Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery

Y. Wei; R. Shrestha; S. Pal; T. Gerken; S. Feng; J. McNelis; D. Singh; M. M. Thornton; A. G. Boyer; M. A. Shook; G. Chen; B. C. Baier; Z. R. Barkley; J. D. Barrick; J. R. Bennett; E. V. Browell; J. F. Campbell; L. J. Campbell; Y. Choi; J. Collins; J. Dobler; M. Eckl; A. Fiehn; A. Fried; J. P. Digangi; R. Barton-Grimley; H. Halliday; T. Klausner; S. Kooi; J. Kostinek; T. Lauvaux; B. Lin; M. J. McGill; B. Meadows; N. L. Miles; A. R. Nehrir; J. B. Nowak; M. Obland; C. O'Dell; R. M. P. Fao; S. J. Richardson; D. Richter; A. Roiger; C. Sweeney; J. Walega; P. Weibring; C. A. Williams; M. M. Yang; Y. Zhou; K. J. Davis

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Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery

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Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery

Y. Wei, R. Shrestha, S. Pal, T. Gerken, S. Feng, J. McNelis, D. Singh, M. M. Thornton, A. G. Boyer, M. A. Shook, …

Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.), Vol.8(7), pp.e2020EA001634-n/a

07/01/2021

DOI: 10.1029/2020EA001634

PMCID: PMC8365738

PMID: 34435081

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The ACT-America project is a NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-2 mission designed to study the transport and fluxes of greenhouse gases. The open and freely available ACT-America data sets provide airborne in situ measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane, trace gases, aerosols, clouds, and meteorological properties, airborne remote sensing measurements of aerosol backscatter, atmospheric boundary layer height and columnar content of atmospheric carbon dioxide, tower-based measurements, and modeled atmospheric mole fractions and regional carbon fluxes of greenhouse gases over the Central and Eastern United States. We conducted 121 research flights during five campaigns in four seasons during 2016-2019 over three regions of the US (Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and South) using two NASA research aircraft (B-200 and C-130). We performed three flight patterns (fair weather, frontal crossings, and OCO-2 underflights) and collected more than 1,140 h of airborne measurements via level-leg flights in the atmospheric boundary layer, lower, and upper free troposphere and vertical profiles spanning these altitudes. We also merged various airborne in situ measurements onto a common standard sampling interval, which brings coherence to the data, creates geolocated data products, and makes it much easier for the users to perform holistic analysis of the ACT-America data products. Here, we report on detailed information of data sets collected, the workflow for data sets including storage and processing of the quality controlled and quality assured harmonized observations, and their archival and formatting for users. Finally, we provide some important information on the dissemination of data products including metadata and highlights of applications of ACT-America data sets.

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Title: Subtitle: Atmospheric Carbon and Transport - America (ACT-America) Data Sets: Description, Management, and Delivery
Creators: Y. Wei - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
R. Shrestha - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
S. Pal - Texas Tech University
T. Gerken - James Madison University
S. Feng - Pennsylvania State University
J. McNelis - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D. Singh - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
M. M. Thornton - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A. G. Boyer - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
M. A. Shook - Langley Research Center
G. Chen - Langley Research Center
B. C. Baier - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Z. R. Barkley - Pennsylvania State University
J. D. Barrick - Langley Research Center
J. R. Bennett - Bay Area Environm Res Inst, Moffett Field, CA USA
E. V. Browell - Langley Research Center
J. F. Campbell - Langley Research Center
L. J. Campbell - Pennsylvania State University
Y. Choi - Langley Research Center
J. Collins - Langley Research Center
J. Dobler
M. Eckl - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
A. Fiehn - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
A. Fried - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
J. P. Digangi - Langley Research Center
R. Barton-Grimley - Langley Research Center
H. Halliday - Environmental Protection Agency
T. Klausner - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
S. Kooi - Langley Research Center
J. Kostinek - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
T. Lauvaux - Lab Sci Climate & Environm, Paris, France
B. Lin - Langley Research Center
M. J. McGill - Goddard Space Flight Center
B. Meadows - Langley Research Center
N. L. Miles - Pennsylvania State University
A. R. Nehrir - Langley Research Center
J. B. Nowak - Langley Research Center
M. Obland - Langley Research Center
C. O'Dell - Colorado State University
R. M. P. Fao - Goddard Space Flight Center
S. J. Richardson - Pennsylvania State University
D. Richter - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
A. Roiger - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
C. Sweeney - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
J. Walega - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
P. Weibring - Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
C. A. Williams - Clark University
M. M. Yang - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)
Y. Zhou - Clark University
K. J. Davis - Pennsylvania State University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.), Vol.8(7), pp.e2020EA001634-n/a
DOI: 10.1029/2020EA001634
PMID: 34435081
PMCID: PMC8365738
NLM abbreviation: Earth Space Sci
ISSN: 2333-5084
eISSN: 2333-5084
Publisher: Amer Geophysical Union
Number of pages: 17
Grant note: 70NANB15H336 / NIST grant DLR VO-R via the young investigator research group "Greenhouse Gases" NNH13ZDA001N-EVS2 / NASA Science Mission Directorate funding French research program Make Our Planet Great Again (project CIUDAD) 80GSFC19T0039; NNL15AA10I; NNX15AG76 G; NNX15AJ06 G; NNX15AW47 G; NNX16AN17 G; NNL15AQ00 B; 80NSSC19K0730; NNX15AI97 G; NNX14AJ17 G / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) NASA's Earth Science Division
Language: English
Date published: 07/01/2021
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy; Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984276450502771

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