ATom: L2 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA)
This dataset provides concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) measured by the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA) during airborne campaigns conducted by NASA's Atmospheric Tomography (ATom) mission. Specific data were obtained for radical precursors, tracers of anthropogenic and biogenic activities, tracers of urban and biomass combustion emissions, products of oxidative processing, precursors to aerosol formation, and compounds important for aerosol modification and transformation. TOGA measures a wide range of VOCs with high sensitivity (ppt or lower), frequency (2.0 min.), accuracy (often 15% or better), and precision (<3%). ATom deployed an extensive gas and aerosol payload on the NASA DC-8 aircraft for systematic, global-scale sampling of the atmosphere, profiling continuously from 0.2 to 12 km altitude. Flights occurred in each of 4 seasons from 2016 to 2018.
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| Spatial Extent: | Bounding Rectangle: N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0 |
Data Format(s): | Distribution: ICARTT, NetCDF |
| Temporal Extent: | Platform(s): | NASA DC-8 | |
| Data Center(s): | ORNL_DAAC | Instrument(s): | SPECTROMETERS |
| Version: | 1 | ||
- Other Citation Details: Apel, E.C., E.C. Asher, A.J. Hills, and R.S. Hornbrook. 2019. ATom: L2 Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA). ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1749
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://daac.ornl.gov/ATOM/guides/ATom_TOGA_Instrument_Data.html, ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation
- GENERAL DOCUMENTATION: https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/atom/ATom_TOGA_Instrument_Data/comp/ATom_TOGA_Instrument_Data.pdf, ATom: Measurements from the Trace Organic Gas Analyzer (TOGA): ATom_TOGA_Instrument_Data.pdf
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DOI
10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1749
https://doi.org
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Processing Level
2
Derived geophysical variables at the same resolution as L1 source data
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Projects
| Project Short Name | Campaigns | Project Dates |
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| ATom | No campaigns listed. | No dates provided. |
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| HORIZONTAL | CARTESIAN | CARTESIAN |
Location Keywords
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION
- GLOBAL
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ORNL_DAAC
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6407
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Archive And Distribution Information
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Format: ICARTT
Format Type: Native
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Format: NetCDF
Format Type: Native
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