Dataset Collection Record: BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft data

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BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft data

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Publication State: published

Abstract

Data is collected on board the British Antarctic Survey MASIN Twin Otter aircraft for a range of projects in the Antarctic and at other locations. These projects include atmospheric, boundary layer and cloud/aerosol studies.

The instrument suite includes standard temperature and water vapour sensors as well as a turbulence probe allowing full atmospheric profile measurements of temperature, dew point and winds. A DMT Cloud and aerosol spectrometer (CAPS) probe is used for cloud studies and a closed path Licor H2O/CO2 instrument, Grimm optical particle counter and cloud condensation nuclei counter are fed from simple Rosemount inlets.

Citable as:British Antarctic Survey (2002): BAS Masin Twin-Otter aircraft data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8be3dd7cdf44090d89aeb8f105421506/

Abbreviation: bas-aircraft

Keywords: Not defined

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Introduction

Data is collected on board the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) MASIN Twin Otter aircraft for a range of projects in the Antarctic and at other locations. These projects include atmospheric, boundary layer and cloud/aerosol studies. The on-board instrument suite includes standard temperature and water vapour sensors as well as a turbulence probe allowing full atmospheric profile measurements of temperature, dew point and winds. A DMT Cloud and aerosol spectrometer (CAPS) probe is used for cloud studies and a closed path Licor H2O/CO2 instrument, Grimm optical particle counter and cloud condensation nuclei counter are fed from simple Rosemount inlets.

The BAS-MASIN aircraft is also a member of the European Facility for Airborne Research (EUFAR) transnational access fleet.

Data availability and file format

BAS MASIN data is available in :

NetCDF data binary format

Data may be restricted to participants of the project for which it was collected for up to two years from production after which it will be publicly available. To apply for access to restricted data, see the appropriate project page.

Links to further information and references

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