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Description

Data from the 1982 NASA Langley Airborne Lidar flights following the eruption of El Chichon beginning in July 1982 and continuing to January 1984. Data in ASCII format.

Product Summary

Platforms
AIRCRAFT
Instruments
LIDAR
Projects
NASA-Airborne-Lidar
Spatial Extent

N: 50 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180

Location
MEXICO
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1982-07-01 to 1992-05-26
Data Partner
Atmospheric Science Data Center, Science Directorate, Langley Research Center, NASA (NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC)
Concept ID
C3880594343-LARC_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
2
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Aerosol Backscatter ,
Altitude

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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NASA Airborne Lidar Sciene Team. (2013). Data from NASA Langley Airborne Lidar flights [Dataset]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/NASA_AIRBORNE_LIDAR_FLIGHTS_1 Date Accessed: 2026-08-12

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