NASA DC-8 LARGE SMPS PSL Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.157

Summary
This data set contains NASA DC-8 Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment
(LARGE) Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) Data collected during the Deep
Convective Clouds and Chemistry Experiment (DC3) from 18 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: 353.157

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 Anderson, B., Langley Research Center (LaRC), NASA. 2013. NASA DC-8 LARGE
 SMPS PSL Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.157 Accessed 23 May 2022.

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 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
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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
 * Aircraft, NASA DC-8

Instruments
 * SMPS - Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION

Documentation
 * DC8_Handbook-1.pdf [1100 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/353.157/DC8_Handbook-1.pdf
 * LARGE_SEAC4RS.pdf [256 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/353.157/LARGE_SEAC4RS.pdf

Related links
 * info: DC3 Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dc3_2012/missions/missions.html
 * info: NASA Airborne Science Program: Langley Aerosol Research Group Experiment (LARGE)
   https://airbornescience.nasa.gov/instrument/LARGE

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2012-05-18 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 <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Bruce E. Anderson <Bruce.E.Anderson@nasa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1428
 * author: Langley Research Center (LaRC), NASA
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/964

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.157?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/353.157?format=isotc211