Name: FAAM B838 CAST flight, number 15: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Published: 2015-03-23T20:34:50.411671+00:00
License: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf
Keywords: CAST, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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FAAM B838 CAST flight, number 15: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

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Publication Date: 2015-03-23

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Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 15 for Co-ordinated Airborne Studies in the Tropics (CAST) project.

Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B838 CAST flight, number 15: 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/5dab32073ae24fcc8a68482f9cf6f71b

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Keywords: CAST, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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Process overview

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

Instrument/Platform pairings

FAAM: AQD NOX	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: metoffice-aimms	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
York: Gas Chromatography MS (GCMS)	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester: Aerodyne Tunable IR Laser Direct Absorption Spectrometer (TILDAS)	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE systems: Subset of FAAM core instruments measuring cloud physics data	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1	FAAM BAE-146 flight B838

Output Description	None

units: m s-1
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
long_name: AIMMS Eastwards ground speed
var_id: VE

units: m
standard_name: altitude
long_name: AIMMS GPS altitude
var_id: ALT

units: degree
standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
long_name: AIMMS Heading angle
var_id: HDG

units: m s-1
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
long_name: AIMMS Northwards ground speed
var_id: VN

units: percent
standard_name: relative_humidity
var_id: RH
long_name: AIMMS Relative humidity wrt water

units: hPa
standard_name: air_pressure
var_id: PRES
long_name: AIMMS Static pressure

units: m s-1
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
var_id: TAS
long_name: AIMMS True air speed

units: degree
var_id: AOA
long_name: AIMMS angle of attack (positive, flow from below aircraft)

units: degree
var_id: AOSS
long_name: AIMMS angle of sideslip (positive, flow from left)

units: m s-1
standard_name: eastward_wind
var_id: U
long_name: AIMMS eastwards wind component

units: 1
long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of attack differential pressure
var_id: DPAOA

units: 1
long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of sideslip differential pressure
var_id: DPAOSS

units: m s-1
standard_name: northward_wind
var_id: V
long_name: AIMMS northwards wind component

units: degree
standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
long_name: AIMMS pitch angle
var_id: PITCH

units: degree
standard_name: platform_roll_angle
long_name: AIMMS roll angle
var_id: ROLL

units: K
standard_name: air_temperature
long_name: AIMMS true air temperature
var_id: TK

units: m s-1
long_name: AIMMS vertical speed
var_id: VZ

units: m s-1
standard_name: upward_air_velocity
var_id: W
long_name: AIMMS vertical wind component

units: degree
long_name: A_0 calibration coefficient
var_id: A_0

units: degree
long_name: A_alpha calibration coefficient
var_id: A_alpha

units: degree
long_name: A_beta calibration coefficient
var_id: A_beta

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
var_id: ACLF_GIN
standard_name:

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
var_id: ACLS_GIN
standard_name:

units: m s-2
long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
var_id: ACLD_GIN
standard_name:

units: degree
long_name: Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: TRCK_GIN
standard_name:

units: m s-1
long_name: Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELD_GIN
standard_name:

units: m s-1
long_name: Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELE_GIN
standard_name:

units: m s-1
long_name: Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELN_GIN
standard_name:

units: m
standard_name: altitude
long_name: Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: ALT_GIN

units: degree
long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
var_id: AOA
standard_name:

units: degree
long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
var_id: AOSS
standard_name:

units: degree
long_name: B_0 calibration coefficient
var_id: B_0

units: degree
long_name: B_alpha calibration coefficient
var_id: B_alpha

units: degree
long_name: B_beta calibration coefficient
var_id: B_beta

long_name: CDP Channel Number
var_id: CDPCH
units:

units: 1
long_name: CP_0 calibration coefficient
var_id: CP_0

units: 1
long_name: CP_alpha calibration coefficient
var_id: CP_alpha

units: 1
long_name: CP_beta calibration coefficient
var_id: CP_beta

units: hPa
long_name: Cabin pressure
var_id: CAB_PRES
standard_name:

units: degC
long_name: Cabin temperature at the core consoles
var_id: CAB_TEMP
standard_name:

units: micron
long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_L_CAL

units: micron
long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
var_id: P0_S10
standard_name:

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
var_id: PB_TURB
standard_name:

units: hPa
long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
var_id: PA_TURB
standard_name:

long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_L_COMP
units:

long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_U_COMP
units:

units: W m-2
long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_DN_C
standard_name:

units: W m-2
long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome
var_id: RED_DN_C
standard_name:

units: W m-2
long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_UP_C
standard_name:

units: W m-2
long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome
var_id: RED_UP_C
standard_name:

standard_name: dew_point_temperature
units: degK
var_id: TDEW_GE
long_name: Dew point from the General Eastern instrument

units: m s-1
standard_name: eastward_wind
long_name: Eastward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
var_id: U_NOTURB

units: m s-1
standard_name: eastward_wind
long_name: Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: U_C

units: micron
long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_L_ERR

units: micron
long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_U_ERR

long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis (GIN) (positive forward)
var_id: ACLF_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis (GIN) (positive starboard)
var_id: ACLS_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis (GIN) (positive down)
var_id: ACLD_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Aircraft track angle POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: TRCK_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELD_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELE_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: VELN_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Altitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: ALT_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
var_id: AOA_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
var_id: AOSS_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Cabin pressure
var_id: CAB_PRES_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Cabin temperature at the core consoles
var_id: CAB_TEMP_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between centre(P0) port and S10 static
var_id: P0_S10_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
var_id: PB_TURB_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
var_id: PA_TURB_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_DN_C_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome
var_id: RED_DN_C_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
var_id: SW_UP_C_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome
var_id: RED_UP_C_FLAG

var_id: TDEW_GE_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Dew point from the General Eastern instrument

long_name: Flag for Eastward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
var_id: U_NOTURB_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: U_C_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Groundspeed from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: GSPD_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Heading from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: HDG_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system.
var_id: IAS_RVSM_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Latitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LAT_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LON_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Carbon Monoxide in air from the AERO AL5002 instrument
var_id: CO_AERO_FLAG

var_id: O3_TECO_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Mole fraction of Ozone in air from the TECO 49 instrument

long_name: Flag for Northward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
var_id: V_NOTURB_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: V_C_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Pitch angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for nose up)
var_id: PTCH_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
var_id: Q_RVSM_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
var_id: PSP_TURB_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PALT_RVS_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
var_id: HGT_RADR_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Raw data from the Fwd Core Console JCI static monitor, static signal
var_id: EXX_JCI_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Roll angle from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Nav. unit (positive for left wing up)
var_id: ROLL_GIN_FLAG

var_id: SOL_AZIM_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time

var_id: SOL_ZEN_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time

long_name: Flag for Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
var_id: P9_STAT_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PS_RVSM_FLAG

long_name: Flag for True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
var_id: TAS_RVSM_FLAG

long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemeount non-deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_ND_R_FLAG

long_name: Flag for True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_DI_R_FLAG

long_name: Flag for True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
var_id: TAS_FLAG

long_name: Flag for Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
var_id: BTHEIM_U_FLAG

var_id: LWC_JW_U_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument

long_name: Flag for Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: W_C_FLAG

var_id: CDP_FLAG
long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
units:

long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
var_id: PCAS2_FLAG
units:

long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN heading
var_id: HDGR_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN pitch angle
var_id: PITR_GIN_FLAG

long_name: Flag for rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
var_id: ROLR_GIN_FLAG

units: degree
long_name: Heading from POSAV GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
var_id: HDG_GIN

units: m s-1
long_name: Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system.
var_id: IAS_RVSM
standard_name:

units: ppb
standard_name: mole_fraction_of_ozone_in_air
var_id: O3_TECO
long_name: Mole fraction of Ozone in air from the TECO 49 instrument

units: micron
long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
var_id: PCAS2_D_L_NOM

units: micron
long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
var_id: PCAS2_D_U_NOM

units: seconds

units: m s-1
standard_name: northward_wind
long_name: Northward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
var_id: V_NOTURB

units: m s-1
standard_name: northward_wind
long_name: Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: V_C

long_name: PCASP (SPP200) Channel Number
var_id: PCAS2CH
units:

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
var_id: PCAS2_01

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
var_id: PCAS2_10

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
var_id: PCAS2_11

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
var_id: PCAS2_12

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
var_id: PCAS2_13

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
var_id: PCAS2_14

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
var_id: PCAS2_15

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
var_id: PCAS2_16

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
var_id: PCAS2_17

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
var_id: PCAS2_18

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
var_id: PCAS2_19

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
var_id: PCAS2_02

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
var_id: PCAS2_20

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
var_id: PCAS2_21

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
var_id: PCAS2_22

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
var_id: PCAS2_23

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
var_id: PCAS2_24

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
var_id: PCAS2_25

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
var_id: PCAS2_26

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
var_id: PCAS2_27

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
var_id: PCAS2_28

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
var_id: PCAS2_29

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
var_id: PCAS2_03

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
var_id: PCAS2_30

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
var_id: PCAS2_04

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
var_id: PCAS2_05

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
var_id: PCAS2_06

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
var_id: PCAS2_07

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
var_id: PCAS2_08

units: cm-3
long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
var_id: PCAS2_09

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
var_id: PCAS2_01_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
var_id: PCAS2_10_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
var_id: PCAS2_11_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
var_id: PCAS2_12_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
var_id: PCAS2_13_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
var_id: PCAS2_14_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
var_id: PCAS2_15_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
var_id: PCAS2_16_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
var_id: PCAS2_17_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
var_id: PCAS2_18_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
var_id: PCAS2_19_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
var_id: PCAS2_02_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
var_id: PCAS2_20_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
var_id: PCAS2_21_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
var_id: PCAS2_22_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
var_id: PCAS2_23_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
var_id: PCAS2_24_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
var_id: PCAS2_25_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
var_id: PCAS2_26_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
var_id: PCAS2_27_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
var_id: PCAS2_28_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
var_id: PCAS2_29_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
var_id: PCAS2_03_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
var_id: PCAS2_30_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
var_id: PCAS2_04_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
var_id: PCAS2_05_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
var_id: PCAS2_06_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
var_id: PCAS2_07_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
var_id: PCAS2_08_err

units: percent
long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
var_id: PCAS2_09_err

units: hPa
long_name: Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
var_id: Q_RVSM
standard_name:

units: hPa
long_name: Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
var_id: PSP_TURB
standard_name:

units: m
long_name: Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PALT_RVS
standard_name:

units: m
long_name: Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
var_id: HGT_RADR
standard_name:

units: adc counts
long_name: Raw data from the Fwd Core Console JCI static monitor, static signal
var_id: EXX_JCI
standard_name:

long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_L_RI
units:

long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
var_id: PCAS2_D_U_RI
units:

units: degree
var_id: SOL_AZIM
long_name: Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time
standard_name:

units: degree
var_id: SOL_ZEN
long_name: Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time
standard_name:

units: hPa
standard_name: air_pressure
long_name: Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
var_id: P9_STAT

units: hPa
long_name: Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
var_id: PS_RVSM
standard_name:

var_id: Time
long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight

long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
standard_name: Time
var_id: PCAS2TSPM

units: m s-1
long_name: True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature.
var_id: TAS_RVSM
standard_name:

units: degK
long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemeount non-deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_ND_R
standard_name:

units: degK
long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor.
var_id: TAT_DI_R
standard_name:

units: m s-1
long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
var_id: TAS

units: degK
long_name: Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
var_id: BTHEIM_U
standard_name:

units: gram kg-1
var_id: LWC_JW_U
long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument
standard_name:

units: gram m-3
long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe
var_id: NV_LWC_U
standard_name:

units: m s-1
standard_name: upward_air_velocity
long_name: Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
var_id: W_C

units: cm3 s-1
long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
var_id: PCAS2_FL

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
var_id: PCAS2CON

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 1
var_id: CDP_01

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 10
var_id: CDP_10

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 11
var_id: CDP_11

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 12
var_id: CDP_12

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 13
var_id: CDP_13

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 14
var_id: CDP_14

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 15
var_id: CDP_15

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 16
var_id: CDP_16

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 17
var_id: CDP_17

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 18
var_id: CDP_18

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 19
var_id: CDP_19

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 2
var_id: CDP_02

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 20
var_id: CDP_20

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 21
var_id: CDP_21

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 22
var_id: CDP_22

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 23
var_id: CDP_23

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 24
var_id: CDP_24

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 25
var_id: CDP_25

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 26
var_id: CDP_26

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 27
var_id: CDP_27

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 28
var_id: CDP_28

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 29
var_id: CDP_29

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 3
var_id: CDP_03

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 30
var_id: CDP_30

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 4
var_id: CDP_04

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 5
var_id: CDP_05

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 6
var_id: CDP_06

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 7
var_id: CDP_07

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 8
var_id: CDP_08

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 9
var_id: CDP_09

units: degree s-1
long_name: rate-of-change of GIN heading
standard_name: platform_yaw_rate
var_id: HDGR_GIN

units: degree s-1
long_name: rate-of-change of GIN pitch angle
var_id: PITR_GIN
standard_name: platform_pitch_rate

units: degree s-1
standard_name: platform_roll_rate
long_name: rate-of-change of GIN roll angle
var_id: ROLR_GIN

units: cm-3
var_id: CDP_CONC
long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included

Co-ordinate Variables

units: degree_north
standard_name: latitude
var_id: LAT
long_name: AIMMS GPS latitude

units: degree_east
standard_name: longitude
var_id: LON
long_name: AIMMS GPS longitude

units: degree_north
standard_name: latitude
long_name: Latitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LAT_GIN

units: degree_east
standard_name: longitude
long_name: Longitude from POS AV 510 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
var_id: LON_GIN

standard_name: time
long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
var_id: CDP_TSPM

standard_name: time
var_id: TIME
long_name: time of measurement

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Coverage

Temporal Range

Start time:

2014-02-05T22:46:03

End time:

2014-02-06T05:45:49

Geographic Extent

	7.7459°
151.4970°		152.2331°
	7.0404°

Dataset

FAAM B838 CAST flight, number 15: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Abstract

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Process overview

Instrument/Platform pairings

Mobile platform operations

Co-ordinate Variables

Temporal Range

2014-02-05T22:46:03

2014-02-06T05:45:49

Geographic Extent

7.7459°

151.4970°

152.2331°

7.0404°

Authors (3)

Publishers (1)

Funders (1)

Principal Investigators (1)

Co-Investigators (2)