Aircraft Radiation Measurements from the NAAMES Campaign

North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) in-situ radiation data collected onboard a NASA C-130 aircraft. The dataset captures four seasonal deployments from 2015 to 2018, funded by NASA's Earth Venture Suborbital mission. Data collection is complete and managed by the LARC ASDC organization.

Use Cases

• Analyze seasonal variation in radiation profiles across four distinct phytoplankton bloom phases.
• Correlate in-situ radiation measurements with concurrent ship-based aerosol and trace gas data.
• Validate satellite-derived atmospheric radiation and aerosol products using airborne observations.

Strengths

• Data covers four distinct seasonal deployments over a 4-year period (2015-2018).
• Measurements are directly linked to ship-based and remote sensing observations for integrated analysis.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column details, and file size are unknown.
• Most oceanographic data resides in a separate archive (SeaBass), limiting integrated ocean-atmosphere analysis within this single source.

Provenance

Source

NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LARC ASDC).

Collection Method

In-situ measurements collected onboard a NASA Wallops Flight Facility C-130 Hercules aircraft.

Time Range

2015 to 2018, covering four deployments.

Freshness

Data collection is complete; last known update was in 2017.

Geography

North Atlantic Ocean, with aircraft based from St. John's International Airport, Newfoundland, Canada.