Dataset
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
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Data were collected by instrument scientists during the flight before preparation and delivery for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
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Data as supplied by flight participants, no quality checks undertaken by Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| University of Manchester: 2-Dimensional Stereo (2DS) particle imaging probe (SPEC Inc.) on board the British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter aircraft | Deployed on: BAS Twin-Otter aircraft |
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° |
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-29.0700° |
-25.7500° |
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-75.6000° |
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