aircraft during the Michigan-Ontario Ozone Source Experiment. The international MOOSE campaign, involving US and Canadian agencies, conducted field studies in 2021 and 2022 to aid in creating an ozone attainment strategy for Southeast Michigan. The campaign's sub-experiments—GLAMOR, CHESS, and MERLIN—aim to understand ozone precursors, meteorological patterns, and methane sources in the US-Canada border region.

Use Cases

• Modeling ozone transport and recirculation based on lake breeze and urban heat island interactions described in the GLAMOR experiment.
• Characterizing ozone precursor signatures from key monitoring stations as outlined in the CHESS experiment objectives.
• Tracking methane emissions from landfills and gas lines, a goal of the MERLIN sub-experiment.
• Analyzing the impact of complex 3D flows on urban oxidative capacity through nitrous acid (HONO) data.

Strengths

• Data collected by a specialized airborne simulator (GCAS) on a NASA Gulfstream-III aircraft, suggesting high-quality instrumentation.
• Campaign involved a multi-agency international collaboration (US EPA, ECCC, MECP, EGLE).
• Temporal coverage includes two defined phases: six weeks from May-June 2021 and the summer of 2022.

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, PDF, HTML), which may require specific tools for analysis.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Remotely sensed data collected by the GEO-CAPE Airborne Simulator (GCAS) onboard NASA's Gulfstream-III aircraft.

Time Range

Field studies conducted in 2021 and 2022, with Phase 1 from May to June 2021 and Phase 2 in summer 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-12 23:31:36.749720; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southeast Michigan (SEMI) and the immediate US-Canada border region.