NAAMES: Aircraft In-Situ Radiation Measurements from 2015-2018

Four deployments from 2015 to 2018 collected in-situ radiation data onboard a NASA C-130 aircraft. The North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) was a NASA Earth Venture mission linking ocean ecosystem processes with atmospheric evolution. Data collection is complete and archived by the NASA ASDC.

Use Cases

• Modeling aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions based on in-situ atmospheric measurements
• Studying seasonal phytoplankton cycles and their atmospheric impacts based on the four targeted deployment phases
• Validating satellite remote sensing data with concurrent airborne in-situ observations
• Analyzing coupled ocean-atmosphere system dynamics in the North Atlantic region

Strengths

• Data collection is complete for four seasonal deployments spanning 2015-2018.
• Part of a coordinated multi-platform mission combining ship, airborne, autonomous, and remote sensing measurements.
• Funded and archived by NASA, indicating institutional oversight.

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 bias inherent to the North Atlantic study region.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected onboard a NASA C-130 aircraft during four targeted field campaigns.

Time Range

2015-2018

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 00:03:59.766431; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean, with aircraft based in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.