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PEM-Tropics B Data Archive CD-ROM

(May, 2001)

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This CD-ROM contains data from Phase B of the Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) Pacific Exploratory Mission in the Tropics (PEM-Tropics B) conducted in March-April 1999. The mission involved the NASA DC-8, with flights originating from Hawaii, Papeete, Tahiti, Easter Island, and Nadi, Fiji, and the P-3B aircraft, with flights originating from Christmas Island and Papeete, Tahiti. The data on this CD-ROM consist of in situ and remotely sensed measurements collected onboard the DC-8 aircraft; in situ measurements collected aboard the P-3B aircraft; ozonesonde soundings; satellite images with the DC-8 or P-3B flight tracks; lighting strike data over the Pacific ocean region; calculations of air parcel back trajectories and meteorological parameters associated with air mass encountered along the DC-8 and P-3B flight paths; and data files of DC-8 and P-3B in situ measurements merged to several common time bases.Modeling products were also submitted to the GTE Archive but have not been included on this CD-ROM. The modeling products can be obtained through the GTE Archive site at:

https://www-air.larc.nasa.gov/pub/PEMTROPICSB/MODELING/

This CD-ROM is organized using HTML and can be navigated using a standard browser, such as Explorer or Netscape. Note that while all GTE TRACE-A data are contained on this CD-ROM, there are some active links within some of the HTML documentation contained on the CD-ROM that will link to the GTE Home Page.