Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Project: Model measurements
The Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) was based at the NASA Ames Research Centre in California during portions of 1992 and 1993. This dataset contains 12 Z hemispheric analyses of potential vorticity, temperature, horizontal winds, and geopotential model data.
The overall data collection consist of measurements collected onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, and selected radiosonde soundings from stations in the region of the experiment. Flights were conducted during October and November of 1992, April and May of 1993, and October of 1993.
Theory team products come in two forms: as quantities evaluated along flight tracks and as global or hemispheric fields. Meteorological quantities, such as temperature, geopotential, and potential vorticity are available in both forms. They are based on analyses from both the U.S. National Meteorological Center and from the Assimilation Model of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Other quantities, available along flight tracks only, include visible reflectivity, cloud height, UV reflectivity, and total ozone. The first two are derived from GOES imagery, the last two from the Meteor TOMS sensor. Finally, calculations of mixing ratios of selected chemical species using a photochemical steady state model are available along the flight track.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2007-02-06T17:10:53
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2007-02-06T17:10:53
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / afca42c450c14a1ca4b9f67fa8410ee7
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- SPADE
- Model
- stratosphere
- photochemistry
- aerosols
- dynamics
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 1992-10-12T23:00:00
- End date
- 1993-10-25T00:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are NASA Ames formatted
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Data are NASA Ames formatted
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data were collected onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, and selected radiosonde soundings from stations in the region of the experiment. Flights were conducted during October and November of 1992, April and May of 1993, and October of 1993. Data collected and prepared by NASA prior to publication on CD-ROM. BADC have obtained a copy of these data to assist in data discovery.
Metadata
- File identifier
- afca42c450c14a1ca4b9f67fa8410ee7 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE): Airborne Measurements of Meteorological Parameters, Atmospheric Composition and Aerosols 44beda2983d4b3522d33ce1aaf794151
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-29T00:18:54
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3