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

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

Dataset

View XML

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

Request Access Explore See Related Documents

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

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
long_name: Brightness Temperature
var_id: bt

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

units: 1
long_name: Data Quality Flags
var_id: allflags

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

var_id: LONG_DATE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

var_id: QUALITY

var_id: SCANDIR

var_id: SECONDS

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

var_id: WAVENUM

var_id: ZPD_POSITION

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

Co-ordinate Variables

standard_name: time
var_id: Time
long_name: time of measurement

CEDA Archive Web Download Service
CEDA FTP download service
CEDA OPeNDAP service
FAAM flights in the EUFAR Flight Finder Tool

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

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)