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Dataset

 

FAAM B734 SAMBBA flight, number 4: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2016-11-22
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2014-07-14
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 63 Files | 4GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 4 for South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA) project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B734 SAMBBA flight, number 4: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0b64e9f8b5b14d9b942c868416077cf3/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: SAMBBA, 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.

Data Quality:
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the British Atmospheric Data Centre
File Format:
Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.

Process overview

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

Instrument/Platform pairings

FAAM: AQD NOX Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Met Office Wet Nephelometer Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: metoffice-neph1 Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
York: Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionization Detector (DC-GC-FID) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE systems: Subset of FAAM core instruments measuring cloud physics data Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-146 flight B734
Output Description

None

  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • long_name: Aircraft altitude (m)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_ALTITUDE
  • units: m
  • long_name: Along-track distance (m)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_DISTANCE
  • long_name: Channel
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_CHANNEL
  • units: m
  • standard_name: height
  • long_name: Height (m)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_HEIGHT
  • units: hPa
  • var_id: NEPH_PR
  • long_name: Internal sample pressure of (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: %
  • var_id: NEPH_HUM
  • long_name: Internal sample relative humidity of (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: K
  • var_id: NEPH_T
  • long_name: Internal sample temperature of (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: CH4
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Off-nadir angle (degrees)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_OFFNADIR
  • units: Arbitrary units
  • long_name: Range corrected lidar signal
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_PR2
  • units: Arbitrary units
  • long_name: Relative depolarization ratio
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_RELDEP
  • units: LPM
  • long_name: Sample flow in (dry) nephelometer.
  • var_id: NEPH_FLO
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_BLUU
  • long_name: Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_BLUU
  • long_name: Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_GRNU
  • long_name: Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_GRNU
  • long_name: Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: BSC_REDU
  • long_name: Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: TSC_REDU
  • long_name: Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
  • 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: %
  • var_id: NEPH_HUM
  • long_name: interal sample relative humidity of (dry) nephelometer
  • units: K
  • var_id: NEPH_T
  • long_name: interal sample temperature of (dry) nephelometer
  • units: hPa
  • var_id: NEPH_PR
  • long_name: internal sample pressure of (dry) nephelometer
  • 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: LPM
  • var_id: NEPH_FLO
  • long_name: sample flow rate (dry) nephelometer
  • 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
  • long_name: time of neph measurement
  • var_id: neph_spm
  • units: neph seconds
  • 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 (degrees, +N)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_LATITUDE
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude (degrees, +E)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_LONGITUDE
  • standard_name: time
  • long_name: Time (s)
  • var_id: LIDAR_NC_TIME
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-09-18T07:52:02
End time:
2012-09-18T15:02:21
Geographic Extent

 
-8.6985°
 
-64.3619°
 
-61.5635°
 
-11.9352°