Data sets included in the "data composites"

File Formats

NOTE:  Only PEM-Tropics-B, SONEX, POLINAT-2 and PEM-Tropics-A have bee re-processed to include additional species.  For the other data sets, the old files have just been re-written in the new format.  They will be re-processed as well for additional species.
 
Campaign (aircraft) Dates  Species List Regions List Gridded Data Profile Data
           
TRACE-P (DC8, P3) Feb 24-Apr 10, 2001   TRACE-P_DC8_species
TRACE-P_P3_species
  TRACE-P_DC8_regions
TRACE-P_P3_regions
  tracep_5x5.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
  tracep_regions.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
TOPSE (C130) Feb 5-May23, 2000   TOPSE_C130_species   TOPSE_C130_regions   topse_5x5.tar.gz
(Grouped by month)
  topse_regions.tar.gz
(Grouped by month)
PEM-Tropics-B (DC8) Mar 6-Apr 18, 1999  PEM-Tropics-B_DC8_species  PEM-Tropics-B_DC8_regions  pemtb_5x5.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
 pemtb_regions.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
PEM-Tropics-B (P3) Mar 11-Apr 11, 1999  PEM-Tropics-B_P3_species  PEM-Tropics-B_P3_regions
SONEX (DC8) Oct 7-Nov 12, 1997  SONEX_DC8_species  SONEX_DC8_regions  sonex_5x5.tar.gz (*)  sonex_regions.tar.gz (*)
POLINAT-2 (Falcon) Sep 19-Oct  25, 1997  POLINAT-2_Falcon_species  POLINAT-2_Falcon_regions  pol97_5x5.tar.gz  pol97_regions.tar.gz
PEM-Tropics-A (DC8)  Aug 24-Oct 15, 1996   PEM-Tropics-A_DC8_species  PEM-Tropics-A_DC8_regions  pemta_5x5.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
 pemta_regions.tar.gz
(DC8 & P3)
PEM-Tropics-A (P3) Aug 15-Sep 26, 1996   PEM-Tropics-A_P3_species  PEM-Tropics-A_P3_regions
SUCCESS (DC8) Apr 15-May 15, 1996   SUCCESS_DC-8_species   SUCCESS_DC-8_regions   success_5x5.tar.gz   success_regions.tar.gz 
VOTE (DC8) Jan 20-Feb 19, 1996   VOTE_DC-8_species   VOTE_DC-8_regions   vote_5x5.tar.gz    vote_regions.tar.gz
TOTE (DC8) Dec 6-22, 1995   TOTE_DC-8_species    TOTE_DC-8_regions   tote_5x5.tar.gz    tote_regions.tar.gz
ACE-1 (C130) Oct 31-Dec 22, 1995   ACE-1_DC-8_species   ACE-1_DC-8_regions   ace1_5x5.tar.gz   ace1_regions.tar.gz 
PEM-West-B (DC8) Feb 7-Mar 14, 1994   PEM-West-B_DC-8_species  PEM-West-B_DC-8_regions  pemwestb_5x5.tar.gz  pemwestb_regions.tar.gz
OCTA-4 (C130) Mar 1-Apr 26, 1994       
OCTA-3 (C130) Jan 12-Jan 17, 1994       
OCTA-2 (C130) Aug 19-Sep 1, 1993       
OCTA-1 (C130) Mar 23-May 21, 1993       
TRACE-A (DC8)  Sep 21-Oct 26, 1992   TRACE-A_DC-8_species  TRACE-A_DC-8_regions  tracea_5x5.tar.gz  tracea_regions.tar.gz
MLOPEX-2 (King Air) Apr 25-May 11, 1992      
AASE-2 (DC8)  Jan 14-Mar 20, 1992      
PEM-West-A (DC8)  Sep 16-Oct 21, 1991   PEM-West-A_DC-8_species  PEM-West-A_DC-8_regions  pemwesta_5x5.tar.gz  pemwesta_regions.tar.gz
TROPOZ- 2 (Caravelle 116) Jan 9-Feb 1, 1991   TROPOZ-2_Caravelle-116_species  TROPOZ-2_Caravelle-116_regions  tropoz2_5x5.tar.gz  tropoz2_regions.tar.gz
ABLE-3B (Electra) Jul 6-Aug 15, 1990   ABLE-3B_Electra_species  ABLE-3B_Electra_regions  able3b_5x5.tar.gz  able3b_regions.tar.gz
CITE-3  (Electra) Aug 22-Sep 29, 1989   CITE-3_Electra_species  CITE-3_Electra_regions  cite3_5x5.tar.gz  cite3_regions.tar.gz
ELCHEM  (Sabreliner) Jul 27-Aug 22, 1989  ELCHEM_Sabreliner_species  ELCHEM_Sabreliner_regions  elchem_5x5.tar.gz  elchem_regions.tar.gz
INSTAC-1  (Merlin) Mar 5-10, 1989         
AASE-1 (DC8)  Jan 2-Feb 15, 1989         
ABLE-3A  (Electra) Jul 7-Aug 17, 1988   ABLE-3A_Electra_species  ABLE-3A_Electra_regions  able3a_5x5.tar.gz  able3a_regions.tar.gz
TROPOZ- 1 (Caravelle 116) Dec 11-22, 1987  TROPOZ-1_Caravelle-116_species  TROPOZ-1_Caravelle-116_regions  tropoz1_5x5.tar.gz  tropoz1_regions.tar.gz
ABLE-2B  (Electra) Apr 1-May 13, 1987   ABLE-2B_Electra_species  ABLE-2B_Electra_regions  able2b_5x5.tar.gz  able2b_regions.tar.gz
CITE-2  (Electra) Aug 11-Sep 5, 1986   CITE-2_Electra_species  CITE-2_Electra_regions  cite2_5x5.tar.gz  cite2_regions.tar.gz
ABLE-2A  (Electra) Jul 12-Aug 13, 1985   ABLE-2A_Electra_species  ABLE-2A_Electra_regions  able2a_5x5.tar.gz  able2a_regions.tar.gz
STRATOZ-3 (Caravelle 116) Jun 4-26, 1984  STRATOZ-3_Caravelle-116_species  STRATOZ-3_Caravelle-116_regions stratoz3_5x5.tar.gz  stratoz3_regions.tar.gz
CITE-1-C (Ames)  (CV-990) Apr 20-May 10, 1984   CITE-1C_CV990_species  CITE-1C_CV990_regions  cite1c_grid.tar.gz  cite1c_regions.tar.gz
CITE-1-B (Hawaii)  (CV-990) Oct 19-Nov 26, 1983   CITE-1B_CV990_species  CITE-1B_CV990_regions  cite1b_grid.tar.gz  cite1b_regions.tar.gz

TABLE NOTES:

SONEX:  Peroxide data in the Harvard merges, and therefore these composites, are not final.  These will be updated.  Also, all data below detection limit are left out of the composites -- this will also be changed.
 
 

Naming Conventions and File Formats


Species file labels

Some abbreviations for species labels have been used in the composite file names (also used in the Profile plots above).  File headers give full variable names:
File Formats
For both 5x5 grids and profiles, data files start with a header indicated by '#' in the first column.  The header information is in the specified order:

5x5 Grids:

# CAMPAIGN_NAME PLATFORM
# ORIGINAL_VARIABLE_NAME [UNITS]
# CAMPAIGN_DATES
# grid type
# comment (data source)
# comment (date of this file)
# comment
# COLUMN_HEADINGS

Example:
# PEM-Tropics-B P3
# rb_o3_O3 [ppbv]
# 1999/03/06-1999/04/18
# 5x5degx1km
# Data from merges: mg060pXX.pmb 2000/08/24
# Stats calculated by L. Emmons 2000/09/05
# Lat, Lon, Alt are centers of grid boxes
# lat_degN, lon_degE, alt_km, N, min, max, mean, stddev, 5%, 25%, median, 75%, 95%
  -22.5  207.5    1.5    8  1.76e+01  2.50e+01  2.04e+01  2.99e+00  1.76e+01  1.76e+01  2.04e+01  2.19e+01  2.50e+01
  -22.5  207.5    2.5    7  1.93e+01  2.94e+01  2.30e+01  4.23e+00  1.93e+01  1.94e+01  2.09e+01  2.63e+01  2.94e+01
 

Region Profiles:
# CAMPAIGN_NAME PLATFORM
# ORIGINAL_VARIABLE_NAME [UNITS]
# CAMPAIGN_DATES
# REGION_LOCATION
# comment (data source)
# comment (date of this file)
# COLUMN_HEADINGS

Example:
# PEM-Tropics-B P3
# rb_o3_O3 [ppbv]
# 1999/03/06-1999/04/18
# LAT= -20.,  0. LON=  200., 230.
# Data from merges: mg060pXX.pmb 2000/08/24
# Stats calculated by L. Emmons 2000/09/04
# ialt, N, min, max, mean, stddev, 5%, 25%, median, 75%, 95%
  0  956      3.9     21.8     10.1      5.0      4.3      4.8      9.5     15.7     17.6
  1  477      5.7     24.0     11.8      5.5      6.3      7.0     10.0     17.8     21.1


Last modified 17 Sep 2000, LKE.