Dataset
FAAM B778 SALSTICE flight, number 6: 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: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-03-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 45 Files | 1GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 6 for SALSTICE Semi-Arid Land Surface Temperature IASI Cal/val project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B778 SALSTICE flight, number 6: 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/37c23dcb9f0344b6a0619b255fea54f8/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: SALSTICE, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
Details
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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 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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| File Format: |
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 B778 |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: ARIESRAD
- 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
- var_id: LONG_DATE
- units: None
- var_id: QUALITY
- var_id: SCANDIR
- var_id: SECONDS
- var_id: WAVENUM
- var_id: ZPD_POSITION
- var_id: alt
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude above MSL
- units: degC
- long_name: dp
- var_id: dp
- units: m/s
- long_name: dz
- var_id: dz
- units: degrees
- 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
- long_name: theta
- 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: 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
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-05-21T13:03:38
End time:
2013-05-21T17:34:51
Geographic Extent
33.9189° |
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-114.3779° |
-109.4458° |
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29.8222° |
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