Dataset
FAAM C301 DCMEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from instruments on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2023-04-04
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2022-09-20
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 57 Files | 8GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from instruments on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for the Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX) project. Flight C301 took place on 23rd July 2022 over New Mexico, USA.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council (2022): FAAM C301 DCMEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from instruments on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6c7a6047f3b44d45b0c0055d1f3def76/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: DCMEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
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Related Documents
| Flight summary file for FAAM BAE-146 flight C301 |
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 |
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-147 flight C301 |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: CDP Channel Number
- var_id: CDPCH
- units:
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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:
- units: m
- standard_name: altitude
- var_id: altitude
- long_name: GPS altitude
- 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
- 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
- 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:
- var_id: Time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
- var_id: PCAS2_01_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
- var_id: PCAS2_10_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
- var_id: PCAS2_11_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
- var_id: PCAS2_12_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
- var_id: PCAS2_13_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
- var_id: PCAS2_14_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
- var_id: PCAS2_15_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
- var_id: PCAS2_16_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
- var_id: PCAS2_17_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
- var_id: PCAS2_18_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
- var_id: PCAS2_19_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
- var_id: PCAS2_02_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
- var_id: PCAS2_20_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
- var_id: PCAS2_21_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
- var_id: PCAS2_22_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
- var_id: PCAS2_23_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
- var_id: PCAS2_24_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
- var_id: PCAS2_25_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
- var_id: PCAS2_26_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
- var_id: PCAS2_27_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
- var_id: PCAS2_28_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
- var_id: PCAS2_29_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
- var_id: PCAS2_03_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
- var_id: PCAS2_30_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
- var_id: PCAS2_04_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
- var_id: PCAS2_05_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
- var_id: PCAS2_06_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
- var_id: PCAS2_07_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
- var_id: PCAS2_08_u
- units: cm-3
- long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
- var_id: PCAS2_09_u
- var_id: PCAS2_FL
- units: cm-3 s-1
- long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: alt
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude above MSL
- units: degC
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- var_id: dp
- long_name: dew point
- 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
- standard_name: air_temperature
- units: degC
- var_id: tdry
- long_name: dry bulb temperature
- units: K
- var_id: theta_e
- long_name: equivalent potential temperature
- standard_name: equivalent_potential_temperature
- units: meters
- long_name: gps reported altitude above MSL
- var_id: gpsalt
- units: gram/kg
- var_id: mr
- long_name: mixing ratio
- units: K
- standard_name: air_potential_temperature
- var_id: theta
- long_name: potential temperature
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- long_name: pressure
- var_id: pres
- units: meters
- long_name: reference altitude above MSL
- var_id: reference_alt
- units: degrees
- long_name: reference latitude
- var_id: reference_lat
- units: degrees
- long_name: reference longitude
- var_id: reference_lon
- units: seconds
- long_name: reference observation time
- var_id: reference_time
- units: hPa
- long_name: reference pressure
- var_id: reference_pres
- units: percent
- long_name: reference relative humidity
- var_id: reference_rh
- units: degC
- long_name: reference temperature
- var_id: reference_tdry
- units: degree
- long_name: reference wind direction
- var_id: reference_wdir
- units: m/s
- long_name: reference wind speed
- var_id: reference_wspd
- units: percent
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- var_id: rh
- long_name: relative humidity
- units: seconds
- long_name: sounding launch time
- var_id: launch_time
- var_id: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: time since launch time
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_CONC
- long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
- var_id: trajectory
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- units: m/s
- var_id: u_wind
- long_name: u component of winds
- standard_name: northward_wind
- units: m/s
- var_id: v_wind
- long_name: v component of winds
- standard_name: upward_air_velocity
- units: m/s
- long_name: vertical component of winds
- var_id: w_wind
- units: m/s
- long_name: vertical velocity
- var_id: dz
- units: K
- var_id: theta_v
- long_name: virtual potential temperature
- units: K
- var_id: vt
- standard_name: virtual_temperature
- long_name: virtual temperature
- units: degree
- standard_name: wind_from_direction
- long_name: wind direction
- var_id: wdir
- standard_name: wind_speed
- units: m/s
- long_name: wind speed
- var_id: wspd
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: GPS latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: GPS longitude
- standard_name: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
- var_id: CDP_TSPM
- standard_name: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: PCAS2TSPM
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time_UTC
- units: degree
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- long_name: east longitude
- units: degree
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- long_name: north latitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2022-07-23T13:26:44
End time:
2022-07-23T20:13:07
Geographic Extent
35.0449° |
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-107.5729° |
-106.5757° |
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33.2736° |
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