Information for ASPECT Data Requests

Description

Data
Delivery

Example
Data File
Formats

Tier 1

Raw Data

Raw output from the
instruments. Requires
specialized processing to
be interpretable.

May incur extra cost.
These files can be very
large and may require the
shipment of a physical
hard drive.

FTIR health log files (.csv), FTIR
raw interferogram (.igm), GPS
settings and log files (.txt), GPS
location (.vnv, .kmz, .bin), IRLS raw
data (.dat), IRLS log file (.txt), flight
gyroscope (.csv), configuration log
(.txt), etc.

Ease of Interpretation

Tier 2

Processed Data

Data that has been
processed and analyzed by
technical experts.

Most data can be
transmitted electronically.

For a very large request
(> a week of flight data), a
physical hard drive may be
necessary.

FTIR chemical detections (.dbf,
.prj, .shx, .shp, .kml), IRLS image
files (.jpg, .kmz, .prj), MSIC photos

(.jpg), oblique photos (.jpg),
gamma data (.dbf, .n42, .shx, .shp,
.rsv)

TierS

Reports

Summary of data
collection and results
prepared for the On Scene
Coordinator.

Reports are readily
releasable.

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