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Sorooshian et al. 2023

Sorooshian, A., M.D. Alexandrov, A.D. Bell, R. Bennett, G. Betito, S.P. Burton, M.E. Buzanowicz, B. Cairns, E.V. Chemyakin, G. Chen, Y. Choi, B.L. Collister, A.L. Cook, A.F. Corral, E.C. Crosbie, B. van Diedenhoven, J.P. DiGangi, G.S. Diskin, S. Dmitrovic, E.-L. Edwards, M.A. Fenn, R.A. Ferrare, D. van Gilst, J.W. Hair, D.B. Harper, M.R.A. Hilario, C.A. Hostetler, N. Jester, M. Jones, S. Kirschler, M.M. Kleb, J.M. Kusterer, S. Leavor, J.W. Lee, H. Liu, K. McCauley, R.H. Moore, J. Nied, A. Notari, J.B. Nowak, D. Painemal, K.E. Phillips, C.E. Robinson, A.J. Scarino, J.S. Schlosser, S.T. Seaman, C. Seethala, T.J. Shingler, M.A. Shook, K.A. Sinclair, W.L. Smith Jr., D.A. Spangenberg, S.A. Stamnes, K.L. Thornhill, C. Voigt, H. Vömel, A.P. Wasilewski, H. Wang, E.L. Winstead, K. Zeider, X. Zeng, B. Zhang, L.D. Ziemba, and P. Zuidema, 2023: Spatially-coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: The NASA ACTIVATE dataset. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 15, no. 8, 3419-3472, doi:10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023.

The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol-cloud-meteorology interactions with applications extending from process-based studies to multi-scale model intercomparison and improvement, and remote sensing algorithm assessments and advancements. ACTIVATE used two NASA Langley Research Center aircraft, a HU-25 Falcon and King Air, to conduct systematic and spatially coordinated flights over the northwest Atlantic Ocean amounting to 162 joint flights and 17 other single-aircraft flights between 2020 and 2022 across all seasons. Data cover 574 and 592 cumulative flights hours for the Falcon and King Air, respectively. The HU-25 Falcon flew conducted profiling at different level legs below, in, and just above boundary layer clouds (<3 km) and obtained in situ measurements of trace gases, aerosol particles, clouds, and atmospheric state parameters. In cloud-free conditions, the Falcon similarly conducted profiling at different level legs within and immediately above the boundary layer. The King Air (the high-flyer) flew at approximately ∼9 km conducting remote sensing with a lidar and polarimeter while also launching dropsondes. Collectively, simultaneous data collected from both aircraft help characterize the same vertical column of the atmosphere. In addition to individual instrument files, data from the Falcon aircraft are combined into "merge files" on the publicly available data archive that are created at different time resolutions of interest (e.g., 1, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60s, or matching an individual data product start and stop times). This paper describes the ACTIVATE flight strategy, instrument and complementary dataset products, data access and usage details, and data application notes. The data are publicly accessible.

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@article{so05300j,
  author={Sorooshian, A. and Alexandrov, M. D. and Bell, A. D. and Bennett, R. and Betito, G. and Burton, S. P. and Buzanowicz, M. E. and Cairns, B. and Chemyakin, E. V. and Chen, G. and Choi, Y. and Collister, B. L. and Cook, A. L. and Corral, A. F. and Crosbie, E. C. and van Diedenhoven, B. and DiGangi, J. P. and Diskin, G. S. and Dmitrovic, S. and Edwards, E.-L. and Fenn, M. A. and Ferrare, R. A. and van Gilst, D. and Hair, J. W. and Harper, D. B. and Hilario, M. R. A. and Hostetler, C. A. and Jester, N. and Jones, M. and Kirschler, S. and Kleb, M. M. and Kusterer, J. M. and Leavor, S. and Lee, J. W. and Liu, H. and McCauley, K. and Moore, R. H. and Nied, J. and Notari, A. and Nowak, J. B. and Painemal, D. and Phillips, K. E. and Robinson, C. E. and Scarino, A. J. and Schlosser, J. S. and Seaman, S. T. and Seethala, C. and Shingler, T. J. and Shook, M. A. and Sinclair, K. A. and Smith Jr., W. L. and Spangenberg, D. A. and Stamnes, S. A. and Thornhill, K. L. and Voigt, C. and Vömel, H. and Wasilewski, A. P. and Wang, H. and Winstead, E. L. and Zeider, K. and Zeng, X. and Zhang, B. and Ziemba, L. D. and Zuidema, P.},
  title={Spatially-coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: The NASA ACTIVATE dataset},
  year={2023},
  journal={Earth System Science Data},
  volume={15},
  number={8},
  pages={3419--3472},
  doi={10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023},
}

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AU  - Alexandrov, M. D.
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AU  - Buzanowicz, M. E.
AU  - Cairns, B.
AU  - Chemyakin, E. V.
AU  - Chen, G.
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AU  - Collister, B. L.
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AU  - Corral, A. F.
AU  - Crosbie, E. C.
AU  - van Diedenhoven, B.
AU  - DiGangi, J. P.
AU  - Diskin, G. S.
AU  - Dmitrovic, S.
AU  - Edwards, E.-L.
AU  - Fenn, M. A.
AU  - Ferrare, R. A.
AU  - van Gilst, D.
AU  - Hair, J. W.
AU  - Harper, D. B.
AU  - Hilario, M. R. A.
AU  - Hostetler, C. A.
AU  - Jester, N.
AU  - Jones, M.
AU  - Kirschler, S.
AU  - Kleb, M. M.
AU  - Kusterer, J. M.
AU  - Leavor, S.
AU  - Lee, J. W.
AU  - Liu, H.
AU  - McCauley, K.
AU  - Moore, R. H.
AU  - Nied, J.
AU  - Notari, A.
AU  - Nowak, J. B.
AU  - Painemal, D.
AU  - Phillips, K. E.
AU  - Robinson, C. E.
AU  - Scarino, A. J.
AU  - Schlosser, J. S.
AU  - Seaman, S. T.
AU  - Seethala, C.
AU  - Shingler, T. J.
AU  - Shook, M. A.
AU  - Sinclair, K. A.
AU  - Smith Jr., W. L.
AU  - Spangenberg, D. A.
AU  - Stamnes, S. A.
AU  - Thornhill, K. L.
AU  - Voigt, C.
AU  - Vömel, H.
AU  - Wasilewski, A. P.
AU  - Wang, H.
AU  - Winstead, E. L.
AU  - Zeider, K.
AU  - Zeng, X.
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DO  - 10.5194/essd-15-3419-2023
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