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PACE-PAX Data Access and Tools
To cite the campaign dataset, please use the following campaign DOI and citation:
Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., Cetinic, I., Ahern, A., Bennett, J. R., Bucholtz, A., Hair, J., Jordan, C., Martins, V., Meyer, K., Schlosser, J., Thompson, D., van Diedenhoven, B., & Ziemba, L. (2025). Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem - Postlaunch Airborne eXperiment Campaign Data [Dataset]. NASA Langley Atmospheric Science Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/PACE-PAX/DATA001
Datasets
PACE-PAX Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Platforms | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Location | Data State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Analysis Data | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28 |
N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Facility Instrument Data | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28 |
N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Data | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28 |
N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29 |
N: 38.1 S: 33.62 E: -116.98 W: -124.24 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter Laser Imaging Nephelometer (LI Neph) Data | TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-28 |
N: 38.11 S: 33.49 E: -116.98 W: -125.33 |
CALIFORNIA, Troposphere, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter - 2 (AirHARP2) Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-09-04 to 2024-10-01 |
N: 58.11 S: -45 E: 135 W: -135 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 Analysis Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-08-29 to 2024-09-29 |
N: 42.12 S: 31.42 E: -112.36 W: -128.49 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 High Spectral Resolution Lidar-2 Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-09-06 to 2024-10-01 |
N: 40.77 S: 32.56 E: -113.22 W: -127.56 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 In-Situ Meteorology and Navigation Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-02 |
N: 42.42 S: 31.42 E: -112.36 W: -128.49 |
CALIFORNIA, Troposphere, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 PRISM/PICARD Merged Level-1C Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-09-04 to 2024-10-01 |
N: 42.31 S: 31.57 E: -112.28 W: -128.62 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-08-29 to 2024-10-02 |
N: 42.42 S: 31.58 E: -112.42 W: -128.52 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX ER-2 Spectro-Polarimeter for Exploration - Airborne (SPEX Airborne) Data | NASA ER-2 | 2024-08-28 to 2024-10-01 |
N: 42.54 S: 31.36 E: -112.16 W: -128.76 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX Ivanpah Playa Data | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2024-09-17 to 2025-09-17 |
N: 35.57 S: 35.56 E: -115.39 W: -115.4 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX Marina Tower In-Situ Aerosol Data | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2024-09-01 to 2024-09-29 |
N: 36.68 S: 36.67 E: -121.75 W: -121.77 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
| PACE-PAX R/V Shearwater Pandora Data | R/V Shearwater | 2024-09-06 to 2025-09-27 |
N: 34.309 S: 33.604 E: -119.172 W: -120.077 |
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, Troposphere | COMPLETE |
PACE-PAX Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOOT | NASA's Sub-Orbital Order Tool (SOOT) provides users with suborbital field campaign data discovery and download capabilities. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization |
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