Dataset
FAAM B607 FENNEC, LADUNEX and EUFAR flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2014-07-14
DOI Publication Date: 2018-01-17
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 45 Files | 277MB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Fennec - The Saharan Climate System (FENNEC), EUFAR Lagrangian Dust Source Inversion Experiment and European Facility for Airborne Research in Environmental and Geo-sciences (EUFAR) projects.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2018): FAAM B607 FENNEC, LADUNEX and EUFAR flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, 17 January 2018. doi:10.5285/0ab5786cde484cc49c85f6dd3bd343b9. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/0ab5786cde484cc49c85f6dd3bd343b9
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: FENNEC, LADUNEX, EUFAR, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
Details
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Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were collected by instrument scientists during the flight before preparation and delivery for archiving at the NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre. |
| Data Quality: |
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the British Atmospheric Data Centre
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| File Format: |
Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-146 flight B607 |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: alt
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude above MSL
- units: degC
- long_name: dp
- var_id: dp
- units: m/s
- long_name: dz
- var_id: dz
- units: degrees
- var_id: lon
- long_name: east longitude
- units: meters
- long_name: gps reported altitude above MSL
- var_id: gpsalt
- units: gram/kg
- long_name: mr
- var_id: mr
- units: degrees
- var_id: lat
- long_name: north latitude
- units: hPa
- var_id: pres
- long_name: pres
- units: hPa
- long_name: qp
- var_id: qp
- units: percent
- long_name: qrh
- var_id: qrh
- units: degC
- long_name: qt
- var_id: qt
- units: m/s
- long_name: qu
- var_id: qu
- units: m/s
- long_name: qv
- var_id: qv
- units: m/s
- long_name: qwind
- var_id: qwind
- var_id: range
- units: km
- long_name: range
- units: percent
- var_id: rh
- long_name: rh
- units: seconds
- long_name: seconds since base_time
- var_id: time_offset
- long_name: sounding launch time
- var_id: base_time
- units: degC
- long_name: tdry
- var_id: tdry
- units: K
- var_id: theta
- long_name: theta
- units: K
- long_name: theta_e
- var_id: theta_e
- units: K
- long_name: theta_v
- var_id: theta_v
- long_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: m/s
- long_name: u_wind
- var_id: u_wind
- units: m/s
- long_name: v_wind
- var_id: v_wind
- units: degC
- long_name: vt
- var_id: vt
- units: degree
- var_id: wdir
- long_name: wdir
- units: m/s
- var_id: wspd
- long_name: wspd
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2011-06-22T05:28:15
End time:
2011-06-22T11:51:16
Geographic Extent
28.5717° |
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-13.8700° |
-4.7886° |
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19.8334° |
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