The GOES-R PLT Field Campaign Ivanpah dataset consists of surface reflectance and total optical depth data measured at Ivanpah Playa, Nevada during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) field campaign. The atmospheric measurements were made using an Automated Solar Radiometer (ASR), which tracks the sun throughout the day. Surface reflectance measurements were made using an ASD portable spectroradiometer and Spectralon reference panel. The GOES-R PLT field campaign took place from March to May of 2017 in support of post-launch L1b and L2+ product validation of the Advanced Baseline Image (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). The main goal of this dataset is to provide an independent validation of the AVIRIS-NG airborne instrument calibration. Data files in Excel format and browse imagery files in JPEG and PNG formats are only available for March 23 and March 28, 2017.

The GOES-R PLT ER-2 Flight Navigation Data dataset consists of multiple altitude, pressure, temperature parameters, airspeed, and ground speed measurements collected by the NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft for flights that occurred during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) field campaign. The GOES-R PLT airborne science field campaign took place between March 21 and May 17, 2017 in support of the post-launch product validation of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). ER-2 navigation data files in ASCII-IWG1 format are available for March 21, 2017 through May 17, 2017.

The GOES-R PLT Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Event (GEO-CAPE) Airborne Simulator (GCAS) dataset consist of solar backscattered radiation measured by the Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Event (GEO-CAPE) Airborne Simulator (GCAS) flown aboard a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (PLT) field campaign. The GOES-R PLT field campaign took place from March to May of 2017 in support of post-launch L1B product validation of the Advanced Baseline Image (ABI) and the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). Data files in HDF-5 format are available for March 21, 2017 through May 14, 2017.

The TCSP Mission Reports were filed every day that an aircraft flew in support of the experiment. The reports include a short description of the day's mission, its objective and notes. The Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission collected data for research and documentation of cyclogenesis, the interaction of temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind and air pressure that creates ideal birthing conditions for tropical storms, hurricanes and related phenomena. The goal of this mission was to help us better understand how hurricanes and other tropical storms are formed and intensify.