Data Management Plan
TexAQS 2026 Data Repository
https://csl.noaa.gov/groups/csl7/measurements/2026texaqs/data.html
NOAA CSL hosts data for these measurement platforms:
Data Download
- Data organized by flight then data ID
- Only ICARTT file format files (.ict) available
- Alternate view available for data organized by submission date
- Password protected if not on internal network
Data Submission
- Data for all platforms is submitted online
- Accessible through "Submit Data" button on Data page
- Lidar data (in netCDF format) handled separately
- Checks ICARTT file format and automatically submits to archive
- Aim to submit preliminary data within 24 hours of each flight or drive day
Data Format Requirements
- In-situ measurements should use the ICARTT file format
- Refer to the ICARTT Data Format description
- Filenames should follow this naming convention: DataID_PlatformID_YYYYMMDD_R#[_L#].ict
- Assistance will be provided to troubleshoot ICARTT formatting issues
- Data times should use UTC
- Flight data should be aligned to reference time wave
- NOAA WP-3D: Align to AircraftData time wave
Data IDs
Each ICARTT filename should begin with one of these data IDs:
- NOAA WP-3D
- TexAQS-AircraftData
- TexAQS-Ethane-1Hz
- TexAQS-CO-CO2-CH4-H2O-1Hz
- TexAQS-HCHO-1Hz
- TexAQS-fastCH4-1Hz
- TexAQS-fastCH4-3Hz
- TexAQS-PTRLTOF
- TexAQS-jNO2
- TexAQS-O3-CL
- TexAQS-NOy-LIF
- TexAQS-NO2-CES
- TexAQS-iWAS-VOC
Platform IDs
Each ICARTT filename should reference these platform IDs:
- NOAA WP-3D
- P3 e.g. TexAQS-jNO2_P3_20260526_RA.ict
