IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative

DLR insitu data for the evaluation of global chemistry-climate models participating in CCMI

Contact for questions: Björn Brötz, Heidi.Huntrieser, Hans Schlager, and Veronika Eyring

This webpage contains a collection of insitu data from DLR that are suitable for the evaluation of global chemistry-climate models. It is created as part of the IGAC/SPARC Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) working group on improved evaluation of chemistry-climate models using in-situ research aircraft data and the DLR Earth System Model Validation (ESMVal) Project.

On this site a collection of files that contain the position information (latitude, longitude, and altitude) and observational data of numerous research flights of the DLR-Falcon can be found. Links to zip archives in Nasa-Ames format are provided.

Overview

Further data can be found at the central database for airborne research of the DLR https://halo-db.pa.op.dlr.de/

Chemical Species observed:

	NO	NOy	CO	CO2	O3	HCHO	H2O2	VOC	CH4	CN	H2O	N2O	SO2	HNO3	HONO	HCl	ClONO2
CONTRACE 2001	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x		x
ICART_ITOP 2004	x	x	x		x
TROCCINOX 2004	x	x	x		x					x
TROCCINOX 2005	x	x	x		x					x
DC3 2012			x	x	x			x	x	x
TACTS 2012					x			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
ESMVal 2012					x			x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x

Major aircraft field missions:

2001 CONTRACE based in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, during November, 2001.

CONTRACE mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2001_CONTRACE.zip, 2.925 KB)
Observations (available soon)

References:

Lawrence, M., et al., Global chemical weather forecasts for field campaign planning: Predictions and observations of large-scale features during MINOS, CONTRACE, and INDOEX, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 267-289, 2003.
Stohl, A., C. Forster, S. Eckhardt, N. Spichtinger, H. Huntrieser, J. Heland, H. Schlager, S. Wilhelm, F. Arnold, and O. Cooper, A backward modeling study of intercontinental pollution transport using aircraft measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 4370, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002862, 2003.
Stohl, A., H. Huntrieser, A. Richter, S. Beirle, O. Cooper, S. Eckhardt, C. Forster, P. James, N. Spichtinger, T. Wagner, J. Burrows, and U. Platt, Rapid intercontinental air pollution transport associated with a meteorological bomb, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 3, 969-985, 2003.
Huntrieser et al., Intercontinental air pollution transport from North America to Europe: Experimental evidence from airborne measurements and surface observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D01305, doi:10.1029/2004JD005045, 2005.

2004 ICARTT-ITOP based in Paris, France, during July, 2004.

ICARTT-ITOP mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2004_ICARTT-ITOP.zip, 9.672 KB)
Observations (available soon)

References:

Real, E., Law, K. S., Schlager, H., Roiger, A., Huntrieser, H., Methven, J., Cain, M., Holloway, J., Neuman, J. A., Ryerson, T., Flocke, F., de Gouw, J., Atlas, E., Donnelly, S., and Parrish, D.: Lagrangian analysis of low altitude anthropogenic plume processing across the North Atlantic, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 7737-7754, doi:10.5194/acp-8-7737-2008, 2008.

2004 TROCCINOX based in Araraquara, Brazil, during February-March, 2004.

TROCCINOX mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2004_TROCCINOX.zip, 5.280 KB)
Observations (available soon)

2005 TROCCINOX based in Aracatuba, Brazil, during February, 2005.

TROCCINOX mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2005_TROCCINOX.zip, 5.280 KB)
Observations (available soon)

References:

Special issue in ACP 2006: "TROCCINOX - Tropical convection and its impact on the troposphere and lower stratosphere" Eds. M. G. Lawrence, A. R. MacKenzie, and H. Schlager
Huntrieser, H., Schlager, H., Roiger, A., Lichtenstern, M., Schumann, U., Kurz, C., Brunner, D., Schwierz, C., Richter, A., and Stohl, A.: Lightning-produced NOx over Brazil during TROCCINOX: airborne measurements in tropical and subtropical thunderstorms and the importance of mesoscale convective systems, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 2987-3013, doi:10.5194/acp-7-2987-2007, 2007.
Schumann, U. and Huntrieser, H.: The global lightning-induced nitrogen oxides source, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 7, 3823-3907, doi:10.5194/acp-7-3823-2007, 2007.
Huntrieser, H., Schumann, U., Schlager, H., Höller, H., Giez, A., Betz, H.-D., Brunner, D., Forster, C., Pinto Jr., O., and Calheiros, R.: Lightning activity in Brazilian thunderstorms during TROCCINOX: implications for NOx production, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 921-953, doi:10.5194/acp-8-921-2008, 2008.

2012 DC3 based in Salina, Kansas/USA during June, 2012.

DC3 mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2012_DC3.zip, 8.467 KB)
Observations (available soon)

2012 TACTS based in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany during August-September, 2012.

TACTS mission website
Aircraft Position
download (2012_TACTS.zip, 15.934 KB)
Observations (available soon)

2012 ESMVal based in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany during August-September, 2012.

ESMVal website
Aircraft Position
download (2012_ESMVal.zip, 17.348 KB)
Observations (available soon)

References:

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Last modified: 6 June 2013
by Veronika Eyring

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