NASA DC-8 Facility Instruments and Housekeeping Data System https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.109 Summary This data set contains NASA DC-8 Facility Instruments and Housekeeping Data collected during the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Experiment (DC3) from 4 May 2012 through 22 June 2012. This data set is in ICARTT format. Please see the header portion of the data files for details on instruments, parameters, quality assurance, quality control, contact information, and data set comments. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 353.109 * doi:10.26023/6VV1-2QEV-ZV13 https://doi.org/10.26023/6VV1-2QEV-ZV13 Versions 1.0 Citation National Suborbital Education and Research Center. 2013. DC3: NASA DC-8 Facility Instruments and Housekeeping Data System. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/6VV1-2QEV-ZV13 Accessed 19 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DC3 Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Categories * Aircraft Platforms * NASA DC-8 Instruments * GPS Receivers * Hygrometers * TTS - Total Temperature Sensor GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > SKIN TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY MIXING RATIO * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > WATER VAPOR * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY Documentation * DC8_Handbook-1.pdf [1099 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/46AFB17358EA/DC8_Handbook-1.pdf Related links * homepage: DC3 Home Page http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=DC3 * info: DC3 Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/dc3-data-policy-final * info: DC3 Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dc3_2012/missions/missions.html * info: DC3 Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dc3_2012/missions/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2012-05-04 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2012-06-22 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.06574 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 24.96023 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -106.76535 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -84.94339 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: National Suborbital Education and Research Center https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2779 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.109?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.109?format=isotc211