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Airborne data from mounted in-situ instruments onboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE-87) Project
The Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE) aimed to study chemical composition and physical parameters in the Antarctic during the development of the Antarctic Ozone Hole in August and September 1987. The data is primarily that collected onboard the NASA ER-2 and DC-8 aircraft, along with ozonesonde data collected at four Antarctic stations: Halley Bay, McMurdo, Palmer Station, and the South Pole. The experiment tested the chemical and dynamical theories of the ozone hole using the aircraft data in theoretical computer models of the chemistry and dynamics of the stratosphere. The data include atmospheric composition, meteorological parameters, aerosol data and cloud data.
The DC-8 aircraft flew at the lowermost extremities of the hole and deployed a combination of remote sounding of the overlying atmosphere with some in situ sampling. Vertical distributions of ozone and aerosols above the cruising altitude of the aircraft and within the hole were mapped. The DC-8 collected ozone and aerosol profiles overhead by LIDAR; and measured ozone, bromine oxide, OClO, nitrogen dioxide, nitric acid, and hydrogen chloride. In situ methods yielded ozone, total water, and whole air sampling.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-08T13:52:11
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-12-08T13:52:11
- Identifier
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / 06924fa8e2fe565447677d2cc023e8e0
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- ATMOSPHERICWINDS
- ATMOSPHERE
- AEROSOLS
- ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR
- ALTITUDE
- ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERICCHEMISTRY
- ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1987-08-18T23:00:00
- End date
- 1987-10-03T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
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Data are MS-DOS ASCII formatted.
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data were collected during August and September 1987 onboard the NASA ER-2 and DC-8 aircraft, aduring August and September 1987. The data is primarily that collected onboard the NASA ER-2 and DC-8 aircraft, and at four Antarctic stations: Halley Bay, McMurdo, Palmer Station, and the South Pole. Copy of CR-ROM published by NASA. The data are held on CD-ROM at the BADC.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 06924fa8e2fe565447677d2cc023e8e0 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE-87): Atmospheric Composition and Meteorological Measurements. 3e0a5f6f470c2b6b436e59a6a7fb8f7d
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-12-01T00:47:15
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
