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BAS Twin-Otter flight 219 MAC flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft.

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2021-07-27
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2020-07-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 3 Files | 347MB
Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Masin Twin-Otter aircraft collected for the Microphysics of Antarctic Clouds (MAC) project.

Citable as:  British Antarctic Survey; Natural Environment Research Council; O'Shea, S. (2020): BAS Twin-Otter flight 219 MAC flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft.. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/401e4c48509e41d09ad08235a5797f83
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MAC, BAS, airborne, atmospheric measurements

Details

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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: 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
Data Quality:
Data as supplied by flight participants, no quality checks undertaken by Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
File Format:
Netcdf

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Process overview

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

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 Mobile Platform Operation for: BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft
Output Description

None
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Edge_point_of_size_bin
  • var_id: Size_edge
  • long_name: Edge_point_of_time_bin
  • var_id: Time_edge
  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • var_id: ALT
  • long_name: Ellipsoid altitude measured by the BAS Twin Otter MASIN OXTS System
  • units: g m-3
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_All
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_all_particles
  • units: g m-3
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_HI
  • units: g m-3
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_LI
  • units: g m-3
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_MI
  • units: g m-3
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_S
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Mid_point_of_size_bin
  • var_id: Size_mid
  • long_name: Mid_point_of_time_bin
  • var_id: Time_mid
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_HI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_LI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_MI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: NC_S
  • units: L-1
  • var_id: PSD_Num_All
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_all_particles
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_HI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_LI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_MI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: PSD_Num_S
  • units: L-1
  • var_id: NC_All
  • long_name: Total_number_concentration_of_particles

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degree_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: LAT
  • long_name: Latitude measured by the BAS Twin Otter MASIN OXTS System
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: LON
  • long_name: Longitude measured by the BAS Twin Otter MASIN OXTS System
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2015-11-27T08:13:21
End time:
2015-11-27T12:25:21
Geographic Extent

 
-73.9600°
  
-29.0700°
  
-25.7500°
 
-75.6000°
  
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Authors (3)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)