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FAAM B872 SUMEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2017-06-27
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2016-01-12
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 30 Files | 3GB
Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for SUMEX-14: Met Office Summer Campaign, 2014 project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2016): FAAM B872 SUMEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0b4699b2a45c461a92dbedd26401c14d/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: SUMEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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Data lineage:

Data were collected by instrument scientists during the flight before preparation and delivery for archiving at the NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre.
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Related Documents

 Flight summary file for FAAM BAE-146 flight B872
 Flight log for FAAM BAE-146 flight B872
 Flight track for FAAM BAE-146 flight B872

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-146 flight B872
Output Description

None
  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
  • var_id: ACLF_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
  • var_id: ACLS_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
  • var_id: ACLD_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: TRCK_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELD_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELE_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELN_GIN
  • standard_name:
  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • long_name: Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: ALT_GIN
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
  • var_id: AOA
  • standard_name:
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
  • var_id: AOSS
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Cabin pressure
  • var_id: CAB_PRES
  • standard_name:
  • units: degC
  • long_name: Cabin temperature at the core consoles
  • var_id: CAB_TEMP
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
  • var_id: P0_S10
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
  • var_id: PB_TURB
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
  • var_id: PA_TURB
  • standard_name:
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
  • var_id: SW_DN_C
  • standard_name:
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome
  • var_id: RED_DN_C
  • standard_name:
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
  • var_id: SW_UP_C
  • standard_name:
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome
  • var_id: RED_UP_C
  • standard_name:
  • standard_name: dew_point_temperature
  • units: degK
  • var_id: TDEW_GE
  • long_name: Dew point from the General Eastern instrument
  • units: K
  • long_name: Dew-point derived from TWC probe specific humidity (valid in cloud-free air)
  • var_id: TWC_TDEW
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: Eastward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
  • var_id: U_NOTURB
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: U_C
  • units: adc counts
  • long_name: Electric field mill output as measured from the Zeus sensor
  • var_id: EXX_ZEUS
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
  • var_id: ACLF_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
  • var_id: ACLS_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
  • var_id: ACLD_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: TRCK_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELD_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELE_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: VELN_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: ALT_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
  • var_id: AOA_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
  • var_id: AOSS_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Cabin pressure
  • var_id: CAB_PRES_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Cabin temperature at the core consoles
  • var_id: CAB_TEMP_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
  • var_id: P0_S10_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
  • var_id: PB_TURB_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
  • var_id: PA_TURB_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
  • var_id: SW_DN_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome
  • var_id: RED_DN_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
  • var_id: SW_UP_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome
  • var_id: RED_UP_C_FLAG
  • var_id: TDEW_GE_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Dew point from the General Eastern instrument
  • long_name: Flag for Dew-point derived from TWC probe specific humidity (valid in cloud-free air)
  • var_id: TWC_TDEW_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Eastward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
  • var_id: U_NOTURB_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: U_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Electric field mill output as measured from the Zeus sensor
  • var_id: EXX_ZEUS_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Groundspeed from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: GSPD_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Heading from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: HDG_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system.
  • var_id: IAS_RVSM_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Internal sample pressure of the Nephelometer
  • var_id: NEPH_PR_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Internal sample temperature of the Nephelometer
  • var_id: NEPH_T_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Latitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: LAT_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: LON_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Carbon Monoxide in air from the AERO AL5002 instrument
  • var_id: CO_AERO_FLAG
  • var_id: SO2_TECO_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Sulphur Dioxide in air from TECO 43 instrument
  • long_name: Flag for Northward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
  • var_id: V_NOTURB_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: V_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PSAP Flow
  • var_id: PSAP_FLO_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PSAP Transmittance
  • var_id: PSAP_TRA_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Pitch angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for nose up)
  • var_id: PTCH_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
  • var_id: Q_RVSM_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
  • var_id: PSP_TURB_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
  • var_id: PALT_RVS_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
  • var_id: HGT_RADR_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Raw data from the Fwd Core Console JCI static monitor, static signal
  • var_id: EXX_JCI_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Raw data from the TWC probe Lyman alpha detector
  • var_id: TWC_DET_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Roll angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for left wing up)
  • var_id: ROLL_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Sample temperature in Kelvin from the TWC evaporator probe
  • var_id: TWC_TSAM_FLAG
  • var_id: SOL_AZIM_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time
  • var_id: SOL_ZEN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time
  • long_name: Flag for Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
  • var_id: P9_STAT_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
  • var_id: PS_RVSM_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Total water specific humidity from the TWC avaporator instrument
  • var_id: TWC_EVAP_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
  • var_id: TAS_RVSM_FLAG
  • var_id: TAT_DI_R_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor
  • var_id: TAT_ND_R_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemount non-deiced temperature sensor
  • long_name: Flag for True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
  • var_id: TAS_FLAG
  • var_id: PSAP_LIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, linear, from PSAP
  • var_id: PSAP_LOG_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, log, from PSAP
  • var_id: BSC_BLUU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • var_id: TSC_BLUU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
  • var_id: BTHEIM_U_FLAG
  • var_id: BSC_GRNU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • var_id: TSC_GRNU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • var_id: LWC_JW_U_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument
  • var_id: BSC_REDU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • var_id: TSC_REDU_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • long_name: Flag for Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: W_C_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Water Vapour Measurement from Flush inlet WVSSII serial no. 4229 linearly interpolated to 1Hz
  • var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for Weight on wheel indicator
  • var_id: WOW_FLAG_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN heading
  • var_id: HDGR_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN pitch angle
  • var_id: PITR_GIN_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
  • var_id: ROLR_GIN_FLAG
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Heading from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
  • var_id: HDG_GIN
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system.
  • var_id: IAS_RVSM
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Internal sample pressure of the Nephelometer
  • var_id: NEPH_PR
  • standard_name:
  • units: K
  • long_name: Internal sample temperature of the Nephelometer
  • var_id: NEPH_T
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: Northward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
  • var_id: V_NOTURB
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: V_C
  • units: standard l min-1
  • long_name: PSAP Flow
  • var_id: PSAP_FLO
  • standard_name:
  • units: percent
  • long_name: PSAP Transmittance
  • var_id: PSAP_TRA
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
  • var_id: Q_RVSM
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
  • var_id: PSP_TURB
  • standard_name:
  • units: m
  • long_name: Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
  • var_id: PALT_RVS
  • standard_name:
  • units: m
  • long_name: Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
  • var_id: HGT_RADR
  • standard_name:
  • units: adc counts
  • long_name: Raw data from the Fwd Core Console JCI static monitor, static signal
  • var_id: EXX_JCI
  • standard_name:
  • units: bits
  • long_name: Raw data from the TWC probe Lyman alpha detector
  • var_id: TWC_DET
  • standard_name:
  • units: K
  • long_name: Sample temperature in Kelvin from the TWC evaporator probe
  • var_id: TWC_TSAM
  • standard_name:
  • units: degree
  • var_id: SOL_AZIM
  • long_name: Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time
  • standard_name:
  • units: degree
  • var_id: SOL_ZEN
  • long_name: Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time
  • standard_name:
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
  • var_id: P9_STAT
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
  • var_id: PS_RVSM
  • standard_name:
  • units: gram kg-1
  • long_name: Total water specific humidity from the TWC avaporator instrument
  • var_id: TWC_EVAP
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
  • var_id: TAS_RVSM
  • standard_name:
  • units: degK
  • var_id: TAT_DI_R
  • long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor
  • standard_name:
  • units: degK
  • var_id: TAT_ND_R
  • long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount non-deiced temperature sensor
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
  • var_id: TAS
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: PSAP_LIN
  • long_name: Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, linear, from PSAP
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: PSAP_LOG
  • units: *
  • long_name: Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, log, from PSAP
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_BLUU
  • long_name: Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_BLUU
  • long_name: Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: degK
  • long_name: Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
  • var_id: BTHEIM_U
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_GRNU
  • long_name: Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_GRNU
  • long_name: Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: gram kg-1
  • var_id: LWC_JW_U
  • long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument
  • standard_name:
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe
  • var_id: NV_LWC_U
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_REDU
  • long_name: Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_REDU
  • long_name: Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 Nephelometer
  • standard_name:
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe.
  • var_id: NV_TWC_U
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_air_velocity
  • long_name: Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
  • var_id: W_C
  • units: -
  • long_name: Weight on wheel indicator
  • var_id: WOW_FLAG
  • standard_name:
  • 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: 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: degree s-1
  • long_name: rate-of-change of GIN heading
  • standard_name: platform_yaw_rate
  • var_id: HDGR_GIN
  • units: degree s-1
  • long_name: rate-of-change of GIN pitch angle
  • var_id: PITR_GIN
  • standard_name: platform_pitch_rate
  • units: degree s-1
  • standard_name: platform_roll_rate
  • long_name: rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
  • var_id: ROLR_GIN
  • 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

  • units: degree_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: LAT_GIN
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
  • var_id: LON_GIN
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: Time
  • long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2014-09-11T06:14:17
End time:
2014-09-11T13:35:46
Geographic Extent

 
55.4919°
  
-7.8832°
  
-0.4817°
 
51.9572°
  
Related parties
Authors (3)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)