Dataset
FAAM B600 FENNEC flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
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: 37 Files | 1GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Fennec - The Saharan Climate System (FENNEC) project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B600 FENNEC 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/77ec7d4621fb49c4b6618c80ff90aa72/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: FENNEC, 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 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre. |
| Data Quality: |
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the British Atmospheric Data Centre
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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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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-146 flight B600 |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: ARIESRAD
- 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: g m-3
- long_name: CAS Liquid Water Content
- var_id: CAS_LWC
- units: cm-3
- long_name: CAS Total Concentation
- var_id: CAS_TC
- units: um
- long_name: CAS bin edges (uncorrected)
- var_id: CAS_Bin
- 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
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from CDP channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_FLAG
- units:
- long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: PCAS2_FLAG
- units:
- var_id: LONG_DATE
- 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
- var_id: QUALITY
- 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: SCANDIR
- var_id: SECONDS
- units: cm-1
- long_name: Size distribution from the CAS (forward scatter)
- var_id: CAS_binconcs
- units: m s-1
- var_id: TAS
- long_name: TAS used for sample volume (CAPS PITOT)
- var_id: Time
- long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
- standard_name: Time
- var_id: PCAS2TSPM
- units: cm3 s-1
- long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
- var_id: PCAS2_FL
- var_id: WAVENUM
- var_id: ZPD_POSITION
- var_id: alt
- units: meters
- long_name: altitude above MSL
- units: degC
- long_name: dp
- var_id: dp
- 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: K
- long_name: dry nephelometer sample inlet temperature
- var_id: tin_dry
- units: K
- long_name: dry nephelometer sample outlet temperature
- var_id: tout_dry
- units: hPa
- long_name: dry nephelometer sample pressure
- var_id: p_dry
- units: %
- long_name: dry nephelometer sample relative humidity
- var_id: rh_dry
- units: m/s
- long_name: dz
- var_id: dz
- units: degrees
- var_id: lon
- long_name: east longitude
- units: degC
- long_name: humidifier water temperature
- var_id: t_water
- units: gram/kg
- long_name: mr
- var_id: mr
- units: degrees
- var_id: lat
- long_name: north latitude
- units: hPa
- var_id: pres
- long_name: pres
- units: hPa
- long_name: qp
- var_id: qp
- units: percent
- long_name: qrh
- var_id: qrh
- units: degC
- long_name: qt
- var_id: qt
- units: m/s
- long_name: qu
- var_id: qu
- units: m/s
- long_name: qv
- var_id: qv
- units: m/s
- long_name: qwind
- var_id: qwind
- var_id: range
- units: km
- long_name: range
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 1
- var_id: rh1
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 2
- var_id: rh2
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 3
- var_id: rh3
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 4
- var_id: rh4
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 5
- var_id: rh5
- units: %
- long_name: relative humidity sensor 6
- var_id: rh6
- units: percent
- var_id: rh
- long_name: rh
- units: L min-1
- long_name: sample flow rate
- var_id: flow
- units: seconds
- long_name: seconds since base_time
- var_id: time_offset
- long_name: sounding launch time
- var_id: base_time
- units: degC
- long_name: tdry
- var_id: tdry
- units: degC
- long_name: temperature sensor 1
- var_id: t1
- units: degC
- var_id: t2
- long_name: temperature sensor 2
- units: degC
- long_name: temperature sensor 3
- var_id: t3
- units: degC
- long_name: temperature sensor 4
- var_id: t4
- units: K
- var_id: theta
- long_name: theta
- units: K
- long_name: theta_e
- var_id: theta_e
- units: K
- long_name: theta_v
- var_id: theta_v
- long_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: cm-3
- long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 2 to 30 included
- var_id: CDP_CONC
- units: m/s
- long_name: u_wind
- var_id: u_wind
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected dry nephelometer blue 0.45 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: b_dry
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected dry nephelometer green 0.55 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: g_dry
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected dry nephelometer red 0.70 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: r_dry
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected wet nephelometer blue 0.45 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: b_wet
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected wet nephelometer green 0.55 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: g_wet
- units: m-1
- long_name: uncorrected wet nephelometer red 0.70 micron total scattering coefficient
- var_id: r_wet
- units: m/s
- long_name: v_wind
- var_id: v_wind
- units: degC
- long_name: vt
- var_id: vt
- units: degree
- var_id: wdir
- long_name: wdir
- units: K
- long_name: wet nephelometer sample inlet temperature
- var_id: tin_wet
- units: K
- long_name: wet nephelometer sample outlet temperature
- var_id: tout_wet
- units: hPa
- long_name: wet nephelometer sample pressure
- var_id: p_wet
- units: %
- long_name: wet nephelometer sample relative humidity
- var_id: rh_wet
- units: m/s
- var_id: wspd
- long_name: wspd
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
- var_id: CDP_TSPM
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: s
- long_name: Time stamp from the CAS (seconds since midnight)
- standard_name: time
- var_id: Time
- long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2011-06-17T05:17:25
End time:
2011-06-17T12:05:40
Geographic Extent
28.5507° |
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-13.8743° |
-4.3737° |
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21.9268° |
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