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KOFSE: NCAR Electra Aircraft Data

Summary

This dataset contains aircraft data from the Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment (KOFSE) from the NCAR Electra. Data were collected from 19 May 1991 to 04 June 1991 (14 flights). Data files are in GNU Zip format.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/ZHDJ-579K-0Q0D
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-12-27)
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Related projects	KOFSE: Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	NCAR Electra (N308D)
Instruments	Aethalometer Nephelometers
GCMD Science Keywords	ABSORPTION AEROSOL BACKSCATTER AEROSOL FORWARD SCATTER AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES ALBEDO ANGSTROM EXPONENT CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS EMISSIONS FORMALDEHYDE SCATTERING SULFATE PARTICLES TRACE ELEMENTS/TRACE METALS TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	A001.readme.formaldehyde [3 KiB] dap_parms.txt [11 KiB] ele_parms.txt [6 KiB] readme.aerosol [5 KiB]
Related links	homepage: KOFSE/KuDA EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1991-05-19 00:00:00
End datetime	1991-06-04 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 21.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 44.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 54.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2018. KOFSE: NCAR Electra Aircraft Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/ZHDJ-579K-0Q0D. Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

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