TOPSE data managers: Luca Cinquini (303-497-1432) and Louisa Emmons (303-497-1491). Please don't hesitate to contact us for any problems.

TOPSE data files must be in NASA-GTE format: please see the official TOPSE document at data_fmt.html.

In particular, the files names must follow the convention: piXYZcFN.top , where:

pi is the two-letters code for the PI
XYZ are three alpha-numeric characters indicating the species measured
c is the aircraft code (c-130)
FN is the two-digits flight number: 01, 02, etc.
.ext=.top for the TOPSE campaign

NOTE: GTE-formatted files are classified into different GTE data set types according to the measurement technique. Most common data types are data set types DT=0,1,2. Most web analysis and visualization programs will work only for these data set types.

Preliminary data is due within two days of the aircraft coming back to Jeffco after each mission.

Preliminary data merges should be available for analysis by the PIs in two days after after the single data files are submitted. Merged data files will be produced by use of the GTE-merging program developed by Martin Shultz and Francois Ravetta at Harvard University (with slight modifications for the TOPSE campaign).

All TOPSE data files and data analysis tools accessible through the web will be password-protected. Either the general TOPSE web password or the PI-specific web password will work.

TOPSE data files must be submitted to and will be archive on the ACD data server (dataserver.acd.ucar.edu, aliased to topse.acd.ucar.edu). Each PI may choose to submit the data in two different ways:

WEB submission
- Use URL http://topse.acd.ucar.edu/data/upload/
- Advantage: automatic check of GTE format
- Advantage: may submit some data files in eneric ASCII format, and they will be converted directly to GTE format
- Each PI must use their assigned web username and password (different from the usernames and passwords used to FTP to dataserver.acd.ucar.edu).
- NOTE: web submission precedure must still be tested thoroughly
FTP submission
- Follow instructions at http://topse.acd.ucar.edu/data/upload/help_ftp.html
- Data files submitted must already be in GTE format (no format-conversion routine provided).
- Must run the check script manually by rlogin to dataserver.
- PI must have an account on dataserver.acd.ucar.edu. If you are part of ACD, an account has already been created with the same username and password as on acd.ucar.edu. If you are a visitor or from some other division in NCAR, you may request an account on dataserver by filling a web form