Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE): Airborne Measurements of Meteorological Parameters, Atmospheric Composition and Aerosols

This dataset collection contains data from the Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) which was based at NASA Ames Research Center in California during portions of 1992 and 1993.

The data consist of measurements collected onboard the NASA ER-2 aircraft, and selected radiosonde soundings from stations in the region of the experiment. Flights were conducted during October and November of 1992, April and May of 1993, and October of 1993.

Theory team products come in two forms: as quantities evaluated along flight tracks and as global or hemispheric fields. Meteorological quantities, such as temperature, geopotential, and potential vorticity are available in both forms. They are based on analyses from both the U.S. National Meteorological Center and from the Assimilation Model of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Other quantities, available along flight tracks only, include visible reflectivity, cloud height, UV reflectivity, and total ozone. The first two are derived from GOES imagery, the last two from the Meteor TOMS sensor. Finally, calculations of mixing ratios of selected chemical species using a photochemical steady state model are available along the flight track.

Date (Publication): 1994-12-10T02:27:55

Date (Creation): 1994-12-10T02:27:55

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/44beda2983d4b3522d33ce1aaf794151

Citation identifier: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) / 44beda2983d4b3522d33ce1aaf794151

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Author
NASA Ames Research Center		unknown	Author
Unavailable	McCormick, M. Patrick	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)		unknown	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

SPADE
Meteorology
Aerosols
Atmospheric Composition
Aircraft
stratosphere
photochemistry
dynamics

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1992-10-12T23:00:00

End date: 1993-10-25T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/44beda2983d4b3522d33ce1aaf794151	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/spade/	SPADE Website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/spade/project/statement.html	STRATOSPHERIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY, AEROSOLS AND DYNAMICS EXPEDITION

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/spade/references.html	BADC Doc: SPADE List of References

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/spade/documents.html	SPADE Project Documentation

Hierarchy level: Series

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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Metadata language: English

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Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-06-18T02:26:24

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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