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65: Campaigns
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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

Balloons are used by various agencies around the world to take atmospheric measurements. There are multiple kinds of balloons, including tethered balloons, zero-pressure balloons, and surface-pressure balloons. Depending on the type of balloon, they can reach heights of over 100,000 feet. Balloons are typically equipped with small instruments, such as radiosondes.

Online information

https://www.nasa.gov/scientific-balloons/types-of-balloons

Related Campaigns & Instruments

Review the instruments operated on this platform for each of these field campaigns

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IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014

Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia

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Start Date	End Date
2014-05-01	2014-06-15

· 47 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

HyMeX

Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment

2012—2013

The Mediterranean

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Start Date	End Date
2012-09-05	2012-11-06

· 3 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
2013-08-01	2013-09-23

· 20 Data Products

Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

TRACER-AQ

TRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

2021

Galveston Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Houston metropolitan area

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Start Date	End Date
2021-09-01	2021-09-27

· 5 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023

Eastern United States

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Start Date	End Date
2020-01-17	2020-03-01
2022-01-08	2022-02-28
2023-01-13	2023-03-02

· 66 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

NAMMA

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

2006

Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2006-08-15	2006-09-15

· 23 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

MC3E

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2011

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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Start Date	End Date
2011-04-22	2011-06-06

· 34 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
2011-06-27	2011-07-31
2013-09-01	2013-10-01
2013-01-14	2013-02-11
2014-07-16	2014-08-16

· 12 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

FIFE

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

1987—1989

Central Kansas

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Start Date	End Date
1987-05-26	1987-10-16
1989-07-24	1989-08-12

· 101 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

OWLETS

Ozone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

2017—2018

Chesapeake Bay

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Start Date	End Date
2017-07-05	2017-08-24
2018-05-08	2018-07-19

· 12 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
2018-01-01	2019-07-29
2017-05-17	2017-05-18

· 16 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific

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Start Date	End Date
2007-06-16	2007-08-15

· 1 Data Product

Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

2011

Central United States, based out of Ellington, Texas

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Start Date	End Date
2011-03-18	2011-04-26

· 7 Data Products

Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH)

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

ASHOE

Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment

1994

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

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Start Date	End Date
1994-03-18	1994-11-04

· 0 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997

Arctic, Mid-latitudes

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Start Date	End Date
1997-06-23	1997-07-12
1997-09-02	1997-09-25
1997-04-16	1997-05-15

· 0 Data Products

Cold Atmospheric Emission Spectral Radiometer (CAESR)

Fourier Transformation Spectrometer (FTS)

Submillimeter Limb Sounder (SLS)

NOAA Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer (NOAA-O3)

Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors (Gen-Chemistry)

CR-AVE

Costa Rica Aura Validation Experiment

2006

Costa Rica

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Start Date	End Date
2006-01-14	2006-02-12

· 0 Data Products

Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

KORUS-AQ

Korean United States - Air Quality

2016

South Korean peninsula, including surrounding seas

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Start Date	End Date
2016-04-18	2016-06-19

· 12 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997

Arctic, Mid-latitudes

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Start Date	End Date
1997-06-23	1997-07-12
1997-09-02	1997-09-25
1997-04-16	1997-05-15

· 0 Data Products

High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer (Harvard CO2)

Argus Tunable Diode Laser Instrument (Argus)

Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer (ALIAS)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment (LACE)

NOAA Water (NW)

ATom

Atmospheric Tomography Mission

2016—2018

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

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Start Date	End Date
2016-07-29	2016-08-23
2018-04-24	2018-05-21
2017-09-28	2017-10-27
2017-01-26	2017-02-21

· 32 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

NOAA Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer (NOAA-O3)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

NAAMES

North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study

2015—2018

Northwestern Atlantic Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
2015-11-05	2015-12-02
2016-05-11	2016-06-05
2017-08-30	2017-09-24
2018-03-20	2018-04-13

· 12 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023

Eastern United States

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Start Date	End Date
2020-01-17	2020-03-01
2022-01-08	2022-02-28
2023-01-13	2023-03-02

· 66 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005

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

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Start Date	End Date
2005-07-01	2005-07-27

· 14 Data Products

Cryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer (CFH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
1992-09-02	1992-10-26
2001-02-24	2001-04-15

· 0 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

TARFOX

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment

1996

Western Atlantic Ocean, US Eastern Seaboard

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Start Date	End Date
1996-07-07	1996-07-31

· 5 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016

Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State

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Start Date	End Date
2015-11-01	2016-05-01

· 36 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SAFARI 2000

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

1999—2001

Southern Africa

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Start Date	End Date
2000-02-01	2000-03-31
2001-03-01	2001-03-31
1999-08-01	1999-09-30
2000-08-01	2000-09-30

· 117 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SAFARI 2000

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

1999—2001

Southern Africa

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Start Date	End Date
2000-02-01	2000-03-31
2001-03-01	2001-03-31
1999-08-01	1999-09-30
2000-08-01	2000-09-30

· 117 Data Products

Southern Hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes (SHADOZ)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

LPVEx

Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment

2010

Gulf of Finland

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Start Date	End Date
2010-09-15	2010-12-31

· 22 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

2010

Tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern North Pacific, Caribbean Sea

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Start Date	End Date
2010-08-15	2010-09-25

· 24 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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Start Date	End Date
1994-02-02	1994-09-19
1996-02-27	1996-10-21

· 303 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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Start Date	End Date
1994-02-02	1994-09-19
1996-02-27	1996-10-21

· 303 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012

Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)

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Start Date	End Date
2012-01-15	2012-03-04

· 44 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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Start Date	End Date
1993-09-07	1993-10-08
1995-08-23	1995-09-02
1998-08-04	1998-09-30
2001-08-03	2001-09-28

· 70 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

CAMEX

Convection and Moisture Experiment

1993—2001

US Atlantic coast, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean

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Start Date	End Date
1993-09-07	1993-10-08
1995-08-23	1995-09-02
1998-08-04	1998-09-30
2001-08-03	2001-09-28

· 70 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

ARESE

Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Enhanced Shortwave Experiment

1995—2000

Southern Great Plains, Southwestern United States

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Start Date	End Date
1995-09-22	1995-11-01
2000-02-21	2000-04-05

· 1 Data Product

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

PEM

Pacific Exploratory Mission

1991—1999

Pacific Ocean

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Start Date	End Date
1991-09-16	1991-10-21
1994-02-07	1994-03-14
1996-08-14	1996-10-06
1999-03-06	1999-04-20

· 0 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

S-MODE

Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

2021—2023

Centered approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco, California, USA

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Start Date	End Date
2023-04-03	2023-05-02
2022-10-06	2022-11-07
2021-10-17	2021-11-09

· 33 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

POSIDON

Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection

2016

Guam, western Pacific

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Start Date	End Date
2016-10-12	2016-10-30

· 0 Data Products

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

CalWater

2015

California, Sierra Nevada Range

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Start Date	End Date
2015-01-12	2015-03-08

· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

AAOE

Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

1987

Antarctica

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Start Date	End Date
1987-08-17	1987-10-04

· 1 Data Product

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992

Arctic

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Start Date	End Date
1988-12-15	1989-02-21
1991-08-20	1992-03-26

· 2 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

C3VP

Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Project

2006—2007

Ontario, Canada

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Start Date	End Date
2006-10-04	2007-04-09

· 6 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

ABLE

Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment

1984—1990

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

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Start Date	End Date
1984-06-13	1984-06-30
1985-07-18	1985-08-09
1987-04-13	1987-05-08
1988-07-07	1988-08-17
1990-07-06	1990-08-15

· 0 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
1991-11-13	1991-12-07
1992-06-01	1992-06-25
1998-04-08	1998-07-30
1986-10-13	1986-11-02
1987-06-30	1987-07-19

· 131 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

SCOAPE

Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment

2019

Gulf of Mexico

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Start Date	End Date
2019-04-09	2019-05-20

· 4 Data Products

KNMI NO2-sonde (NO2-Sonde)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
1991-11-13	1991-12-07
1992-06-01	1992-06-25
1998-04-08	1998-07-30
1986-10-13	1986-11-02
1987-06-30	1987-07-19

· 131 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

Radar-Tracked Constant Volume Balloon (Tetroons)

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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Start Date	End Date
1991-11-13	1991-12-07
1992-06-01	1992-06-25
1998-04-08	1998-07-30
1986-10-13	1986-11-02
1987-06-30	1987-07-19

· 131 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
1991-11-13	1991-12-07
1992-06-01	1992-06-25
1998-04-08	1998-07-30
1986-10-13	1986-11-02
1987-06-30	1987-07-19

· 131 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002

Southern Florida

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Start Date	End Date
2002-07-03	2002-07-29

· 1 Data Product

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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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Start Date	End Date
2004-07-01	2004-08-15
2006-03-01	2006-05-17

· 21 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

CLAMS

Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites

2001

Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean

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· 5 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022

West Pacific, South Korea

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· 8 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

DCOTSS

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

2021—2022

Central United States

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· 5 Data Products

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

VIRGAS

Volcano-plume Investigation Readiness and Gas-phase and Aerosol Sulfur

2015

Houston, Texas

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· 2 Data Products

Printed Optical Particle Spectrometer (POPS)

SPADE

Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition

1992—1993

Western United States

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· 1 Data Product

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

CPEX-CV

Convective Processes EXperiment - Cabo Verde

2022

Cabo Verde, Tropical East Atlantic Ocean

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· 7 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SPURS

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

2012—2017

Subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

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· 38 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

GloPac

Global Hawk Pacific

2010

Northern Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

ACCENT

Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause

1999—2000

Southern United States

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· 0 Data Products

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

AVE

Aura Validation Experiment

2004—2005

Houston, Texas, Southern United States, Gulf of Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

MidCiX

Middle Latitude Cirrus Experiment

2004

South-central United States

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· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

STRAT

Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

1995—1996

Pacific Ocean, Moffett Field, California, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii

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· 9 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

ARCTAS

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

2008

Alaska, Western Canada, California

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· 5 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

ASTEX

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

1992

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 0 Data Products

Rawinsonde (Rawinsonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

Radar-Tracked Constant Volume Balloon (Tetroons)

ACCENT

Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause

1999—2000

Southern United States

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· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

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

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

TOTE-VOTE

Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment

1995—1996

Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Alaska, Iceland, Arctic, Arctic Ocean

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· 10 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SUCCESS

SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail & Clouds Effects Special Study

1996

Central and Western United States

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· 1 Data Product

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SOLVE

SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

1999—2003

Arctic, Kiruna, Sweden

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· 32 Data Products

High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer (Harvard CO2)

Fourier Transformation Spectrometer (FTS)

Submillimeter Limb Sounder (SLS)

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer (ALIAS)

Generic-Atmospheric State (Gen-AtmsState)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment (LACE)

Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors (Gen-Chemistry)

POLARIS

Photochemistry of Ozone Loss in the Arctic Region In Summer

1997

Arctic, Mid-latitudes

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· 0 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

CARAFE

NASA Carbon Atmospheric Flux Experiment

2016—2017

Eastern United States Coast, Mid-Atlantic Region

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· 1 Data Product

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SOLVE

SAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

1999—2003

Arctic, Kiruna, Sweden

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· 32 Data Products

Optical Particle Counter (OPC)

Fourier Transformation Spectrometer (FTS)

Frost Point Hygrometer (FPH)

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Condensation Nuclei Counter (CNC)

Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors (Gen-Chemistry)

STEP

Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Project

1984—1987

Moffett Field, California; Darwin, Australia

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· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

STAQS

Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

2023

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

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· 10 Data Products

Ozonesonde (Ozonesonde)

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

WAM

WB-57 Aerosol Mission

1998

Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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· 0 Data Products

Radiosonde (Radiosonde)

Data Products

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Campaigns

Instruments

Formats

FIRE_AX_MALBAL_SONDE

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) SOFIA Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0058

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsNative

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II Colorado State University (CSU) Rawinsonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0094

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsNative

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Wind Profiler Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0130

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde, Sound Detection and Ranging, Ultra High Frequency Wind Profiler

FormatsBinary

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Tethered Balloon Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0125

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsBinary

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) - Vaisala Radiosonde data from Wallops ground station10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0003

CampaignsTropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsGenesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

InstrumentsRadiosonde

NAMMA PRAIA CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsNASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

InstrumentsRadiosonde

NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/RADIOSONDE/DATA202

CampaignsNASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

InstrumentsFLUXNET Towers, Generic-Radiometers

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

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

InstrumentsAerosol Mass Spectrometer, High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph, Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer, Ozonesonde, Radiosonde, Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors

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

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

InstrumentsLangley Mobile Ozone Lidar, NASA Goddard Tropospheric Ozone Lidar, Ozonesonde, Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors

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

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

InstrumentsLangley Mobile Ozone Lidar, NASA Goddard Tropospheric Ozone Lidar, Ozonesonde, Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors

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

InstrumentsOzonesonde

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

CampaignsTropical Cloud Systems and Processes

InstrumentsCryogenic Frost Point Hygrometer, Ozonesonde, Radiosonde

GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOSONDE GCPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsGPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Oceanus Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0041

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

FIRE_CI2_CLASS_SONDE

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde LPVEx V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/LPVEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsLight Precipitation Evaluation Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

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

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

InstrumentsOzonesonde

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

CampaignsOzone Water-Land Environmental Transition Study

InstrumentsOzonesonde

First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Utrecht University Tethered Balloon10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0007

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Porto Santo Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0042

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) SOFIA Le Suroit Tethered Balloon Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0064

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/RADIOSONDES/DATA101

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment, Radar Definition Experiment (RADEX) for ACE Mission

InstrumentsAirborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System, Radiosonde

SAFARI 2000 SHADOZ Ozonesonde Data, Zambia and Regional Sites, Dry Season 200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/726

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

InstrumentsSouthern Hemisphere ADditional OZonesondes

S-MODE L2 Shipboard Meteorological Data from Rawinsondes Version 110.5067/SMODE-SONDE

CampaignsSub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsnetCDF-4

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Rawinsonde Level 1 Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0049

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Le Suroit Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0065

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsNative

GPM Ground Validation UNCA Upper Air Radiosonde IPHEx V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsIntegrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, Skukuza, Dry Seasons 1999-200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/728

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

InstrumentsRadiosonde

INTEXB_O3SONDES

CampaignsIntercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

InstrumentsOzonesonde

Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Data Set CD-ROM

CampaignsStratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition

InstrumentsHigh Altitude OH Experiment, Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer, Airborne Chromatograph For Atmospheric Trace Species, Composition and Photo-Dissociative Flux Measurement, Lyman-alpha Hygrometer, Radiosonde, FSSP-300 Aerosol Spectrometer, High-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer, Multiple Axis Resonance Fluorescence Chemical Conversion Detector for ClO and BrO, Condensation Nuclei Counter, NOAA Dual-Beam UV-Absorption Ozone Photometer, Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer, Meteorological Measurement System

FormatsASCII

SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, South Africa, Dry Season 200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/729

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Atmospheric Profiles: Brutsaert (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/15

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Temperature Profiles: Radiosonde (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/124

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Atmos. Profile: Std. Press. Level (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/14

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Radiosonde Data: NOAA (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/73

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Wind Profile Data: Radiosonde (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/139

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

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

CampaignsAirborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

InstrumentsMicrowave Temperature Profiler, Active Scattering Aerosol Spectrometer Probe, Fourier Transformation Spectrometer, Meteorological Measurement System, Differential Absorption Lidar, Lyman-alpha Hygrometer, Ozonesonde, Airborne Tunable Laser Absorption Spectrometer

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Rawinsonde Level 2 Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0050

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Santa Maria Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0051

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

FIRE_AX_VALDIV_SONDE

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

BOREAS AFM-05 Level-1 Upper Air Network Data, R110.3334/ORNLDAAC/238

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsRadiosonde

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

CampaignsAirborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

InstrumentsAirborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements, Riegl Q1560, Fourier Transformation Spectrometer, Meteorological Measurement System, Generic-Atmospheric State, Ozonesonde

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

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsOzonesonde

BOREAS AFM-05 Level-2 Upper Air Network Standard Pressure Level Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/239

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

InstrumentsRadiosonde

The Second Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE-II) on CD-ROM

CampaignsAirborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

InstrumentsRiegl Q1560, Fourier Transformation Spectrometer, Meteorological Measurement System, Generic-Atmospheric State

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) INMG Funchal Sounding Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0052

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsASCII

FIRE_CI1_RAWINSONDES

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II National Weather Service(NWS) Inner-Network Rawinsonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0111

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsNative

CLAMS Chesapeake Lighthouse Vaisala RS-80 Radiosonde10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/CLAMS/0001

CampaignsChesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites

InstrumentsRadiosonde

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

CampaignsSatellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment

InstrumentsKNMI NO2-sonde, Ozonesonde

FormatsICARTT

NAAMES Sonde Meteorological InSitu Data, Version 110.5067/ASDC/NAAMES_Met_SondeInSitu_Data_1

CampaignsNorth Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study

InstrumentsRadiosonde

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

CampaignsMid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

InstrumentsFrost Point Hygrometer, Ozonesonde, Radiosonde

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

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

InstrumentsOzonesonde, Radiosonde

Mobile UIUC Soundings IMPACTS V110.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA101

CampaignsInvestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

InstrumentsRawinsonde

SBU Mobile Soundings IMPACTS V110.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA301

CampaignsInvestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

InstrumentsRawinsonde

NOAA Soundings IMPACTS V110.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA201

CampaignsInvestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

InstrumentsRawinsonde

NCSU Soundings IMPACTS V110.5067/IMPACTS/SOUNDING/DATA401

CampaignsInvestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

InstrumentsRawinsonde

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

CampaignsDynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

InstrumentsFrost Point Hygrometer, Ozonesonde, Radiosonde

CAMEX-4 ANDROS ISLAND RAWINSONDE AND RADIOSONDES V110.5067/CAMEX-4/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsConvection and Moisture Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

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

CampaignsTRacking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality

InstrumentsOzonesonde

CAMEX-3 ANDROS ISLAND RAWINSONDE AND RADIOSONDES V110.5067/CAMEX-3/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsConvection and Moisture Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Marine Aerosol Gas Exchange (MAGE) Tetroon10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0038

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRadar-Tracked Constant Volume Balloon

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II National Weather Service(NWS) Outer-Network Rawinsonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0112

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsNative

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Ceilometer and Cross-chain Loran Atmospheric Sounding System (CLASS) Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0123

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

InstrumentsCeilometer, Rawinsonde

FormatsBinary

INTEXA_O3SONDES

CampaignsIntercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment - North America

InstrumentsOzonesonde

SPURS-2 Rawinsonde meteorological data for the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign R/V Revelle cruises10.5067/SPUR2-SONDE

CampaignsSalinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study

InstrumentsRawinsonde

FormatsnetCDF-4

STRAT Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/STRAT_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsStratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

InstrumentsRadiosonde

Formatsraob

Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment - Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) Sonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/TOTE-VOTE_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsTropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment

InstrumentsRadiosonde

FormatsRAOB

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

CampaignsSAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

InstrumentsHigh-Sensitivity Fast-Response CO2 Analyzer, Fourier Transformation Spectrometer, Submillimeter Limb Sounder, Airborne Laser Infrared Absorption Spectrometer, Generic-Atmospheric State, Ozonesonde, Lightweight Airborne Chromatograph Experiment, Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors

FormatsOther Ames

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

CampaignsSAGE III Ozone Loss and Validation Experiment

InstrumentsOptical Particle Counter, Fourier Transformation Spectrometer, Frost Point Hygrometer, Ozonesonde, Condensation Nuclei Counter, Generic-Chemistry Related Sensors

FormatsOther Ames

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

CampaignsSynergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

InstrumentsOzonesonde, Radiosonde

Formatsict

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2003-06-16	2003-07-21

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