Dataset
FAAM B697 Mixed Phase Cloud flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
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: 55 Files | 3GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Met Office Mixed Phase Cloud Studies project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B697 Mixed Phase Cloud 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/2bc318c805ff4d7f84e831682c1b0b19/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Mixed Phase Cloud, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
Details
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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
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Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-146 flight B697 |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 0
- var_id: 2DC_CH00
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 1
- var_id: 2DC_CH01
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 10
- var_id: 2DC_CH10
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 11
- var_id: 2DC_CH11
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 12
- var_id: 2DC_CH12
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 13
- var_id: 2DC_CH13
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 14
- var_id: 2DC_CH14
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 15
- var_id: 2DC_CH15
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 16
- var_id: 2DC_CH16
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 17
- var_id: 2DC_CH17
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 18
- var_id: 2DC_CH18
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 19
- var_id: 2DC_CH19
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 2
- var_id: 2DC_CH02
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 20
- var_id: 2DC_CH20
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 21
- var_id: 2DC_CH21
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 22
- var_id: 2DC_CH22
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 23
- var_id: 2DC_CH23
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 24
- var_id: 2DC_CH24
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 25
- var_id: 2DC_CH25
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 26
- var_id: 2DC_CH26
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 27
- var_id: 2DC_CH27
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 28
- var_id: 2DC_CH28
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 29
- var_id: 2DC_CH29
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 3
- var_id: 2DC_CH03
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 30
- var_id: 2DC_CH30
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 31
- var_id: 2DC_CH31
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 4
- var_id: 2DC_CH04
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 5
- var_id: 2DC_CH05
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 6
- var_id: 2DC_CH06
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 7
- var_id: 2DC_CH07
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 8
- var_id: 2DC_CH08
- units: m-3
- long_name: 2DC Concentration in size channel 9
- var_id: 2DC_CH09
- var_id: ARIESRAD
- var_id: CALIBRATION_FILES
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- 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
- long_name: CDP Channel Number
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- units:
- units: micron
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
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- units: micron
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL
- long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_COMP
- units:
- long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_COMP
- units:
- units: micron
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_ERR
- units: micron
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
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- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 0
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- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 1
- var_id: 2DC_CH01_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 10
- var_id: 2DC_CH10_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 11
- var_id: 2DC_CH11_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 12
- var_id: 2DC_CH12_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 13
- var_id: 2DC_CH13_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 14
- var_id: 2DC_CH14_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 15
- var_id: 2DC_CH15_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 16
- var_id: 2DC_CH16_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 17
- var_id: 2DC_CH17_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 18
- var_id: 2DC_CH18_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 19
- var_id: 2DC_CH19_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 2
- var_id: 2DC_CH02_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 20
- var_id: 2DC_CH20_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 21
- var_id: 2DC_CH21_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 22
- var_id: 2DC_CH22_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 23
- var_id: 2DC_CH23_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 24
- var_id: 2DC_CH24_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 25
- var_id: 2DC_CH25_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 26
- var_id: 2DC_CH26_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 27
- var_id: 2DC_CH27_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 28
- var_id: 2DC_CH28_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 29
- var_id: 2DC_CH29_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 3
- var_id: 2DC_CH03_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 30
- var_id: 2DC_CH30_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 31
- var_id: 2DC_CH31_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 4
- var_id: 2DC_CH04_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 5
- var_id: 2DC_CH05_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 6
- var_id: 2DC_CH06_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 7
- var_id: 2DC_CH07_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 8
- var_id: 2DC_CH08_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for 2DC Concentration in size channel 9
- var_id: 2DC_CH09_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for Ice water content from 2DC
- var_id: 2DC_IWC_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for Liquid water content from 2DC
- var_id: 2DC_LWC_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Flag for Particle concentration from the 2DC
- var_id: 2DC_CONC_FLAG
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from CDP channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_FLAG
- units:
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: PCAS2_FLAG
- units:
- var_id: LONG_DATE
- units: micron
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_NOM
- units: micron
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_NOM
- long_name: PCASP (SPP200) Channel Number
- var_id: PCAS2CH
- units:
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
- var_id: PCAS2_01
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
- var_id: PCAS2_10
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
- var_id: PCAS2_11
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
- var_id: PCAS2_12
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
- var_id: PCAS2_13
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
- var_id: PCAS2_14
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
- var_id: PCAS2_15
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
- var_id: PCAS2_16
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
- var_id: PCAS2_17
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
- var_id: PCAS2_18
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
- var_id: PCAS2_19
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
- var_id: PCAS2_02
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
- var_id: PCAS2_20
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
- var_id: PCAS2_21
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
- var_id: PCAS2_22
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
- var_id: PCAS2_23
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
- var_id: PCAS2_24
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
- var_id: PCAS2_25
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
- var_id: PCAS2_26
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
- var_id: PCAS2_27
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
- var_id: PCAS2_28
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
- var_id: PCAS2_29
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
- var_id: PCAS2_03
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
- var_id: PCAS2_30
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
- var_id: PCAS2_04
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
- var_id: PCAS2_05
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
- var_id: PCAS2_06
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
- var_id: PCAS2_07
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
- var_id: PCAS2_08
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
- var_id: PCAS2_09
- units: m-3
- long_name: Particle concentration from the 2DC
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- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
- var_id: PCAS2_01_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
- var_id: PCAS2_10_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
- var_id: PCAS2_11_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
- var_id: PCAS2_12_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
- var_id: PCAS2_13_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
- var_id: PCAS2_14_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
- var_id: PCAS2_15_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
- var_id: PCAS2_16_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
- var_id: PCAS2_17_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
- var_id: PCAS2_18_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
- var_id: PCAS2_19_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
- var_id: PCAS2_02_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
- var_id: PCAS2_20_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
- var_id: PCAS2_21_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
- var_id: PCAS2_22_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
- var_id: PCAS2_23_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
- var_id: PCAS2_24_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
- var_id: PCAS2_25_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
- var_id: PCAS2_26_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
- var_id: PCAS2_27_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
- var_id: PCAS2_28_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
- var_id: PCAS2_29_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
- var_id: PCAS2_03_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
- var_id: PCAS2_30_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
- var_id: PCAS2_04_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
- var_id: PCAS2_05_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
- var_id: PCAS2_06_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
- var_id: PCAS2_07_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
- var_id: PCAS2_08_err
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
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- units: gram m-3
- long_name: Water content from 2DC assuming ice
- var_id: 2DC_IWC
- units: gram m-3
- long_name: Water content from 2DC assuming liquid
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- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 1
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- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 10
- var_id: CDP_10
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 11
- var_id: CDP_11
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 12
- var_id: CDP_12
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 13
- var_id: CDP_13
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 14
- var_id: CDP_14
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 15
- var_id: CDP_15
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 16
- var_id: CDP_16
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 17
- var_id: CDP_17
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 18
- var_id: CDP_18
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 19
- var_id: CDP_19
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 2
- var_id: CDP_02
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 20
- var_id: CDP_20
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 21
- var_id: CDP_21
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 22
- var_id: CDP_22
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 23
- var_id: CDP_23
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 24
- var_id: CDP_24
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 25
- var_id: CDP_25
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 26
- var_id: CDP_26
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 27
- var_id: CDP_27
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 28
- var_id: CDP_28
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 29
- var_id: CDP_29
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 3
- var_id: CDP_03
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 30
- var_id: CDP_30
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 4
- var_id: CDP_04
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 5
- var_id: CDP_05
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 6
- var_id: CDP_06
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 7
- var_id: CDP_07
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 8
- var_id: CDP_08
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 9
- var_id: CDP_09
- units: m/s
- long_name: dz
- var_id: dz
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- 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: 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
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- 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: cm-3
- long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_CONC
- 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
- standard_name: time
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
- var_id: CDP_TSPM
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-05-17T04:22:58
End time:
2012-05-17T12:00:17
Geographic Extent
52.3315° |
||
-6.7051° |
-0.4592° |
|
50.2170° |
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