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Description

This dataset provides the refractory black carbon mass concentration at one-second resolution measured by the Single Particle Soot Photometer (NOAA SP2) instrument during airborne campaigns conducted by NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission. The SP2 is a laser-induced incandescence instrument primarily used for measuring the black carbon mass content of individual particles.

Product Summary

Platforms
NASA DC-8
Instruments
PHOTOMETERS
Spatial Extent
N: 82.9406 S: -86.1769 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2016-07-29 to 2018-05-21
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2676881465-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Air Quality,
Aerosols

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Schwarz, J. P., & Katich, J. M. (2019). ATom: L2 In Situ Measurements from Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1672 Date Accessed: 2025-10-29

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