Dataset
DLR-FA20 EUFAR ICARE-QAD Flight, 2010-10-30: in situ atmospheric measurements
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2018-01-18
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2017-01-31
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 4 Files | 5MB
Abstract
In situ atmospheric measurements using the Core instruments on the DLR Falcon20 aircraft onboard the DLR Falcon 20 E-5 aircraft for the icare-QUAD- Quality of Airborne Data (ICARE-QAD) project (flight reference: dlr-fa20_4728_20101030_icare).
Data were collected over the Toulouse, France area.
Citable as: DLR German Institute for Atmospheric Physics; European Facility for Airborne Research; Krejci, R. (2017): DLR-FA20 EUFAR ICARE-QAD Flight, 2010-10-30: in situ atmospheric measurements. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ac932cfab8884de5a960bb1be4b9e2cd/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ICARE-QAD, EUFAR, aircraft, atmospheric
Details
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
| Data Quality: |
The data are quality controlled by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia. Details are given in the paper Harries et al. 2014 and the release notes, links to both can be found in the documentation.
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Data are netCDF and ENVI Binary formatted. Ancillary files may be plain ASCII or PDF formatted. Image files may be PNG or JPG formatted.
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Related Documents
| EUFAR Website |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Core instruments on the DLR Falcon20 aircraft | Deployed on: DLR Falcon 20 E-5 aircraft |
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | DLR-FA20 EUFAR ICARE-QAD Flight, 2010-10-30: flight details over Toulouse, France |
| Output Description | None |
- units: g/m^3
- long_name: Absolute Humidity
- var_id: ABSHUM
- names: Absolute Humidity
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: Angle of Attack
- var_id: ALPHA
- names: Angle of Attack
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: Angle of Sideslip
- var_id: BETA
- names: Angle of Sideslip
- units: m/s
- var_id: TAS
- long_name: Calculated True Airspeed
- names: Calculated True Airspeed
- units: V
- long_name: Deicing status (0V=off)
- var_id: DE_ICE_NP
- names: Deicing status (0V=off)
- units: K
- long_name: Dewpoint Temperature
- var_id: TD
- names: Dewpoint Temperature
- units: hPa
- var_id: QC
- long_name: Dynamic Pressure
- names: Dynamic Pressure
- units: m/s
- long_name: East-West Velocity (Data from IRS (high freq.) + GPS (low freq.))
- var_id: EWV
- names: East-West Velocity (Data from IRS (high freq.) + GPS (low freq.))
- units: V
- long_name: Event
- var_id: TOP_NP
- names: Event
- units: degree (+-90)
- long_name: FMC Latitude
- var_id: FMC_LAT_NP
- names: FMC Latitude
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: FMC Longitude
- var_id: FMC_LON_NP
- names: FMC Longitude
- units: m/s
- long_name: GPS EWV
- var_id: GPS_EWV_NP
- names: GPS EWV
- units: m/s
- long_name: GPS NSV
- var_id: GPS_NSV_NP
- names: GPS NSV
- units: msec
- long_name: GPS time
- var_id: GPS_TIME_NP
- names: GPS time
- units: m
- var_id: H
- long_name: Height above Sea Level calculated from met. data (fast)
- names: Height above Sea Level calculated from met. data (fast)
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- long_name: Height above sea level (from GPS)
- var_id: GPS_ALT_NP
- names: height, Height above sea level (from GPS)
- units: m
- long_name: Height from Radio Altimeter
- var_id: RDO_ALC_NP
- names: Height from Radio Altimeter
- units: degree (0-360)
- long_name: Horizontal Wind Direction
- var_id: WA
- names: Horizontal Wind Direction
- units: m/s
- long_name: Horizontal Windspeed
- var_id: WS
- names: Horizontal Windspeed
- long_name: Humidity Data Source (1:Vaisala/2:ly_a(lin)/3:ly_a(log)/4:GE-dewpoint)
- var_id: SOURCE
- names: Humidity Data Source (1:Vaisala/2:ly_a(lin)/3:ly_a(log)/4:GE-dewpoint)
- units: m/s^2
- long_name: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft x-Axis)
- var_id: IRS_AXB_NP
- names: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft x-Axis)
- units: m/s^2
- long_name: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft y-Axis)
- var_id: IRS_AYB_NP
- names: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft y-Axis)
- units: m/s^2
- long_name: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft z-Axis)
- var_id: IRS_AZB_NP
- names: IRS Acceleration (Aircraft z-Axis)
- units: m/s^2
- long_name: IRS Acceleration (Earth fixed z-Axis)
- var_id: IRS_AZG_NP
- names: IRS Acceleration (Earth fixed z-Axis)
- units: degree (0-360)
- long_name: IRS Actual Track Angle
- var_id: IRS_ATA_NP
- names: IRS Actual Track Angle
- units: m/s
- long_name: IRS Groundspeed
- var_id: IRS_GS_NP
- names: IRS Groundspeed
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: IRS Pitch Angle
- var_id: IRS_THE_NP
- names: IRS Pitch Angle
- units: degree/sec
- long_name: IRS Pitch Rate
- var_id: IRS_Q_NP
- names: IRS Pitch Rate
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: IRS Roll Angle
- var_id: IRS_PHI_NP
- names: IRS Roll Angle
- units: degree/sec
- long_name: IRS Roll Rate
- var_id: IRS_P_NP
- names: IRS Roll Rate
- units: degree (0-360)
- long_name: IRS True Heading
- var_id: IRS_HDG_NP
- names: IRS True Heading
- units: degree/sec
- long_name: IRS Yaw Rate
- var_id: IRS_R_NP
- names: IRS Yaw Rate
- units: Ma
- long_name: Machnumber
- var_id: MC
- names: Machnumber
- units: g/kg
- long_name: Mixing Ratio
- var_id: MIXRATIO
- names: Mixing Ratio
- units: m/s
- long_name: North-South Velocity (Data from IRS (high freq.) + GPS (low freq.))
- var_id: NSV
- names: North-South Velocity (Data from IRS (high freq.) + GPS (low freq.))
- units: K
- long_name: Potential Temperature
- var_id: THETA
- names: Potential Temperature
- units: m
- long_name: Pressure Altitude
- var_id: HP
- names: Pressure Altitude
- units: %
- long_name: Relative Humidity with Respect to Water
- var_id: RELHUM
- names: Relative Humidity with Respect to Water
- units: K
- long_name: Static Air Temperature (from BDY-TTQ)
- var_id: TS
- names: Static Air Temperature (from BDY-TTQ)
- units: hPa
- long_name: Static Pressure (from NB_PSIA)
- var_id: PS
- names: Static Pressure (from NB_PSIA)
- var_id: TIME
- units: sec after midnight (UTC)
- long_name: System Time from DAQ
- names: System Time from DAQ
- units: K
- long_name: Total Air Temperature (deicing corrected, from BDY-TTQ)
- var_id: TAT
- names: Total Air Temperature (deicing corrected, from BDY-TTQ)
- units: m/s
- long_name: Vertical Velocity (from IRS)
- var_id: VV
- names: Vertical Velocity (from IRS)
- units: K
- long_name: Virtual Potential Temperature
- var_id: THETA_V
- names: Virtual Potential Temperature
- units: K
- long_name: Virtual Temperature
- var_id: TV
- names: Virtual Temperature
- units: m/s
- var_id: U
- long_name: Wind Vector East Component
- names: Wind Vector East Component
- units: m/s
- var_id: V
- long_name: Wind Vector North Component
- names: Wind Vector North Component
- units: m/s
- var_id: W
- long_name: Wind Vector Vertical Component
- names: Wind Vector Vertical Component
Co-ordinate Variables
- standard_name: time
- long_name: DAQ System Time
- var_id: TIME_NP
- names: time, DAQ System Time
- standard_name: latitude
- units: degree (+-90)
- long_name: GPS LAT
- var_id: GPS_LAT_NP
- names: latitude, GPS LAT
- standard_name: longitude
- units: degree (+-180)
- long_name: GPS LON
- var_id: GPS_LON_NP
- names: longitude, GPS LON
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2010-10-28T23:00:00
End time:
2010-10-29T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
43.8173° |
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0.3619° |
2.4651° |
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42.8879° |
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