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FAAM B765 ACCACIA flight, number 7: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2017-01-23
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-03-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 67 Files | 6GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 7 for Aerosol Cloud Coupling and Climate Interactions in the Arctic (ACCACIA) project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B765 ACCACIA flight, number 7: 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/a8a05468f9df4fb1a0a64b37df38021d
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ACCACIA, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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
File Format:
Data are netCDF and NASA-Ames formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG formatted.
  • units: m s-1
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  • long_name: AIMMS Eastwards ground speed
  • var_id: VE
  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • long_name: AIMMS GPS altitude
  • var_id: ALT
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
  • long_name: AIMMS Heading angle
  • var_id: HDG
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
  • long_name: AIMMS Northwards ground speed
  • var_id: VN
  • units: percent
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • var_id: RH
  • long_name: AIMMS Relative humidity wrt water
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • var_id: PRES
  • long_name: AIMMS Static pressure
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
  • var_id: TAS
  • long_name: AIMMS True air speed
  • units: degree
  • var_id: AOA
  • long_name: AIMMS angle of attack (positive, flow from below aircraft)
  • units: degree
  • var_id: AOSS
  • long_name: AIMMS angle of sideslip (positive, flow from left)
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: U
  • long_name: AIMMS eastwards wind component
  • units: 1
  • long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of attack differential pressure
  • var_id: DPAOA
  • units: 1
  • long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of sideslip differential pressure
  • var_id: DPAOSS
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: V
  • long_name: AIMMS northwards wind component
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
  • long_name: AIMMS pitch angle
  • var_id: PITCH
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_roll_angle
  • long_name: AIMMS roll angle
  • var_id: ROLL
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • long_name: AIMMS true air temperature
  • var_id: TK
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: AIMMS vertical speed
  • var_id: VZ
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_air_velocity
  • var_id: W
  • long_name: AIMMS vertical wind component
  • var_id: ARIESRAD
  • units: degree
  • long_name: A_0 calibration coefficient
  • var_id: A_0
  • units: degree
  • long_name: A_alpha calibration coefficient
  • var_id: A_alpha
  • units: degree
  • long_name: A_beta calibration coefficient
  • var_id: A_beta
  • units: degree
  • long_name: B_0 calibration coefficient
  • var_id: B_0
  • units: degree
  • long_name: B_alpha calibration coefficient
  • var_id: B_alpha
  • units: degree
  • long_name: B_beta calibration coefficient
  • var_id: B_beta
  • 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: 1
  • long_name: CP_0 calibration coefficient
  • var_id: CP_0
  • units: 1
  • long_name: CP_alpha calibration coefficient
  • var_id: CP_alpha
  • units: 1
  • long_name: CP_beta calibration coefficient
  • var_id: CP_beta
  • units: um
  • long_name: Edge_point_of_size_bin
  • var_id: Size_edge
  • long_name: Edge_point_of_time_bin
  • var_id: Time_edge
  • var_id: LONG_DATE
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_all
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_all
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_edge
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_E
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_HI
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_LI
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_MI
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_S
  • units: kg L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_streak
  • var_id: PSD_Mass_Streak
  • units: um
  • long_name: Mid_point_of_size_bin
  • var_id: Size_mid
  • long_name: Mid_point_of_time_bin
  • var_id: Time_mid
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration__of_particles_classed_as_edge
  • var_id: NC_E
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_all
  • var_id: NC_all
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_HI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_LI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: NC_MI
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: NC_S
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_streak
  • var_id: NC_Streak
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_all
  • var_id: PSD_Num_all
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_edge
  • var_id: PSD_Num_E
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_HI
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_LI
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
  • var_id: PSD_Num_MI
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
  • var_id: PSD_Num_S
  • units: L-1 um-1
  • long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_streak
  • var_id: PSD_Num_Streak
  • var_id: QUALITY
  • var_id: SCANDIR
  • var_id: SECONDS
  • 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: m/s
  • long_name: dz
  • var_id: dz
  • units: degrees
  • var_id: lon
  • long_name: east longitude
  • units: meters
  • long_name: gps reported altitude above MSL
  • var_id: gpsalt
  • 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: percent
  • var_id: rh
  • long_name: rh
  • 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: 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: m/s
  • long_name: u_wind
  • var_id: u_wind
  • 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: m/s
  • var_id: wspd
  • long_name: wspd

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degree_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: LAT
  • long_name: AIMMS GPS latitude
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: LON
  • long_name: AIMMS GPS longitude
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: TIME
  • long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-03-30T04:40:58
End time:
2013-03-30T14:10:38
Geographic Extent

 
76.6268°
 
19.2678°
 
27.0059°
 
64.5766°