Dataset
FAAM B791 COPE 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: 2015-03-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 3.85K Files | 5GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for The NERC MICROphysicS of COnvective PrEcipitation (MICROSCOPE) project as part of the COnvective Precipitation Experiment (COPE).
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B791 COPE 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/370a02326607464bb7915309380d258d
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: COPE, 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
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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 B791 |
| Output Description | None |
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
- units: m s-1
- var_id: VE
- long_name: AIMMS Eastwards ground speed
- var_id: ALT
- long_name: AIMMS GPS altitude
- standard_name: altitude
- units: m
- long_name: AIMMS GPS latitude
- var_id: LAT
- units: degree N
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
- var_id: HDG
- long_name: AIMMS Heading angle
- units: m s-1
- var_id: VN
- long_name: AIMMS Northwards ground speed
- var_id: RH
- long_name: AIMMS Relative humidity wrt water
- units: percent
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- long_name: AIMMS Static pressure
- units: hPa
- var_id: PRES
- standard_name: air_pressure
- units:
- var_id: STATUS
- long_name: AIMMS Status flag (0 - solution invalid)
- long_name: AIMMS True air speed
- var_id: TAS
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
- long_name: AIMMS angle of attack (positive, flow from below aircraft)
- units: degree
- var_id: AOSS
- units: degree
- var_id: AOSS
- long_name: AIMMS angle of sideslip (positive, flow from left)
- var_id: U
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- units: m s-1
- long_name: AIMMS eastwards wind component
- units:
- var_id: DPAOA
- long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of attack differential pressure
- units:
- var_id: DPAOSS
- long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of sideslip differential pressure
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: AIMMS northwards wind component
- units: m s-1
- var_id: V
- long_name: AIMMS pitch angle
- standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
- units: degree
- var_id: PITCH
- units: degree
- long_name: AIMMS roll angle
- var_id: ROLL
- standard_name: platform_roll_angle
- units: K
- long_name: AIMMS true air temperature
- var_id: TK
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: VZ
- long_name: AIMMS vertical speed
- units: m s-1
- var_id: W
- units: m s-1
- long_name: AIMMS vertical wind component
- standard_name: upward_air_velocity
- var_id: AOA
- units:
- var_id: A_0
- long_name: A_0 calibration coefficient
- units:
- var_id: A_alpha
- long_name: A_alpha calibration coefficient
- units:
- var_id: A_beta
- long_name: A_beta calibration coefficient
- var_id: B_0
- long_name: B_0 calibration coefficient
- units:
- units:
- var_id: B_alpha
- long_name: B_alpha calibration coefficient
- units:
- var_id: B_beta
- long_name: B_beta calibration coefficient
- units:
- var_id: CDPCH
- long_name: CDP Channel Number
- units:
- var_id: CP_0
- long_name: CP_0 calibration coefficient
- var_id: CP_alpha
- long_name: CP_alpha calibration coefficient
- units:
- units:
- var_id: CP_beta
- long_name: CP_beta calibration coefficient
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_CAL
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
- units: micron
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
- units: micron
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_COMP
- long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_COMP
- long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
- var_id: NC_2DS_Defice_C0
- long_name: Definite ice number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- var_id: NC_2DS_Defice_C1
- long_name: Definite ice number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- units: L-1
- var_id: NC_2DS_Edge_C0
- long_name: Edge number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
- var_id: NC_2DS_Edge_C1
- long_name: Edge number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_ERR
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
- units: micron
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_ERR
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
- units: micron
- units:
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_FLAG
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_FLAG
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: NC_2DS_Irreg_C1
- long_name: Irregular number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- units: micron
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_NOM
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_NOM
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
- units: micron
- units: 0-100000 particles cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2CH
- long_name: PCASP (SPP200) Channel Number
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_01
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_10
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_11
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_12
- var_id: PCAS2_13
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_14
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_15
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_16
- var_id: PCAS2_17
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_18
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_19
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_02
- var_id: PCAS2_20
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_21
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_22
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_23
- var_id: PCAS2_24
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_25
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_26
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_27
- var_id: PCAS2_28
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_29
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_03
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_30
- var_id: PCAS2_04
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_05
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_06
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
- units: cm-3
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_07
- var_id: PCAS2_08
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_09
- long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
- units: cm-3
- var_id: PCAS2_01_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_10_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_11_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
- var_id: PCAS2_12_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_13_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_14_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_15_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
- var_id: PCAS2_16_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_17_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_18_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_19_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
- var_id: PCAS2_02_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_20_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_21_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_22_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
- var_id: PCAS2_23_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_24_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_25_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_26_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
- var_id: PCAS2_27_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_28_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_29_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_03_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
- var_id: PCAS2_30_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_04_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_05_err
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_06_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
- var_id: PCAS2_07_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_08_err
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
- units: percent
- long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
- units: percent
- var_id: PCAS2_09_err
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_D_L_RI
- long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
- units:
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_RI
- long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
- units: L-1
- var_id: NC_2DS_Round_C0
- long_name: Round number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
- var_id: NC_2DS_Round_C1
- long_name: Round number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- var_id: NC_2DS_Small_C0
- long_name: Small number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- var_id: NC_2DS_Small_C1
- long_name: Small number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- var_id: Time
- long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
- standard_name: Time
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: PCAS2TSPM
- units: cm3 s-1
- var_id: PCAS2_FL
- long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: PCAS2CON
- long_name: droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_01
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 1
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 10
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_10
- var_id: CDP_11
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 11
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_12
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 12
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_13
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 13
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 14
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_14
- var_id: CDP_15
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 15
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_16
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 16
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_17
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 17
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 18
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_18
- var_id: CDP_19
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 19
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_02
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 2
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_20
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 20
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 21
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_21
- var_id: CDP_22
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 22
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_23
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 23
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_24
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 24
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 25
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_25
- var_id: CDP_26
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 26
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_27
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 27
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_28
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 28
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 29
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_29
- var_id: CDP_03
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 3
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_30
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 30
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_04
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 4
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 5
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_05
- var_id: CDP_06
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 6
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_07
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 7
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_08
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 8
- units: cm-3
- long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 9
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_09
- var_id: size
- long_name: mid-point of size bin in microns
- units: microns
- var_id: time
- long_name: mid-point of time bin in seconds from midnight
- var_id: numb_conc_of_cloud_particle
- long_name: number concentration of all particles from CIP15 (CAPS) in size/time interval (L-1)
- units: L-1
- long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_CONC
- units: cm-3
Co-ordinate Variables
- long_name: AIMMS GPS longitude
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: LON
- units: degree E
- standard_name: time
- var_id: CDP_TSPM
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
- var_id: TIME
- standard_name: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-07-29T04:35:36
End time:
2013-07-29T16:12:49
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