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Research Aviation Facility (RAF)


Project Data Archive Catalog



Introduction

Since 1975, RAF has archived its production data sets as bitfiles on the NCAR/CISL Mass Store System (MSS).   The table on this page lists those research projects which have an on-line MSS bitfile log.   Some RAF projects are not in this table, because their bitfile logs have been lost and have not yet been reconstructed.   Also, some older logs are incomplete due to lost data.   A cryptic list of RAF projects from 1975 to the present can be found here.

A master directory list with most of RAF's bitfiles can be found here.   Caution, it is quite large (just over 1 MB).

A master directory list of all EOL's bitfiles can be found here.   Warning, it is HUGE (over 25 MB).

If "Low Rate" or "High Rate" appears in the last column of the table, clicking on it will show a netCDF or GENPRO header.   Among other things it has a list of the measurements made for one example flight.   In most cases the measurement list will apply to all flights for that project.

Notes:

If you have any problems retrieving or decoding files, are interested in obtaining complete data sets from any of these projects or are seeking a log from a project not shown here, please contact:

Janine Goldstein, RAF Data Manager
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Aviation Facility
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000

email: Janine Goldstein
Phone:  (303) 497-8691 (I respond more quickly to email.)
Fax:  (303) 497-1092

Date finder: 1967, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003. 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,

Fiscal
Year
Project
No.
Project Name
(if a link exists, click for Documentation web site)
Data Catalog Example File Header
(with Measurement List)
2007 114 PASE (Pacific Atmospheric Sulfur Experiment) New!, 386 byte gif Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
2007 506 PACDEX (PACific Dust EXperiment) New!, 386 byte gif Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
2006 145 MIRAGE (Megacities Impact on Regional And Global Environment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
2006 146 INTEX-B (INtercontinental chemical Transport EXperiment, Phase B2) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
2006 503 T-REX (Terrain-induced Rotor EXperiment) All Data  
Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Differential GPS High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
2005 135 RICO (Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Digital Camera None
Camera Movies None
Raw PMS-2D None
Differential GPS None
2005 304 RAINEX (hurricane RAinband and INtensity-change EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
2005 502 ProgSci (Progressive Science) Low Rate Low Rate
2004 109 AIRS-II (Alliance Icing Research Study - II) Low Rate Low Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
Raw CPI None
2004 125 ACME (Airborne Carbon in the Mountains Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Processed MCR None
Digital Camera None
2004 150 GOTEX (Gulf Of Tehuantepec EXperiment), Coupled Development of Ocean Waves and Boundary Layers Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
2003 113 IDEAS-3 (Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science, Phase 3) Low Rate Low Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
Processed MCR None
Raw CPI None
2003 303 BAMEX (Bow echo And MCV [Mesoscale Convective Vortices] EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
2002 108 SMEX02 (PALS Soil Moisture) / Sea Salinity Low Rate Low Rate
2002 111 IDEAS-1 (Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science, Phase 1) Low Rate Low Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
Processed MCR None
Raw CPI None
2002 112 IDEAS-2 (Instrument Development and Education in Airborne Science, Phase 2) Low Rate Low Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
Processed MCR None
Raw CPI None
2002 301 IHOP_2002 (International H2O Project) Low Rate Low Rate
2002 302 CRYSTAL-FACE (Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
2001 131 ACE-Asia (Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Ferry Flights (Preliminary data only) Low Rate Ferry Flights (Preliminary data only) Low Rate
2001 161 EPIC2001 (Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
2001 181 DYCOMS-II (the DYnamics and Chemistry Of Marine Stratocumulus, Phase II: Entrainment Studies) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Ultra High Rate Ultra High Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
Processed MCR None
2000 107 Sea Salinity Low Rate Low Rate
2000 143 TOPSE (Tropospheric Ozone Production about the Spring Equinox) Low Rate Low Rate
2000 186 PELTI (Passing Efficiency of the Low-Turbulence Inlet) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
2000 804 LTI (Low Turbulence Inlet test -- Preliminary Data Only) Low Rate Low Rate
2000 828 AESOP/TEXAQS-2000 (TEXas Air Quality Study) Low Rate Low Rate
1999 102 INDOEX (INDian Ocean EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Processed MCR None
1999 104 Soil Moisture Low Rate Low Rate
1999 105 Sulfur Instrument Test Low Rate Low Rate
1999 803 MAP (Mesoscale Alpine Programme) Low Rate Low Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
1999 867 AMTS (Arctic Mesopause Temperature Study) Low Rate Low Rate
1998 101 SHEBA (Surface HEat Budget of the Arctic ocean) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Processed MCR None
1998 103 Solar Corona Low Rate Low Rate
1998 106 WiFE (Wild Fires Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1998 802 ACLAIM (Airborne Coherent Lidar for Advanced In-flight Measurements) Low Rate Low Rate
1998 807 Leonids-98 (Airborne Leonids Meteor Storm Campaign) Low Rate Low Rate
1998 812 Lake-ICE (Lake-Induced Convection Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Raw PMS-2D None
1998 813 Snowband (Snowband Dynamics Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1997 167 CAINE-II (Community Aerosol INlet Evaluation program - Phase II) Low Rate Low Rate
1997 891 FASTEX (Fronts and Atlantic Storm Tracks EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1996 110 Coastally Trapped Waves Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1996 130 ACE-1 (first Aerosol Characterization Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1995 127 Marine Stratus Cloud Tops Low Rate Low Rate
1995 162 SCMS (Small Cumulus Microphysics Study) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1995 887 VORTEX (Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1994 120 BASE (Beaufort Arctic Storms Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1994 201 Hong Kong Air Quality Study Low Rate Low Rate
1994 270 In-Cloud Temperature (SPICE) Low Rate Low Rate
In-Cloud Temperature (Special Processing) High Rate High Rate
1994 818 BOREAS (BOReal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1994 853 pre-BOREAS (BOReal Ecosystem Atmosphere Study) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1994 854 ELDORA (ELectra DOppler RAdar) Test Low Rate Low Rate
1994 870 WISP 94 (Winter Icing Storms Project) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1994 888 ALOHA-94 (Airborne Lidar and Observations of Hawaiian Airglow) Low Rate Low Rate
1993 226 Momentum Flux Intercomparison High Rate High Rate
1993 231 Swiss Oxidant Study Low Rate Low Rate
1993 232 NARE-AIR (North Atlantic Regional Experiment - Aircraft) Low Rate Low Rate
1993 278 WISPIT (Winter Icing Storms Project Instrumentation Test) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1993 770 Stable Isotopes in Cloud Tops Low Rate Low Rate
1993 817 TOGA-COARE (Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere - Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1993 819 CEPEX (Central Equatorial Pacific EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1993 886 ALOHA/ANLC-93 (Airborne Lidar and Observations of Hawaiian Airglow/Arctic NoctiLucent Cloud Campaign) Low Rate Low Rate
1992 225 FIRE II - Cirrus (KingAir)
(First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Regional Experiment)
High Rate High Rate
1992 249 ROSE-AIR II High Rate High Rate
1992 269 STORM-FEST (STormscale Operational and Research Meteorology - Field Experiment and Systems Test) High Rate High Rate
1992 280 FIB (Fires In Brazil) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1992 722 FIRE II - Cirrus (Sabreliner)
(First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Regional Experiment)
Low Rate Low Rate
1992 816 ASTEX (Atlantic & Stratocumulus Transition EXperiment)/MAGE High Rate High Rate
1991 241 PAIR (Particulate Airborne Inlet Research) High Rate High Rate
1991 244 MEXCAPS (MEXico City Air Pollution Study) -- Aguila High Rate High Rate
1991 276 CaPE (Convection and Precipitation Electrification experiment) High Rate High Rate
1991 739 Chemical Layering in the Lower Stratosphere Low Rate Low Rate
1991 762 SPIN (SPontaneous Ice Nucleation II) Low Rate Low Rate
1991 815 TEXMEX (Tropical Cyclone Initiation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1991 836 KOFSE (Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment)
CISL's DSS Kuwait Oil-Fire Archive
(Not available) (Not available)
1990 216 WaveK (Convective Waves Over Ocean) High Rate High Rate
1990 264 WAVE High Rate High Rate
1990 716 WaveS (Convective Waves Over Ocean) High Rate High Rate
1990 738 ROSE-AIR Low Rate Low Rate
1990 761 IceNu (Spontaneous Ice Nucleation Studies) Low Rate Low Rate
1990 876 HaRP (Hawiian Rainband Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
Reprocessed FSSP
High Rate
High Rate
1990 880 ATRAIN (Aircraft instrumentation TRAINing program) High Rate High Rate
1990 881 ALOHA 90 (Airborne Lidar and Observations of Hawaiian Airglow) Low Rate Low Rate
1989 218 SMILE (Shelf MIxed Layer Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1989 220 FIFE II (Second ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Field Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1989 234 CDC (Cloud Droplet Chemistry) High Rate High Rate
1989 733 NOLTG (NO Lightning) Low Rate Low Rate
1989 745 NDTP (North Dakota Thunderstorm Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1989 760 Contrail Studies (Airborne Exhaust) High Rate High Rate 1 High Rate 2
1989 793 ERICA (Experiment on Rapidly-Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic) Low Rate Low Rate
Low Rate 20
Low Rate 20S
1989 813 ERICA (Experiment on Rapidly-Intensifying Cyclones over the Atlantic) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1989 831 CPACE (Central Pacific Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1989 832 PASIN (Particulate matter Airborne Sampling INlet experiment) High Rate High Rate
1988 216 Convection Waves High Rate High Rate
1988 221 SSBLIM (Snow-Shading Boundary-Layer Interaction Measurements) High Rate High Rate
1988 233 SMT (Sulfur Measurement Studies) Low Rate Low Rate
1988 250 ELDOME (ELectra RaDOME tests) Intercomparison High Rate High Rate
1988 274 Cloud Microphysical Measurements and Radar Polarization High Rate High Rate
1988 714 Convective Waves High Rate High Rate
High Rate High Rate
1988 744 3CPO Trace Gas Measurements Program Low Rate Low Rate
1988 850 ELDOME (ELectra raDOME tests) High Rate High Rate
1988 851 ELSCAM (ELectra SCAlar Measurement evaluation) High Rate High Rate
1987 217 FIFE (First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Field Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1987 230 CHOX-1 Low Rate Low Rate
1987 267 TTT (Transition To a Thunderstorm) High Rate High Rate
HR RERUN
HR RERUN2
1987 272 FIRE - Cirrus (First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Regional Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1987 282 CINDE (Convective Initiation Downburst Experiment) High Rate High Rate
HR Rerun
HR X Run
1987 713 Convective Waves High Rate High Rate
1987 721 FIRE - Cirrus (First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Regional Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1987 730 PRECP-V (PRocessing of Emissions by Clouds and Precipitation-V) Low Rate Low Rate
1987 812 EMEX (Equatorial Mesoscale EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1987 860 FIRE - Marine Stratocumulus (First ISLSCP [International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project] Regional Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1987 880 Sodium Lidar Low Rate Low Rate
1986 210 HAPEX-MOBILHY (Hydrological Atmospheric Pilot EXperiment -- MOdelisation du BILan HYdrique)
CISL's DSS HAPEX Archive
High Rate High Rate
1986 256 Remote Sensing of Cloud Water (RMM) Low Rate Low Rate
1986 266 GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1986 713 Convective Waves High Rate High Rate
1986 743 Trace Gas Profiles III Low Rate Low Rate
1986 786 GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1986 790 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1986 811 FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea INteraction EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1986 857 Remote Sensing of Cloud Water Low Rate Low Rate
1986 867 GALE (Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1985 213 Convective Waves High Rate High Rate
1985 235 SO2 Oxidant Low Rate Low Rate
1985 240 Atmospheric Sulfur Gases Low Rate Low Rate
1985 251 CO2 Instrumentation Test High Rate High Rate
1985 254A TRACI (TRiple AirCraft Intercomparison) High Rate High Rate
1985 260 JHWRP (Joint HaWaiian Rainband Project)
N2UW (Wyoming KingAir)
Low Rate Low Rate
1985 268 Bridger Range Low Rate Low Rate
1985 270 COSE (Colorado Orographic Seeding Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1985 611 BOLDOS/SCCCAMP (South Central Coast Cooperative Aerometric Monitoring Program) High Rate High Rate
1985 736 Trace Gase Profiles II Low Rate Low Rate
1985 754B TRACI (TRiple AirCraft Intercomparison) High Rate High Rate
1985 764 Lidar Cirrus Studies II Low Rate Low Rate
1985 787 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1985 788 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1985 789 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1985 830 DYCOMS (DYnamics and Chemistry Of Marine Stratocumulus experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1985 854 TRACI (TRiple AirCraft Intercomparison) High Rate High Rate
1984 211 PHOENIX 84 High Rate High Rate
1984 215 AFCGOC II (Atmospheric Forcing of Circulation in Gulf Of California) High Rate High Rate
1984 234 SO2 Oxidant Availability Test Program Low Rate Low Rate
1984 263 Lake Effect Snow Storms High Rate High Rate
1984 265 NEWS (New England Winter Storms) Low Rate Low Rate
1984 633 Marine Radon Low Rate Low Rate
1984 664 Lake Effect Snow Storms High Rate High Rate
1984 685 Shelfbreak Front Low Rate Low Rate
1984 735 Trace Gas Profiles High Rate High Rate
1984 765 Lidar Cirrus Studies Low Rate Low Rate
1984 782 Cumulonimbus Mass Flux Low Rate Low Rate
1984 784 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1983 212 CABLE (Clean Air Boundary Layer Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1983 214 AFCGOC (Atmospheric Forcing of Circulation in Gulf Of California) High Rate High Rate
1983 611 BLX-83 (cloud Boundary Layer interaction eXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1983 674 OPUS II (Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures) Low Rate Low Rate
1983 677 NEWS (New England Winter Storms) Low Rate Low Rate
1983 736 ATLAS (Atmospheric Tunable Laser Absorption Spectroscopy) Low Rate Low Rate
1983 783 AVSSP (Aircraft Vertical Separation Standards Project) Low Rate Low Rate
1982 638 Ozone Flux and Budget High Rate High Rate
1982 660 Organic Nuclei Tests Low Rate Low Rate
1982 668A CODE II (second COastal Dynamics Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1982 670 Marine Stratus Studies High Rate High Rate
1982 789 Flow Around Cumuli Low Rate Low Rate
1982 805 ALPEX (ALPine EXperiment)
CISL's DSS ALPEX Archive
Low Rate Low Rate (Not Available)
High Rate High Rate
1981 467 CODE I (first COastal Dynamics Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1981 473 OPUS I (Organization of Persistent Upwelling Structures) Low Rate Low Rate
1981 491 CCOPE (Cooperative COnvective Precipitation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1981 492 Ozone Conservation and Flux Studies (concurrent with CCOPE) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1981 665 Marine Stratus Studies High Rate High Rate
1981 668 Lake Effect Snow Storms High Rate High Rate
1981 691 CCOPE (Cooperative COnvective Precipitation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1981 715 Jet Stream Low Rate Low Rate
1981 735 Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Low Rate Low Rate
1981 791 CCOPE (Cooperative COnvective Precipitation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1981 866 STREX (Storm Transfer and Response EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1980 437 Ozone Destruction Flux Experiment High Rate High Rate
1980 489 Mountain-Induced Convection High Rate High Rate
1980 489A Nebraska Sand Hills Surface Roughness Experiment High Rate High Rate
1980 669 Coastal Zone Wind Energy Project Low Rate Low Rate
1980 680 COSE (Colorado Orographic Seeding Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1980 681 Upslope High Rate High Rate
1980 682 Texas HIPLEX (HIgh PLains EXperiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1980 718 Queimadas 80 Low Rate Low Rate
1980 751 Humidity Sensing (Engr Test) Low Rate Low Rate (Not Available)
1980 886 Arctic Stratus High Rate High Rate
1979 410 Nocturnal Boundary Layer High Rate High Rate
1979 443 Little SESAME Low Rate Low Rate
1979 451 QueenAir Formation High Rate High Rate
1979 462 Mountain Airflow High Rate High Rate
1979 646 Sea Salt Nuclei Low Rate Low Rate
1979 651 QueenAir Formation High Rate High Rate
1979 668 Cloud Physics of Snow and Urban Plumes High Rate High Rate
1979 714 Jet Stream Low Rate Low Rate
1979 743 Little SESAME Low Rate Low Rate
1979 778A SAVE (Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1979 778B SAVE (Stratospheric Aerosol Validation Experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
1979 803 Winter MONEX (Winter MONsoon EXperiment)
CISL's DSS Winter MONEX Archive
Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1979 804 Summer MONEX (Summer MONsoon EXperiment)
CISL's DSS Summer MONEX Archive
High Rate High Rate
1979 861 CYCLES-79 Low Rate Low Rate
1978 488A Mountain-Induced Convection Low Rate Low Rate
1978 491A Convective Storms Low Rate Low Rate
1978 492B PHOENIX High Rate High Rate
1978 601 M. E. T. (Mass and Energy Transport) High Rate High Rate
1978 656 BAO Tower Study High Rate High Rate
1978 667 Snow Physics High Rate High Rate
1978 672 Great Lakes Aerosol Loading High Rate High Rate
1978 681A Extended Area Effects High Rate High Rate
1978 691A Convective Storms Low Rate Low Rate
1978 692 PHOENIX High Rate High Rate
1978 865 JASIN (Joint Air Sea INteraction experiment) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1978 884 GAMETAG-78 (Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment on Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases) Low Rate Low Rate
High Rate High Rate
1977 572 MONEX-77 (MONsoon EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1977 583A GAMETAG-77 (Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment on Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases) High Rate High Rate
1977 589 Cloud Radiative Parameters Low Rate Low Rate (Not Available)
1976 579 GRAVE I Volcano Low Rate Low Rate
1976 583 GAMETAG-76 (Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment on Tropospheric Aerosols and Gases) Low Rate Low Rate
1976 584 Power Plant Plume Low Rate Low Rate
1976 594 AIDJEX II (Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint EXperiment) High Rate High Rate
1976 697 Chemistry of Power Plant Plumes (No data available) Low Rate Low Rate (Not Available)
1975 517 Boundary Layer High Rate High Rate
1975 519 Dustorm High Rate High Rate
1975 594 AIDJEX I (Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment) High Rate High Rate
1975 596 OAFSS (Ocean/Atmosphere Flux Scale Study) High Rate High Rate
1974 495 CISL's DSS GATE (GARP [Global Atmospheric Research Program] Atlantic Tropical Experiment) Archive (Not Available) (Not Available)
1967 ? CISL's DSS Line Island Experiment Archive (Not Available) (Not Available)

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