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FAAM B226 AMMA 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: 2014-07-14
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 34 Files | 535MB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B226 AMMA 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/678c06b0c65c4ae0b66b04745c206ec2/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: AMMA, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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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.

Instrument/Platform pairings

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
FAAM/BAE systems: Set of several core and/or non-core instruments Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
UEA: Formaldehyde (HCHO) instrument or Fluorometric Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Leicester: Broad Band Photolysis {J(O1D) and J(NO2)} Radiometers Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
UEA: NOxy 4 channel NO, NO2, NOy, NOy* chemiluminescence analyser 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
UEA: Peroxides instrument Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
York: Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionization Detector (DC-GC-FID) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
York: PAN GC (PeroxyAcetyl Nitrate Gas Chromatograph) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-146 flight B226
Output Description

None

  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis from the INU
  • standard_name: INU_acceleration_forward
  • var_id: PARA0538
  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft starboard axis from the INU
  • standard_name: INU_acceleration_starboard
  • var_id: PARA0539
  • units: m s-2
  • long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis from the INU
  • standard_name: INU_acceleration_up
  • var_id: PARA0540
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Aircraft vertical velocity from the INS
  • standard_name: aircraft_velocity_ins_vertical
  • var_id: PARA0557
  • units: m
  • var_id: PARA0582
  • long_name: Altitude from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: GPS_altitude
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe
  • standard_name: angle_of_attack
  • var_id: PARA0548
  • units: degree
  • long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe
  • standard_name: angls_of_sideslip
  • var_id: PARA0549
  • units: ppb
  • var_id: PARA0782
  • long_name: CO mixing ratio from the AL5002 instrument.
  • units: hPa
  • var_id: PARA0579
  • long_name: Cabin pressure.
  • standard_name: cabin_pressure
  • units: degC
  • var_id: PARA0660
  • long_name: Cabin temperature at the core consoles.
  • standard_name: cabin_temperature
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between horizontal ports
  • standard_name: sideslip_differential_pressure
  • var_id: PARA0775
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between vertical ports
  • standard_name: attack_differential_pressure
  • var_id: PARA0774
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected downward long wave irradiance.
  • var_id: PARA1021
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome.
  • var_id: PARA1019
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome.
  • var_id: PARA1020
  • standard_name: Irradiance_SW_down_red
  • units: degree_north
  • var_id: PARA0730
  • long_name: Corrected latitude derived from XR5 GPS and Honeywell INU data.
  • standard_name: latitude_corrected
  • units: degree_east
  • var_id: PARA0731
  • long_name: Corrected longitude derived from XR5 GPS and Honeywell INU data.
  • standard_name: longitude_corrected
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected upward long wave irradiance.
  • var_id: PARA1024
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome.
  • var_id: PARA1022
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome.
  • var_id: PARA1023
  • standard_name: Irradiance_SW_up_red
  • standard_name: dew_point_temperature
  • var_id: PARA0529
  • units: degK
  • long_name: Dew point from the General Eastern instrument.
  • 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
  • standard_name: drift_angle_ins
  • var_id: PARA0564
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Eastward wind component
  • var_id: PARA0715
  • standard_name: wind_eastward
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0584
  • long_name: Eastwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: GPS_velocity_E
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0515FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0515
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0516FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0516
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0517FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0517
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0520FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0520
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0525FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0525
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0529FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0529
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0535FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0535
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0538
  • var_id: PARA0538FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0539
  • var_id: PARA0539FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0540
  • var_id: PARA0540FLAG
  • 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
  • var_id: PARA0560FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0560
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0561FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0561
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0562FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0562
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0563
  • var_id: PARA0563FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0564
  • var_id: PARA0564FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0565
  • var_id: PARA0565FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0566
  • var_id: PARA0566FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0567
  • var_id: PARA0567FLAG
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0572FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0572
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0574FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0574
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0575FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0575
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0576FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0576
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0577FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0577
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0578FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0578
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0579FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0579
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0580FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0580
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0581FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0581
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0582FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0582
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0583FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0583
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0584FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0584
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0585FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0585
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0602FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0602
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0605FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0605
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0642FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0642
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0643FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0643
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0648
  • var_id: PARA0648FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0649
  • var_id: PARA0649FLAG
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0660FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0660
  • 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
  • var_id: PARA0730FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0730
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0731FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0731
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0735FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0735
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0736FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0736
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0760
  • var_id: PARA0760FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0761
  • var_id: PARA0761FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0762
  • var_id: PARA0762FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0763
  • var_id: PARA0763FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0764
  • var_id: PARA0764FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0765
  • var_id: PARA0765FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0766
  • var_id: PARA0766FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0767
  • var_id: PARA0767FLAG
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0770FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0770
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0771FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0771
  • units: 1
  • var_id: PARA0772FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0772
  • 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 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
  • var_id: PARA0782FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for PARA0782
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1019
  • var_id: PARA1019FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1020
  • var_id: PARA1020FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1021
  • var_id: PARA1021FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1022
  • var_id: PARA1022FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1023
  • var_id: PARA1023FLAG
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Flag for PARA1024
  • var_id: PARA1024FLAG
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Groundspeed from the INS
  • standard_name: groundspeed_ins
  • var_id: PARA0563
  • units: degree
  • var_id: PARA0562
  • long_name: Heading from Honeywell H423 INU.
  • standard_name: heading_angle_ins
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0516
  • long_name: Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM system.
  • standard_name: indicated_airspeed_RVSM
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Internal sample pressure of the Nephelometer
  • standard_name: nephelometer_pressure
  • var_id: PARA0760
  • units: degK
  • long_name: Internal sample temperature of the Nephelometer
  • standard_name: nephelometer_temperature
  • var_id: PARA0761
  • units: degree_north
  • var_id: PARA0580
  • long_name: Latitude from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: latitude_gps
  • var_id: PARA0535
  • units: gram kg-1
  • long_name: Liquid water content from the Johnson Williams instrument.
  • standard_name: liquid_water_content_JW
  • units: degree_east
  • var_id: PARA0581
  • long_name: Longitude from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: longitude_gps
  • units: ppb
  • var_id: PARA0770
  • long_name: NO mixing ratio from the TECO 42 instrument.
  • standard_name: NO_mixing_ratio
  • units: ppb
  • var_id: PARA0771
  • long_name: NO2 mixing ratio from the TECO 42 instrument.
  • standard_name: NO2_mixing_ratio
  • units: ppb
  • var_id: PARA0772
  • long_name: NOx mixing ratio from the TECO 42 instrument.
  • standard_name: NOx_mixing_ratio
  • units: seconds from 0000 UTC
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: Northward wind component
  • var_id: PARA0714
  • standard_name: wind_northward
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0583
  • long_name: Northwards velocity from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: GPS_velocity_N
  • units: ppb
  • var_id: PARA0574
  • long_name: Ozone mixing ratio from the TECO 49.
  • standard_name: ozone_mixing_ratio
  • units: degree
  • var_id: PARA0561
  • long_name: Pitch from Honeywell H423 INU.
  • standard_name: pitch_angle_ins
  • units: hPa
  • var_id: PARA0577
  • long_name: Pitot static pressure from the aircraft RVSM system.
  • standard_name: pitot-static_pressure
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: pitot-static_pressure
  • long_name: Pitot-static pressure from corrected centre-port measurements
  • var_id: PARA0781
  • units: m
  • var_id: PARA0578
  • long_name: Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM system.
  • standard_name: pressure_altitude
  • units: m
  • var_id: PARA0575
  • long_name: Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter.
  • standard_name: radar_height
  • units: degree
  • var_id: PARA0560
  • long_name: Roll from Honeywell H423 INU.
  • standard_name: roll_angle_ins
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: PARA0648
  • long_name: Sncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, linear, from PSAP.
  • standard_name: PSAP_abs_coeff
  • units: m-1
  • var_id: PARA0649
  • long_name: Sncorrected absorption coefficient at 565nm, log, from PSAP.
  • standard_name: PSAP_abs_coeff_log
  • units: degree
  • var_id: PARA0642
  • long_name: Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time.
  • units: degree
  • var_id: PARA0643
  • long_name: Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time.
  • units: hPa
  • long_name: Static pressure from S9 fuselage ports
  • standard_name: fuselage_static_pressure
  • var_id: PARA0778
  • units: hPa
  • var_id: PARA0576
  • long_name: Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM system.
  • standard_name: static_pressure
  • var_id: PARA0572
  • units: gram kg-1
  • long_name: Total water content from the TWC instrument.
  • standard_name: Total_water_content
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0517
  • long_name: True air speed from the aircraft RVSM system and deiced temperature.
  • standard_name: true_airspeed_RVSM
  • var_id: PARA0520
  • units: degK
  • long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor.
  • standard_name: air_temperature_di
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
  • standard_name: true_airspeed
  • var_id: PARA0779
  • var_id: PARA0602
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe.
  • standard_name: Nevzorov_LWC_unc
  • var_id: PARA0605
  • units: gram m-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe.
  • standard_name: Nevzorov_TCW_unc
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0585
  • long_name: Upwards velocitiy from the XR5 GPS system.
  • standard_name: GPS_velocity_Z
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: PARA0716
  • long_name: Vertical wind component
  • standard_name: wind_vertical
  • units: deg s-1
  • long_name: rate-of-change of INS heading
  • standard_name: yaw_rate_ins
  • var_id: PARA0566
  • units: deg s-1
  • long_name: rate-of-change of INS pitch angle
  • standard_name: pitch_rate_ins
  • var_id: PARA0565
  • units: deg s-1
  • long_name: rate-of-change of INS roll angle
  • standard_name: roll_rate_ins
  • var_id: PARA0567

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:
2006-08-05T06:46:01
End time:
2006-08-05T15:06:32
Geographic Extent

 
13.6787°
 
-0.0282°
 
2.6967°
 
7.5290°