TRACE-P Data Archive CD-ROM

This CD-ROM contains data from the Global Tropospheric Experiment (GTE) Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Mission in the conducted in February-April 2001. The mission involved the NASA DC-8 and P-3B, with flights originating from Hong Kong and at Yokota Air Force Base (AFB) near Tokyo. TRACE-P was organized around two objectives. The first was "to determine the chemical composition of the Asian outflow over the western Pacific in spring in order to understand and quantify the export of chemically and radiatively important gases and aerosols, and their precursors, from the Asian continent". The second objective of TRACE-P was "to determine the chemical evolution of the Asian outflow over the western Pacific in spring and to understand the ensemble of processes that control this evolution". 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/TRACEP/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.