NASA ER-2 Aircraft Navigation and Weather Data from 2005 Tropical Campaign

Costa Rica and surrounding regions are covered by this dataset containing navigation and meteorological parameters recorded by the NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft. Data was collected during the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) field campaign in July 2005 to study the structure and lifecycle of tropical weather systems. The dataset is provided by the GHRC DAAC and includes files from July 2 through July 27, 2005.

Use Cases

• Analyzing flight paths and altitude profiles of the ER-2 aircraft during the TCSP campaign using latitude, longitude, and altitude columns.
• Studying the relationship between aircraft position and local meteorological conditions like wind speed, wind direction, and temperature.
• Validating or calibrating satellite or ground-based observations of tropical weather systems with in-situ aircraft data.
• Reconstructing the temporal sequence of research flights for campaign analysis using date and time fields.

Strengths

• Data originates from a controlled NASA research campaign with a clear scientific goal focused on tropical weather systems.
• Provides a continuous time series of flights over a defined 26-day period in July 2005.
• Contains integrated navigation and meteorological parameters, allowing for spatial analysis of weather conditions.

Limitations

• Exact row count, file size, and complete column list are unknown across all sources.
• Sources conflict on license information, with one specifying 'other-license-specified' and another listing 'None'.
• Data is available only in ASCII and PDF formats, which may require preprocessing for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

NASA ER-2 high-altitude research aircraft, GHRC DAAC

Collection Method

Recorded by on-board navigation and data collection systems during research flights.

Time Range

July 2, 2005 to July 27, III

Freshness

2026-03-12 21:09:03.695962

Geography

Flights based out of Juan Santamaria Airport, San Jose, Costa Rica, covering tropical regions of interest.