Name: FAAM B439 MEVEX flight, D3: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Published: 2014-07-11T13:53:53.395113+00:00
License: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf
Keywords: MEVEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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FAAM B439 MEVEX flight, D3: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

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Update Frequency: As Needed

Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30

Status: Completed

Online Status: ONLINE

Publication State: Published

Publication Date: 2014-07-11

Download Stats: last 12 months

Dataset Size: 34 Files | 5GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft, D3 flight for MEVEX - Middle East Validation EXperiment project.

Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B439 MEVEX flight, D3: 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/62f81fd3b6ca44ef8bd6071aff542c7e

Abbreviation: Not defined

Keywords: MEVEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

Collections (2)

Dataset is part of these larger Dataset Collections:

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) flights	See Related Datasets More Info
MEVEX: in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft	See Related Datasets More Info

Projects (1)

Dataset supports the following projects:

MEVEX - Middle East Validation EXperiment.	See Related Datasets More Info

Details

Previous Info:	No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:	No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:	Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf. 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
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.

Instrument/Platform pairings

Met Office: Microwave Airborne Radiometer Scanning System (MARSS)	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
Met Office: Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES)	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

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1	FAAM BAE-146 flight B439

Output Description	None

var_id: ARIESRAD

units: degK
var_id: bt
long_name: Brightness Temperature

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: allflags
long_name: Data Quality Flags
units: 1

var_id: PCASPMAS_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Mass content from PCASP
units: 1

long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 0
units: 1
var_id: PCASP_00_FLAG

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_01_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 1

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_10_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 10

var_id: PCASP_11_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 11
units: 1

long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 12
units: 1
var_id: PCASP_12_FLAG

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_13_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 13

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_14_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 14

var_id: PCASP_02_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 2
units: 1

long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 3
units: 1
var_id: PCASP_03_FLAG

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_04_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 4

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_05_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 5

var_id: PCASP_06_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 6
units: 1

long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 7
units: 1
var_id: PCASP_07_FLAG

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_08_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 8

units: 1
var_id: PCASP_09_FLAG
long_name: Flag for PCASP Concentration in size channel 9

var_id: PCASP_FL_FLAG
long_name: Flag for Sample flow rate through PCASP used for processing. Check header for details
units: 1

long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from the PCASP
units: 1
var_id: PCASPCON_FLAG

var_id: LONG_DATE

units: milligram m-3
var_id: PCASPMAS
long_name: Mass content from PCASP

var_id: PCASP_00
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 0
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_01
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 1
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 10
units: cm-3
var_id: PCASP_10

var_id: PCASP_11
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 11
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_12
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 12
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_13
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 13
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 14
units: cm-3
var_id: PCASP_14

var_id: PCASP_02
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 2
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_03
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 3
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_04
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 4
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 5
units: cm-3
var_id: PCASP_05

var_id: PCASP_06
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 6
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_07
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 7
units: cm-3

var_id: PCASP_08
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 8
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 9
units: cm-3
var_id: PCASP_09

var_id: QUALITY

var_id: SCANDIR

var_id: SECONDS

units: cm-3 s-1
var_id: PCASP_FL
long_name: Sample flow rate through PCASP used for processing. Check header for details

var_id: WAVENUM

var_id: ZPD_POSITION

var_id: PCASPCON
long_name: droplet concentration from the PCASP
units: cm-3

Co-ordinate Variables

var_id: Time
standard_name: time
long_name: time of measurement

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Coverage

Temporal Range

Start time:

2009-04-27T01:57:44

End time:

2009-04-27T08:56:27

Geographic Extent

	23.6599°
58.0213°		60.8877°
	20.3536°

Dataset

FAAM B439 MEVEX flight, D3: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Abstract

Collections (2)

Dataset is part of these larger Dataset Collections:

Projects (1)

Dataset supports the following projects:

Details

Related Documents

Process overview

Instrument/Platform pairings

Mobile platform operations

Co-ordinate Variables

Temporal Range

2009-04-27T01:57:44

2009-04-27T08:56:27

Geographic Extent

23.6599°

58.0213°

60.8877°

20.3536°

Authors (3)

Publishers (1)

Funders (1)

Principal Investigators (1)