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Dataset

 

FAAM B077 RICO flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-03-31
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 8 Files | 202MB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B077 RICO 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/4f4463bbe11d4c8f8a99d01ab97afd70/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: RICO, 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
File Format:
Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.

Process overview

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

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-146 flight B077
Output Description

None

  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Aircraft vertical velocity from the INS
  • var_id: PARA0557
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe
  • var_id: PARA0548
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe
  • var_id: PARA0549
  • units: gram kg-1
  • long_name: Automatically-corrected Johnson-Williams liquid water content
  • var_id: PARA1602
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Automatically-corrected Nevzorov liquid water content
  • var_id: PARA1600
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Automatically-corrected Nevzorov total water content
  • var_id: PARA1601
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated check differential pressure between right and S10 static
  • var_id: PARA0777
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated check differential pressure between upper and S10 static
  • var_id: PARA0776
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) and S10 static
  • var_id: PARA0773
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between horizontal ports
  • var_id: PARA0775
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between vertical ports
  • var_id: PARA0774
  • units: K
  • var_id: PARA0723
  • long_name: Corrected brightness temperature from Heimann radiometer
  • units: K
  • standard_name: dew_point_temperature
  • long_name: Dew-point derived from TWC probe specific humidity
  • var_id: PARA0725
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Drift angle from the INS
  • var_id: PARA0564
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: Eastward wind component
  • var_id: PARA0715
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0515FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0515
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0548
  • var_id: PARA0548FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0549
  • var_id: PARA0549FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0557
  • var_id: PARA0557FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0563
  • var_id: PARA0563FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0564
  • var_id: PARA0564FLAG
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0572FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0572
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0714FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0714
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0715FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0715
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0716FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0716
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0723
  • var_id: PARA0723FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0725
  • var_id: PARA0725FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0773
  • var_id: PARA0773FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0774
  • var_id: PARA0774FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0775
  • var_id: PARA0775FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0776
  • var_id: PARA0776FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0777
  • var_id: PARA0777FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0778
  • var_id: PARA0778FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0779
  • var_id: PARA0779FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0781
  • var_id: PARA0781FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1600
  • var_id: PARA1600FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1601
  • var_id: PARA1601FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1602
  • var_id: PARA1602FLAG
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Groundspeed from the INS
  • var_id: PARA0563
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: Northward wind component
  • var_id: PARA0714
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: Pitot-static pressure from corrected centre-port measurements
  • var_id: PARA0781
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
  • var_id: PARA0778
  • var_id: PARA0572
  • units: gram kg-1
  • long_name: Total water content from evaporator
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
  • var_id: PARA0779
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_air_velocity
  • var_id: PARA0716
  • long_name: Vertical wind component

Co-ordinate Variables

  • standard_name: time
  • units: s
  • var_id: PARA0515
  • long_name: Data time in seconds from midnight on day the flight starts - may exceed 86400.
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: Time
  • long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-01-19T12:53:59
End time:
2005-01-19T20:35:18
Geographic Extent

 
18.6201°
 
-62.1335°
 
-61.0790°
 
17.0871°