We are in the process of migrating all NASA Earth science data sites into Earthdata from now until end of 2026. Not all NASA Earth science data and resources will appear here until then. Thank you for your patience as we make this transition.
Read about the Web Unification Project
NASA DC-8 Data Access and Tools
Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Version | Data State | Data Format | Science Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Aircraft Trace Gas Data | GC-MS, TD-LIF, DACOM, LWCC, CIT-ToF-CIMS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, PTR-MS, DFGAS, AVOCET | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Nitrogen Oxides, Formaldehyde, Atmospheric Chemistry, Hydrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Compounds, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Hydroxyl, Volatile Organic Compounds, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Peroxyacyl Nitrate, Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, Sulfur Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Sulfate, Halocarbons And Halogens, Chlorofluorocarbons, Hydrochlorofluorocarbons |
| DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Cloud Data | 2DS | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT, PNG | Particle Size Distribution, Clouds, Cloud Droplet Distribution, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice |
| DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Meteorological and Navigational Data | MMS, DLH, GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Upper Air Temperature, Static Pressure, Upper Level Winds, Dew Point Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Saturation Vapor Pressure, Platform Characteristics, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Horizontal Wind Velocity/Speed |
| DC3 In-Situ DC-8 Photolysis Frequency Data | CAFS | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Atmospheric Chemistry, Photolysis Rates |
| DC3 Merge Data Files | 2012-05-18 to 2012-06-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Methane, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Backscatter, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfate Particles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Upper Level Winds, Dew Point Temperature, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrate Particles, Nitrogen Oxides, Organic Particles, Altitude, Formaldehyde, Nitrogen Compounds, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Relative Humidity, Nitric Oxide, Water Vapor, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Photolysis Rates, U/V Wind Components, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Aerosol Size Distribution, AMMONIUM AEROSOLS, Chemical Composition, Non-refractory Aerosol Organic Mass, Water-soluble Aerosol Organic Mass, Aerosol Concentration, Black Carbon, AEROSOL ABSORPTION, AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO, Sea Salt, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Atmospheric Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Platform Characteristics, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Horizontal Wind Velocity/Speed, Spectral Irradiance, Shortwave Downward Irradiance, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, PEROXYNITRIC ACID, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Volatile Organic Compounds, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Halocarbons And Halogens, Nitrogen Dioxide, Atmospheric Ozone, Tropospheric Ozone, Nitrogen Compounds, Photolysis Rates, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Microphysics | |
| DC3 Miscellaneous DC-8 Aircraft Data | 2012-05-04 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Tropopause, Vorticity, Potential Vorticity | |
| DC3 Remotely Sensed DC-8 Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) Data | DIAL | 2012-05-14 to 2012-06-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF5 | Aerosols, Lidar Depolarization Ratio, Aerosol Backscatter, OZONE PROFILES, Aerosol Extinction |
| DC-8 Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System Dropsondes (AVAPS) TC4 | AVAPS | 2007-06-28 to 2007-08-08 | 1 | COMPLETE | Vertical Profiles, Upper Level Winds, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Water Vapor Indicators, Atmospheric Pressure Measurements | |
| DC-8 Meteorological and Navigation Data CPEX-AW | GPS, KT19 Pyrometer, RADAR ALTIMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, THERMOMETERS | 2021-08-17 to 2021-09-04 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Flight Data Logs, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Water Vapor Indicators, Wind Direction |
| DC-8 Meteorological and Navigation Data CPEX-CV | GPS | 2022-09-02 to 2022-10-03 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Platform Characteristics |
| DC-8 Meteorological and Navigation Data TC4 | GPS | 2007-06-28 to 2007-08-10 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT, PDF | Platform Characteristics |
| DC-8 Navigation Data CPEX | GPS | 2017-05-25 to 2017-06-28 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Flight Data Logs |
| Enhanced MODIS Airborne Simulator (eMAS) L2 Aerosol Data | eMAS | 2013-08-01 to 2019-08-23 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF | Aerosols, Black Carbon, Aerosol Particle Properties, Trace Gases/Trace Species |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 High-Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL) Remotely Sensed Data | DIAL, HSRL-2 | 2019-07-17 to 2019-09-06 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT, HDF5 | Aerosols, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Backscatter, Angstrom Exponent, Atmospheric Ozone, OZONE PROFILES, Lidar Depolarization Ratio |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Aerosol Data | TSI-3563 Neph, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, AMS, SPECTROMETERS, CPC, CPSPD, TSI CPC-3010, TSI LAS-3340, CCN, CDP, PSAP, SMPS, PHOTOMETERS, UHSAS, LWCC | 2019-07-15 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Aerosol Particle Properties, Sulfate Particles, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Chemical Composition, Organic Particles, Aerosol Size Distribution, Sea Salt, AEROSOL ABSORPTION, Aerosol Extinction, Black Carbon, AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO, Aerosol Concentration, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, AMMONIUM AEROSOLS, Non-refractory Aerosol Organic Mass, Carbonaceous Aerosols |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Cloud Data | CDP, CPSPD, CAPS | 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Clouds, Cloud Droplet Distribution, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Condensation Nuclei |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ J Value Data | CAFS | 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Atmospheric Chemistry, Photochemistry, Photolysis Rates |
| FIREX-AQ DC8 In-Situ Meteorological and Navigational Data | GPS, HYGROMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, PITOT-STATIC SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, MMS, DLH, LGR | 2019-07-15 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Atmospheric Winds, Atmospheric Temperature, Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Relative Humidity, Static Pressure, Atmospheric Pressure, Wind Direction, Wind Speed, Dew Point Temperature |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Radiation Data | CAFS | 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Atmospheric Radiation, Actinic Flux |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 In-Situ Trace Gas Data | TOGA, WAS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, DACOM, CAMS, GC-MS, SPECTROMETERS, LGR, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, CIMS, PTR-MS, CIT-ToF-CIMS, ACES | 2019-07-15 to 2019-09-05 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Volatile Organic Compounds, Glyoxal, Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Dioxide, ETHANE, Formaldehyde, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, Nitrous Oxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Halocarbons And Halogens, Ammonia, Sulfate Particles |
| FIREX-AQ DC-8 Remotely Sensed Trace Gas Data | DOAS | 2019-07-16 to 2019-09-07 | 1 | COMPLETE | NetCDF-3 | Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfur Dioxide, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Formaldehyde, Atmospheric Chemistry, Oxygen Compounds, Nitrogen Compounds, Nitrogen Dioxide |
| FIREX-AQ Merge Data Files | GPS, MMS, DLH, LGR, CDP, CAPS, AMS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, PTR-MS, GC-MS, ACES | 2019-07-22 to 2019-09-06 | 2 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality, Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Particulate Matter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Backscatter, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Carbon Monoxide, Sulfur Oxides, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Volatile Organic Compounds, Nitrogen Oxides, Altitude, Formaldehyde, Nitrogen Compounds, Tropospheric Ozone, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Platform Characteristics, Atmospheric Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Atmospheric Pressure, Static Pressure, Atmospheric Water Vapor, RELATIVE HUMIDITY, Saturation Vapor Pressure, Horizontal Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, U/V Wind Components, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Fire Ecology, Sulfate Particles, Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, ETHANE, Halocarbons And Halogens, Chlorofluorocarbons, Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons, Aerosol Concentration, Aerosol Size Distribution, AEROSOL ABSORPTION, AEROSOL SINGLE SCATTERING ALBEDO, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Chemical Composition, Photolysis Rates |
| GPM Ground Validation Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) OLYMPEX V1 | AVAPS | 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19 | 1 | COMPLETE | ASCII | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Relative Humidity, U/V Wind Components, Flight Level Winds, Wind Direction, Wind Speed |
| GPM Ground Validation Airborne Precipitation Radar 3rd Generation (APR-3) OLYMPEX V2 | APR-3 | 2015-11-12 to 2015-12-19 | 2 | COMPLETE | HDF5 | Doppler Velocity, Radar Reflectivity |
| GPM Ground Validation Airborne Precipitation Radar 3rd Generation (APR-3) OLYMPEX Version 1 | 2.3 | Retired | HDF-4 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Earthdata Forum
Our online forum provides a space for users to browse thousands of FAQs about research needs, data, and data applications. You can also submit new questions for our experts to answer.
Submit Questions to Earthdata Forumand View Expert Responses