Instrument

Ozonesonde
Ozonesonde

Ozonesondes are in situ balloon-borne instruments used to measure ozone concentration profiles. An ozonesonde consists of an electrochemical ozone sensor connected with a meteorological radiosonde to collect ozone, temperature, pressure, and humidity measurements as it ascends through the atmosphere. It provides ozone profile measurements at a resolution of 100 to 150 m. Ozonesondes have a typical measurement rate of 0.1 Hz and can collect profiles up to around 35 km.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Multi

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Profiles

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Vertical Profiles

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry > Oxygen Compounds > Ozone

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature

Vertical Measurement Regions

Full Column Profile

Temporal Resolution

0.1 Hz

Spatial Resolution

100-150 m

Measurement Frequency

N/A

Calibration Details

Currently unavailble

Online Information

Lead Investigator
Currently unavailable
Technical Contact
Currently unavailable
Instrument Maker
EN-SCI
Funding Source
Currently unavailable
Overview Publications
Currently unavailable
Repositories
- Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC)
- data center outside NASA

Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Balloon Launch Site

Campaign Balloons

70 Campaigns · 21 Instruments

SEAC4RS

Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

2013

North America including portions of Canada, Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico

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· 20 Data Products

SARP

Student Airborne Research Program

2009—2030

Southern California, Virginia

Ongoing

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Deployment Dates

Start Date	End Date
2009-07-12	2009-08-13
2010-06-20	2010-07-30
2011-06-19	2011-07-29
2012-06-17	2012-08-10
2013-06-09	2013-08-02
2014-06-15	2014-08-08
2015-06-14	2015-08-07
2016-06-12	2016-08-05
2017-06-18	2017-08-11
2018-06-18	2018-08-10
2019-06-16	2019-08-09
2021-12-03	2021-12-10
2022-06-12	2022-08-05
2023-06-11	2023-08-04
2023-06-18	2023-08-11
2024-06-16	2024-08-09
2024-06-23	2024-08-16

· 0 Data Products

TRACER-AQ

TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

2021

Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Houston metropolitan area

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· 5 Data Products

OWLETS

Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

2017—2018

Chesapeake Bay

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· 12 Data Products

DISCOVER-AQ

Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

2011—2014

Baltimore MD, San Joaquin Valley CA, Houston TX, Denver CO

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· 89 Data Products

LISTOS

Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

2017—2019

New York City metropolitan and Long Island Sound area, Northeastern U.S.

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· 17 Data Products

TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific

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· 1 Data Product

MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

2011

Central United States

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· 7 Data Products

ASHOE

Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment

1994

Moffett Field, California, Christchurch, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji

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· 0 Data Products

CR-AVE

Costa Rica Aura Validation Experiment

2006

Costa Rica

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· 0 Data Products

KORUS-AQ

Korean United States - Air Quality

2016

South Korean peninsula, including surrounding seas

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· 12 Data Products

POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997

Arctic, Mid-latitudes

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· 9 Data Products

ATom

Atmospheric Tomography Mission

2016—2018

Western Arctic, South Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Central North America

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· 41 Data Products

TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005

Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific

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· 14 Data Products

TRACE

Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator

1992—2001

Brazil, Southern Africa, Tropical Atlantic, Central & Western Regions of the Pacific Ocean Basin

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· 0 Data Products

BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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· 303 Data Products

CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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· 70 Data Products

ARESE

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment

1995—2000

Southern Great Plains, Southwestern United States

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· 1 Data Product

PEM

Pacific Exploratory Mission

1991—1999

Pacific Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

POSIDON

Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection

2016

Guam, western Pacific

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· 0 Data Products

AAOE

Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

1987

Antarctica

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· 1 Data Product

AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992

Arctic

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· 2 Data Products

ABLE

Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment

1984—1990

Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Rainforest, Greenland, Eastern Canada, Alaska

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· 0 Data Products

SCOAPE

Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment

2019

Gulf of Mexico

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· 4 Data Products

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

INTEX-NA

Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

2004—2006

North America, Gulf of Mexico, North Pacific Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean

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· 21 Data Products

DCOTSS

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

2021—2022

Central United States

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· 5 Data Products

ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022

West Pacific, South Korea

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· 8 Data Products

GloPac

Global Hawk Pacific

2010

Northern Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

AVE

Aura Validation Experiment

2004—2005

Houston, Texas, Southern United States, Gulf of Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

ARCTAS

Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

2008

Alaska, Western Canada, California

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· 27 Data Products

ASIA-AQ

Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality

2024

East and Southeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand

Ongoing

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· 0 Data Products

SOLVE

SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

1999—2003

Arctic, Kiruna, Sweden

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· 32 Data Products

STAQS

Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

2023

Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, United States, North America

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· 10 Data Products

Data Products

Filter data products from this instrument by specific campaigns, platforms, or formats.

Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

TRACER-AQ Ozonesondes/Radiosondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/TRACERAQDATA001/Ground/Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsTRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tethersonde Meteorological and Ozone Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/504

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

The Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE), Including Halley Bay Ozonesonde Data on CD-ROM

CampaignsAirborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Douglas DC-8, NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

The First Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE-I) and the Meteorological Measurement System (MMS) Data CD-ROM's

CampaignsAirborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

KORUS-AQ Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/KORUSAQ_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsKorean United States - Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Field Sites

TCSP TICOSONDE-AURA 2005 V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsTropical Cloud Systems and Processes

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

DISCOVER-AQ Ozonesonde Measurements10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/DISCOVER-AQ/0011

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

LISTOS Westport Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_Westport_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

LISTOS Rutgers Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_Rutgers_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

LISTOS Flax Pond Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_FlaxPond_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

OWLETS-2 Ozonesonde Data10.5067/Suborbital/OWLETS-2/Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

OWLETS-1 Ozonesonde Data10.5067/Suborbital/OWLETS-1/Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

MACPEX Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/MACPEX_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsMid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

SEAC4RS Radiosonde/Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SEAC4RS_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsStudies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Balloon Data Products10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1

CampaignsDynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

INTEXA_O3SONDES

CampaignsIntercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

INTEXB_O3SONDES

CampaignsIntercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

SCOAPE Balloon and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SCOAPE_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsSatellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

SOLVE I Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SOLVE1_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsSAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsOther Ames

SOLVE II Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SOLVE2_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsSAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsOther Ames

STAQS Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/STAQS/DATA001/Sondes_1

CampaignsSynergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Formatsict

ARCTAS Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/ARCTAS_Ozonesondes_Data_1

CampaignsArctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

POLARIS Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/POLARIS_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsPhotochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Formatsosnd

DISCOVER-AQ Maryland Deployment Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DISCOVERAQ_Maryland_Ozonesondes_Data_1

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

DISCOVER-AQ Texas Deployment Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DISCOVERAQ_Texas_Ozonesondes_Data_1

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

DISCOVER-AQ Colorado Deployment Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DISCOVERAQ_Colorado_Ozonesondes_Data_1

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

DISCOVER-AQ California Deployment Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/DISCOVERAQ_California_Ozonesondes_Data_1

CampaignsDeriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsICARTT

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Overview

Instrument Details

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Ozonesonde
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