Name: FAAM B407 VOCALS flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Published: 2014-07-14T13:38:12.133757
Keywords: VOCALS, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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FAAM B407 VOCALS flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

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Update Frequency: As Needed

Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30

Status: Completed

Online Status: ONLINE

Publication State: Published

Publication Date: 2014-07-14

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Dataset Size: 34 Files | 2GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for VOCALS-UK - Continuum Absorption in the Visible and Infrared and its Atmospheric Relevance project.

Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B407 VOCALS flight: 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/109ab4a8a0da44cebf79cf0f574ec275/

Abbreviation: Not defined

Keywords: VOCALS, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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Process overview

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

Instrument/Platform pairings

Met Office: Microwave Airborne Radiometer Scanning System (MARSS)	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
Met Office: Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES)	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Met Office: Short Wave Spectrometer (SWS)	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
New Instrument: faam-3786cpc	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: metoffice-ush	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1	FAAM BAE-146 flight B407

Output Description	None

var_id: ARIESRAD

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
var_id: ACLF_GIN

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
var_id: ACLS_GIN

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
var_id: ACLD_GIN

units: degree
long_name: Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: TRCK_GIN

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

units: m s-1
long_name: Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELN_GIN

units: m
standard_name: altitude
long_name: Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: ALT_GIN

units: m
standard_name: altitude
long_name: Altitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_ALT

units: degree
long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
var_id: AOA

units: degree
long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
var_id: AOSS

units: degK
long_name: Brightness Temperature
var_id: bt

var_id: CALIBRATION_FILES

var_id: CAL_DC_CBB

var_id: CAL_DC_HBB

var_id: CAL_DC_MEAS

var_id: CAL_TEMP_CBB

var_id: CAL_TEMP_HBB

var_id: CAL_TEMP_PORT2C

var_id: CAL_TEMP_PORT2H

units: hPa
long_name: Cabin pressure
var_id: CAB_PRES

units: degC
long_name: Cabin temperature at the core consoles
var_id: CAB_TEMP

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
var_id: P0_S10

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
var_id: PB_TURB

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
var_id: PA_TURB

units: nm
var_id: nirwv
long_name: Central wavelengths of the sws near infrared module detector

units: nm
var_id: viswv
long_name: Central wavelengths of the sws visible module detector

units: nm
var_id: nirwv
long_name: Central wavelengths of the ush near infrared module detector

units: nm
var_id: viswv
long_name: Central wavelengths of the ush visible module detector

units: W m-2
standard_name: downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
long_name: Corrected downward long wave irradiance.
var_id: IR_DN_C

units: W m-2
standard_name: downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_DN_C

units: W m-2
standard_name: upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
long_name: Corrected upward long wave irradiance
var_id: IR_UP_C

units: W m-2
standard_name: upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_UP_C

units: 1
long_name: Data Quality Flags
var_id: allflags

standard_name: dew_point_temperature
units: degK
long_name: Dew point from the General Eastern instrument.
var_id: TDEW_GE

units: K
standard_name: dew_point_temperature
long_name: Dew-point derived from TWC probe specific humidity (valid in cloud-free air)
var_id: TWC_TDEW

units: m s-1
standard_name: eastward_wind
long_name: Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: U_C

units: m s-1
long_name: Eastwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELE

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
var_id: ACLF_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
var_id: ACLS_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
var_id: ACLD_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: TRCK_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELD_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELE_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELN_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: ALT_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Altitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_ALT_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
var_id: AOA_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
var_id: AOSS_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Cabin pressure
var_id: CAB_PRES_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Cabin temperature at the core consoles
var_id: CAB_TEMP_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
var_id: P0_S10_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
var_id: PB_TURB_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
var_id: PA_TURB_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Corrected downward long wave irradiance.
var_id: IR_DN_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_DN_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Corrected upward long wave irradiance
var_id: IR_UP_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_UP_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Dew point from the General Eastern instrument.
var_id: TDEW_GE_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Dew-point derived from TWC probe specific humidity (valid in cloud-free air)
var_id: TWC_TDEW_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: U_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Eastwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELE_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Groundspeed from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: GSPD_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Heading from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: HDG_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system.
var_id: IAS_RVSM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Internal sample humidity of the nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_HUM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Internal sample pressure of the Nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_PR_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Internal sample temperature of the Nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_T_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Latitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LAT_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Latitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: LAT_GPS_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LON_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Longitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: LON_GPS_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole Fraction of Sulphur Dioxide in air from the TECO 43 instrument
var_id: SO2_TECO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Carbon Monoxide in air from the AERO AL5002 instrument
var_id: CO_AERO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of NOx in air from the TECO 42 instrument
var_id: NOX_TECO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in air from the TECO 42 instrument
var_id: NO2_TECO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) in air from the TECO 42 instrument
var_id: NO_TECO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of ozone in air from the TECO 49 instrument
var_id: O3_TECO_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: V_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Northwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Pitch angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for nose up)
var_id: PTCH_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
var_id: Q_RVSM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
var_id: PSP_TURB_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PALT_RVS_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
var_id: HGT_RADR_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Raw data from the TWC probe Lyman alpha detector
var_id: TWC_DET_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Roll angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for left wing up)
var_id: ROLL_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Sample temperature in Kelvin from the TWC evaporator probe
var_id: TWC_TSAM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time.
var_id: SOL_AZIM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time.
var_id: SOL_ZEN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
var_id: P9_STAT_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PS_RVSM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Total condensation particle concentration from TSI 3025A
var_id: CPC_CONC_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Total water specific humidity from the TWC avaporator instrument
var_id: TWC_EVAP_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
var_id: TAS_RVSM_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemeount non-deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_ND_R_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_DI_R_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
var_id: TAS_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, linear, from PSAP.
var_id: PSAP_LIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, log, from PSAP.
var_id: PSAP_LOG_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_BLUU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_BLUU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
var_id: BTHEIM_U_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_GRNU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_GRNU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument.
var_id: LWC_JW_U_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe
var_id: NV_LWC_U_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_REDU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_REDU_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe.
var_id: NV_TCW_U_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Upwards velocitiy from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELZ_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Upwelling infrared brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer.
var_id: BTHEIM_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: W_C_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN heading
var_id: HDGR_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN pitch angle
var_id: PITR_GIN_FLAG

units: 1
long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
var_id: ROLR_GIN_FLAG

units: dimensionless
var_id: nirflag
long_name: Flags of sws near infrared module spectra. 3 single character flags: V or N for module type S or M for telescope stationary/moving _ - this flag is unused

units: dimensionless
var_id: visflag
long_name: Flags of sws visible module spectra. 3 single character flags: V or N for module type S or M for telescope stationary/moving _ - this flag is unused

units: dimensionless
var_id: nirflag
long_name: Flags of ush near infrared module spectra. 3 single character flags: V or N for module type _ - this flag is unused _ - this flag is unused

units: dimensionless
var_id: visflag
long_name: Flags of ush visible module spectra. 3 single character flags: V or N for module type _ - this flag is unused _ - this flag is unused

units: m s-1
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
long_name: Groundspeed from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: GSPD_GIN

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

units: ms
var_id: nirint
long_name: Integration time of sws near infrared module spectra

units: ms
var_id: visint
long_name: Integration time of sws visible module spectra

units: ms
var_id: nirint
long_name: Integration time of ush near infrared module spectra

units: ms
var_id: visint
long_name: Integration time of ush visible module spectra

units: %
long_name: Internal sample humidity of the nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_HUM

units: hPa
long_name: Internal sample pressure of the Nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_PR

units: K
long_name: Internal sample temperature of the Nephelometer
var_id: NEPH_T

var_id: LONG_DATE

units: ppb
long_name: Mole Fraction of Sulphur Dioxide in air from the TECO 43 instrument
standard_name: mole_fraction_ofPARA0740ppb
var_id: SO2_TECO

units: ppb
long_name: Mole fraction of Carbon Monoxide in air from the AERO AL5002 instrument
var_id: CO_AERO

units: ppb
long_name: Mole fraction of NOx in air from the TECO 42 instrument
var_id: NOX_TECO

units: ppb
standard_name: mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_dioxide_in_air
long_name: Mole fraction of Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) in air from the TECO 42 instrument
var_id: NO2_TECO

units: ppb
long_name: Mole fraction of Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) in air from the TECO 42 instrument
standard_name: mole_fraction_of_nitrogen_monoxide_in_ai
var_id: NO_TECO

units: ppb
standard_name: mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air
long_name: Mole fraction of ozone in air from the TECO 49 instrument
var_id: O3_TECO

units: 0.07 - 2.0%

units: m s-1
standard_name: northward_wind
long_name: Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: V_C

units: m s-1
long_name: Northwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELN

units: degree
long_name: Pitch angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for nose up)
standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
var_id: PTCH_GIN

units: hPa
long_name: Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
var_id: Q_RVSM

units: hPa
long_name: Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
var_id: PSP_TURB

units: m
standard_name: altitude
long_name: Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PALT_RVS

var_id: QUALITY

units: m
standard_name: height
long_name: Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
var_id: HGT_RADR

units: bits
long_name: Raw data from the TWC probe Lyman alpha detector
var_id: TWC_DET

units: degree
long_name: Roll angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for left wing up)
standard_name: platform_roll_angle
var_id: ROLL_GIN

var_id: SCANDIR

var_id: SECONDS

units: K
long_name: Sample temperature in Kelvin from the TWC evaporator probe
var_id: TWC_TSAM

units: degree
long_name: Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time.
var_id: SOL_AZIM

units: degree
long_name: Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time.
var_id: SOL_ZEN

units: seconds past midnight UTC
var_id: nirtime
long_name: Start time of sws near infrared module spectra

units: seconds past midnight UTC
var_id: vistime
long_name: Start time of sws visible module spectra

units: seconds past midnight UTC
var_id: nirtime
long_name: Start time of ush near infrared module spectra

units: seconds past midnight UTC
var_id: vistime
long_name: Start time of ush visible module spectra

units: hPa
long_name: Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
var_id: P9_STAT

units: hPa
standard_name: air_pressure
long_name: Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PS_RVSM

var_id: Time
long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight

units: cm-3
long_name: Total condensation particle concentration from TSI 3025A
var_id: CPC_CONC

units: gram kg-1
long_name: Total water specific humidity from the TWC avaporator instrument
var_id: TWC_EVAP

units: m s-1
long_name: True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
var_id: TAS_RVSM

standard_name: air_temperature
units: degK
long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemeount non-deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_ND_R

standard_name: air_temperature
units: degK
long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_DI_R

units: m s-1
long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
var_id: TAS

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, linear, from PSAP.
var_id: PSAP_LIN

long_name: Uncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, log, from PSAP.
var_id: PSAP_LOG
units:

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_BLUU

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_BLUU

standard_name: brightness_temperature
units: degK
long_name: Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
var_id: BTHEIM_U

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_GRNU

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_GRNU

units: gram kg-1
long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument.
var_id: LWC_JW_U

units: gram m-3
long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe
var_id: NV_LWC_U

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: BSC_REDU

units: m-1
long_name: Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 nephelometer.
var_id: TSC_REDU

units: gram m-3
long_name: Uncorrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe.
var_id: NV_TCW_U
standard_name:

units: m s-1
long_name: Upwards velocitiy from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: GPS_VELZ

standard_name: brightness_temperature
units: degK
long_name: Upwelling infrared brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer.
var_id: BTHEIM_C

units: m s-1
standard_name: upward_air_velocity
long_name: Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: W_C

var_id: WAVENUM

var_id: ZPD_POSITION

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
standard_name: platform_roll_rate
var_id: PITR_GIN

units: degree s-1
long_name: rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
standard_name: platform_pitch_rate
var_id: ROLR_GIN

var_id: nir
units: W m-2 steradian-1 micron-1
long_name: sws RADIANCE spectra from the near infrared module

var_id: vis
units: W m-2 steradian-1 micron-1
long_name: sws RADIANCE spectra from the visible module

var_id: t
long_name: time of measurement

units: W m-2 micron-1
var_id: nir
long_name: ush Irradiance spectra from the near infrared module

units: W m-2 micron-1
var_id: vis
long_name: ush Irradiance spectra from the visible module

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_north
standard_name: latitude
long_name: Latitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: LAT_GPS

units: degree_east
standard_name: longitude
long_name: Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LON_GIN

units: degree_east
standard_name: longitude
long_name: Longitude from the XR5 GPS system.
var_id: LON_GPS

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Temporal Range

Start time:

2008-10-17T06:50:47

End time:

2008-10-17T13:31:26

Geographic Extent

	56.0163°
-1.4837°		1.7260°
	52.0293°

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FAAM B407 VOCALS flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

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Co-ordinate Variables

Temporal Range

2008-10-17T06:50:47

2008-10-17T13:31:26

Geographic Extent

56.0163°

-1.4837°

1.7260°

52.0293°

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