Dataset
FAAM C353 MEWS flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2023-11-30
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 39 Files | 7GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for MEWS FAAM Aircraft Project project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2023): FAAM C353 MEWS flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/75e787d0e6c54c65b85a03b3ec38e41a/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MEWS, 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
| Data Quality: |
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Related Documents
| Flight summary file for FAAM BAE-146 flight C353 |
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 C353 |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: dependent_scattering_cross_section_err
- long_name: Boolean indicator of lower and upper scattering cross-section bin boundary uncertainties being independent/dependent
- long_name: CDP Channel Number
- var_id: CDPCH
- units:
- units: micron
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
- var_id: CDP_D_L_CAL
- units: micron
- long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL
- var_id: applies_to
- long_name: Calibration applies to this data
- var_id: flow_fit
- long_name: Calibration equation of sample flow
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - ARCT
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COAV
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COCL
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COPO
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - DESE
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MACL
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MAPO
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre
- long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - URBA
- 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:
- var_id: polynomial_fit_covariance
- long_name: Covariance between the polynomial fit parameters
- units: micron
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
- var_id: CDP_D_L_ERR
- units: micron
- long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
- var_id: PCAS2_D_U_ERR
- var_id: calibration_file
- long_name: File from which this calibration data has been read
- var_id: calibration_qc
- long_name: Flag denoting quality of calibration
- 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:
- var_id: ADC_threshold
- long_name: Lower and upper analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) thresholds for each bin
- units: um**2
- var_id: scattering_cross_section
- long_name: Lower and upper scattering cross-section boundaries for each bin
- units: micron
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
- var_id: CDP_D_L_NOM
- units: micron
- long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
- var_id: CDP_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
- var_id: polynomial_fit_parameters
- long_name: Polynomial fit parameters of increasing degree (eg linear fit is p[0] + p[1]*x) for fitting scattering cross-section to ADC_threshold
- var_id: ADC_range
- long_name: Range of analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) values covered by each gain stage
- 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: flows_reported
- long_name: Sample flow rate reported by PCASP for each value in flows_actual
- units: scc/s
- var_id: source_file
- long_name: Source file used in calibration processing
- var_id: Time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
- var_id: traceability
- long_name: Traceability of calibration
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_centre_err
- long_name: Uncertainty of bin centre diameter
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width_err
- long_name: Uncertainty of bin diameter width
- var_id: scattering_cross_section_err
- long_name: Uncertainty of scattering cross-section boundaries for each bin
- units: um**2
- units: um**2
- var_id: scattering_cross_section_width_err
- long_name: Uncertainty of scattering cross-section width for each bin
- 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: polynomial_fit_variance
- long_name: Variance of each of the polynomial fit parameters
- units: scc/s
- var_id: flows_actual
- long_name: Verified sample flow rate for each value in flows_reported
- long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: PCAS2_FL
- units: cm-3 s-1
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - ARCT
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COAV
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COCL
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COPO
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - DESE
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MACL
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MAPO
- units: um
- var_id: diameter_width
- long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - URBA
- units: um**2
- var_id: scattering_cross_section_width
- long_name: Width of each bin in terms of scattering cross-section
- var_id: bin
- long_name: bin number
- 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
- units: cm-3
- var_id: CDP_CONC
- long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
Co-ordinate Variables
- 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: days
- long_name: time of calibration
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2023-08-22T00:00:00
End time:
2023-08-22T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
58.7862° |
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-4.3960° |
-0.6150° |
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52.0636° |
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