Communicable Disease Transmission in Air Travel: Jet Bridge Ventilation [supporting dataset]

Details

• Creators:
  Lebbin, Paul ; Laengert, Scott
• Corporate Creators:
  National Research Council of Canada
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Cabins Aircraft Gates Aviation Communicable Diseases Data Field Tests Human Factors Laboratory Tests Travel Behavior Ventilation Systems
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/qqdx-gh59
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Right Statement:
  Open Access; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Geographical Coverage:
  Canada
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aerospace Medicine. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI)
• Abstract:
  The data files provided in the dataset are organized to supply both primary time-series measurements and visualization-ready structural files. The core temporal data for air speed, aerosol, and tracer gas experiments are housed in the 01-CSV folder in a standard spreadsheet format, while corresponding environmental conditions—such as the temperature, flow, and pressure of the conditioned air—are located in the 05-HVAC folder. To support spatial analysis and animation, the 02-TXT folder contains the exact same measurement data from the CSVs but restructured into a block format. This block format is specifically designed to be paired with the bridge wall boundary coordinates found in the 00-Templates folder, enabling users to generate time-lapse contour plots and video visualizations of the flow and dispersion patterns.
  
  Beyond the raw time-series logs, the dataset includes systematically processed statistical summaries for each test configuration. Because particulate and tracer gas concentrations change dynamically during an experiment, the 06-Periods folder documents the precise start times and durations when measurements achieved quasi-steady state conditions. These specific steady-state timeframes were used to calculate statistics (such as mean, median, and standard deviation) for each individual test repetition, which are stored in the 03-Averages folder across parameters like CO₂, particulate matter bins, temperature, and air velocity. Finally, the 04-Summary folder aggregates these results further by averaging the data from multiple repetitions of the same test together, providing an overall, composite summary for each unique jet bridge configuration.
  
  The total size of the ZIP file is 750,584 KB
  
  
• Content Notes:
  This item is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Use the following citation: Lebbin, P., Laengert, S. (2026). “Communicable Disease Transmission in Air Travel: Jet Bridge Ventilation Dataset”. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute – Federal Aviation Administration.
• Format:
  ZIP
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94450c84498a8ba94e01d2a46787be47f74e990a382bf7715a1bbbfd014c5a3fe46b739abc457a46a49b6842e0ff4f034bf3eadc8c79af2174ccbfb8cf917726
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92577/dot_92577_DS1.json
• File Type:
  [JSON - 2.53 MB ]