Dataset
FAAM B395 VACAR flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2014-07-14
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 36 Files | 3GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Variational Assimilation of Cloud Affected Radiances (VACAR) project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B395 VACAR 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/29536c1d119448c281a4a17597055560/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: VACAR, 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
| 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 |
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-146 flight B395 |
| Output Description | None |
- 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: 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: 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
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- units: degK
- long_name: Dew point from the General Eastern instrument.
- var_id: TDEW_GE
- 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: 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: %
- 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
- 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_ozone_in_air
- long_name: Mole fraction of ozone in air from the TECO 49 instrument
- var_id: O3_TECO
- 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: 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
- 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: 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: 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
- 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
- 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
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: upward_air_velocity
- long_name: Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
- var_id: W_C
- 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
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
- standard_name: time
- var_id: Time
- long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2008-08-14T06:57:39
End time:
2008-08-14T14:47:48
Geographic Extent
56.4376° |
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-8.7874° |
-0.5322° |
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52.0409° |
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