STAQS_AircraftRemoteSensing_NASA-G3_HALO_Data is remotely sensed trace gas data collected by the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instrument on a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft. The data collection was part of the Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science (STAQS) mission conducted during summer 2023, targeting urban areas including Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago. The mission integrated aircraft observations with NASA's TEMPO satellite to improve understanding of air quality science.
Use Cases
- Validate TEMPO satellite air quality products based on high-resolution aircraft lidar measurements.
- Analyze the temporal evolution of urban pollution events based on repeated daily mapping.
- Improve emission estimates for anthropogenic and biogenic gases based on city-scale aircraft data.
- Assess the benefit of assimilating geostationary satellite data into chemical transport models.
Strengths
- Data collection is complete, providing a finalized dataset for analysis.
- Integrates high-resolution aircraft measurements with hourly satellite observations from TEMPO.
- Targets specific major urban areas (Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago) for focused study.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2023-08-27; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- LARC_CLOUD
- Collection Method
- Remotely sensed data collected by the High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) instrument on a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft.
- Time Range
- Summer 2023
- Geography
- Urban areas in North America, including Los Angeles, New York City, and Chicago.