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Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEM West A In-Situ DC-8 Meteorology and Navigation Data | DADS, GRAB SAMPLERS | 1991-09-08 to 1991-10-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Barometric Altitude, Wind Speed, Wind Speed, Relative Humidity, Saturation Vapor Pressure, Saturation Specific Humidity |
| PEM West A Merge Data | 1991-09-08 to 1991-10-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Aerosols, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, Nitrate Particles, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Sulfur Compounds, Trace Gases/Trace Species | |
| PEM West B DC-8 In-Situ Aerosol Data | FSSP, PCASP | 1994-01-26 to 1994-03-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties, Nitrate Particles, Sulfate, Sulfate Particles, Aerosol Size Distribution |
| PEM West B DC-8 In-Situ Trace Gas Data | CHEMILUMINESCENCE, HPLC, DACOM, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS | 1994-01-26 to 1994-03-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Trace Gases/Trace Species, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide Profiles, Dimethyl Sulfide, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Methane, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Chlorofluorocarbons, CFC-11, CFC-12, Hydrofluorocarbons, HCFC-22, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Oxides, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, Ozone Profiles, Atmospheric Ozone |
| PEM West B DC-8 Remotely Sensed Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) Data | DIAL | 1994-02-09 to 1994-03-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosols, Atmospheric Ozone, Ozone Profiles, Tropopause, Aerosol Forward Scatter |
| PEM West B In-Situ DC-8 Meteorology and Navigation Data | DADS | 1994-01-26 to 1994-03-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Speed, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Saturation Vapor Pressure |
| PEM West B Merge Data | 1994-01-26 to 1994-03-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | GTE | Trace Gases/Trace Species, Flight Data Logs, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosols, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, Nitrate Particles, Tropospheric Ozone, Atmospheric Ozone, Ozone Profiles, Sulfur Compounds, Nitrogen Compounds, Hydrogen Compounds | |
| Polar Winds II - Doppler Aerosol WiNd (DAWN) - DC8 | 2015-05-11 to 2015-05-25 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, Wind Profiles, Boundary Layer Winds, Lidar | |
| Pre-IceBridge ATM L1B Qfit Elevation and Return Strength V001 | ATM | 1993-06-23 to 2008-10-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | Binary | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation |
| Pre-IceBridge LVIS L0 Raw Ranges V001 | ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS | 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21 | 1 | DEPRECATED | Binary | VISIBLE IMAGERY |
| Pre-IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Ground Elevation and Return Energy Quartiles V001 | LVIS | 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21 | 1 | COMPLETE | Binary | Terrain Elevation |
| Pre-IceBridge MCoRDS L2 Ice Thickness V001 | MCoRDS, ACORDS, ATM, ICORDS | 1993-06-23 to 2007-09-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | CSV | Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness |
| Pre-LBA TRACE-A Data | GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, TOMS, OZONESONDES, OZONE SENSOR | 1992-08-18 to 1992-10-26 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Aerosol Backscatter, Tropospheric Ozone, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Atmospheric Ozone, Trace Gases/Trace Species |
| Radiostratigraphy and Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet V001 | ACORDS, ICORDS, MCRDS, MCoRDS | 1993-06-23 to 2013-04-26 | 1 | DEPRECATED | netCDF-4, XML, MAT | Age At Ice-thickness-normalized Depths, Age Of Internal Reflections, Depths At Specific Ages, Geometry Of Internal Reflections |
| Radiostratigraphy and Age Structure of the Greenland Ice Sheet V002 | MCoRDS, ACORDS, MCRDS, ICORDS | 1993-06-24 to 2019-05-16 | 2 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Age At Ice-thickness-normalized Depths, Age Of Internal Reflections, Depths At Specific Ages |
| SARP 2009 Data | WAS, DADS | 2009-07-22 to 2009-07-25 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Static Temperature, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Potential Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Hydrostatic Pressure |
| SARP 2010 Data | WAS, Picarro G2401, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, DADS | 2010-06-28 to 2010-07-03 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Static Temperature, Hydrostatic Pressure, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Potential Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Direction |
| SARP 2011 Data | WAS, DADS | 2011-06-27 to 2011-07-02 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Hydrostatic Pressure, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Direction |
| SARP 2013 Data | WAS, DADS, UHSAS, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, Thermo Model 49C O3 Analyzer | 2013-06-17 to 2013-06-21 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Hydrostatic Pressure, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Direction, Wind Speed |
| SARP 2014 Data | UHSAS, WAS, Thermo Model 49C O3 Analyzer, DADS | 2014-06-23 to 2014-06-26 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Aquaculture, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Static Temperature, Hydrostatic Pressure, Potential Temperature, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Aerosol Size Distribution, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone Profiles |
| SARP 2015 Data | UHSAS, WAS, Thermo Model 49C O3 Analyzer, DADS, Picarro G2401, 2B Technologies, NDIR GAS ANALYZER | 2015-06-22 to 2015-06-26 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Hydrostatic Pressure, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Nitric Oxide, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone Profiles |
| SARP 2016 Data | TSI LAS-3340, TSI-3563 Neph, SMPS, CPSPD, TSI CPC-3010, WAS, ATHOS, TD-LIF, SAGA, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, DACOM, DLH, CAMS, CAFS, CIMS, 4STAR, AMS, CLH2, NOxyO3, CIT-ToF-CIMS, PTR-MS, DADS | 2016-06-17 to 2016-06-19 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, ETHANE, Dimethyl Sulfide, Carbonyl Sulfide, Carbon Tetrachloride, Flight Data Logs, Static Temperature, Hydrostatic Pressure, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Potential Temperature, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Concentration, Air Mass/Density, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Ozone Profiles, Nitrous Oxide, Sulfate Particles, Ammonia, Nitrate Particles, Black Carbon, Nitric Oxide, Hydroperoxy, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, Hydrogen Cyanide, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Isoprene, Hydroxyl, Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, Cloud-screened Total Column Nitrogen Dioxide (no2), Formaldehyde, Photolysis Rates, Sulfur Dioxide Profiles |
| SARP 2018 Data | WAS, MMS, Picarro G2401, DLH, LGR, CAFE, CANOE, DADS | 2018-06-25 to 2018-06-28 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Hydrostatic Pressure, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Nitrous Oxide, Formaldehyde, Cloud-screened Total Column Nitrogen Dioxide (no2) |
| SARP 2019 Data | LI Neph, WAS, MMS, SAGA, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, DACOM, DLH, CAMS, DIAL, CAFS, ISAF, AMS, TSI LAS-3340, CCN, Vaisala HUMICAP HMP155, SMPS, NO/NOy, CIT-ToF-CIMS, DADS | 2019-07-16 to 2019-07-18 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT, HDF5 | Methane, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbonyl Sulfide, Dimethyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Scattering, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Aerosol Size Distribution, Aerosol Concentration, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud-screened Total Column Nitrogen Dioxide (no2), Nitric Oxide, Hydrogen Cyanide, Formic Acid, Dinitrogen Pentoxide, Aerosol Extinction, HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, Atmospheric Nitric Acid, Formaldehyde, Photolysis Rates |
| SARP 2021 Data | CAPS PMex Monitor, UHSAS, ROZE, CAFE, CANOE, LGR, ISAF, DADS | 2021-12-03 to 2021-12-12 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Methane, Carbon Dioxide Profiles, Carbon Monoxide Profiles, Dimethyl Sulfide, Carbonyl Sulfide, CFC-11, CFC-12, HCFC-22, Carbon Tetrachloride, ETHANE, Flight Data Logs, Static Temperature, Potential Temperature, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Aerosol Concentration, Ozone Profiles, Cloud-screened Total Column Nitrogen Dioxide (no2), Formaldehyde, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles |
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