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FAAM B592 FENNEC Pilot 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: 88 Files | 5GB

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 B592 FENNEC Pilot 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/ac19fa5bfeca4722ab96b4e9e7376cbf/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: FENNEC, 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 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.
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  • long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
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  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
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  • var_id: PCAS2_19
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  • var_id: PCAS2_02
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  • var_id: PCAS2_22
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  • var_id: PCAS2_23
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  • var_id: PCAS2_24
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  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
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  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
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  • 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
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  • var_id: PCAS2_30
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  • 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
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  • units: percent
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  • 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
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  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
  • var_id: PCAS2_20_err
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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: meters
  • long_name: gps reported altitude above MSL
  • var_id: gpsalt
  • 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
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  • units: hPa
  • long_name: qp
  • var_id: qp
  • units: percent
  • long_name: qrh
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  • units: degC
  • long_name: qt
  • var_id: qt
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: qu
  • var_id: qu
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  • long_name: qv
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  • long_name: qwind
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • long_name: theta_e
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  • units: K
  • long_name: theta_v
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  • 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
  • long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2011-04-07T04:47:10
End time:
2011-04-07T16:14:17
Geographic Extent

 
30.9430°
 
-9.0135°
 
-6.5516°
 
24.6959°