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Dataset

 

UTLS THESEO: Balloon-borne Near-IR laser spectrometer atmospheric methane measurements from Kiruna station, Sweden

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2000-06-14
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-03-13
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 6 Files | 68KB

Abstract

Extension of the Third European Stratospheric Experiment on Ozone (THESEO) balloon-borne measurements of atmospheric tracers and chemically active gases in the mid-latitude lower stratosphere for tests of atmospheric transport UTLS Round 1 project led by Dr R.L.Jones, Dr J.A.Pyle and Dr Neil Harris, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, University of Cambridge and P.T. Woods, National Physical Laboratory (NPL).

This dataset contains atmospheric methane measurements from a balloon-borne near-IR laser spectrometer.

The data shows the methane mixing ratio at different atmospheric pressures. The overall scientific objective within this proposal was to contribute to the understanding of middle latitude ozone loss by making measurements of a number of important tracers of atmospheric motion and photochemistry, and by interpreting these measurements with state-of-the-art models of atmospheric chemistry and transport.

Citable as:  Howieson, I.; Gardiner, T.; Swann, N.; Garcelon, S.; Hansford, G.M. (2007): UTLS THESEO: Balloon-borne Near-IR laser spectrometer atmospheric methane measurements from Kiruna station, Sweden. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/140c1b08cad8e2f080ae9b7b89f00fab/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: UTLS, THESEO, balloon, chemistry

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11737999621717114
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data collected by balloon-borne near-infra-red tunable diode laser spectrometer from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), launched from Kiruna during the 1999/2000 winter, then interpreted using 3D chemical transport models already developed at Cambridge.
Data files were provided as is in 2000 to the BADC for archiving.

Data Quality:
Unknown
File Format:
Data are NASA Ames formatted

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Process overview

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

None

  • long_name: Methane
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G138
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds > Methane
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Chemistry/Carbon and Hydrocarbon Compounds > Methane, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G138

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2000-01-28T00:00:00
End time:
2000-03-25T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
67.8500°
 
20.2167°
 
20.2167°
 
67.8500°