Dataset
FAAM C297 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: 47 Files | 5GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from instruments on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for the Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX) project. Flight C297 took place on 16th July 2022 over New Mexico, USA.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council (2022): FAAM C297 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/6ef666573b7247ce974a5574b3ee7dcf/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: DCMEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
Details
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| Data lineage: |
Data were collected by instrument scientists during the flight before preparation and delivery for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
| Data Quality: |
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.
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Related Documents
| Flight summary file for FAAM BAE-146 flight C297 |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-147 flight C297 |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m
- standard_name: altitude
- var_id: altitude
- long_name: GPS altitude
- var_id: alt
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude above MSL
- units: degC
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- var_id: dp
- long_name: dew point
- 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
- 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
- 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:
2022-07-16T14:09:46
End time:
2022-07-16T19:20:32
Geographic Extent
35.0448° |
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-107.5928° |
-106.5120° |
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33.4707° |
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