Dataset
FAAM B750 SAMBBA flight, number 20: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2016-11-22
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2014-07-14
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 59 Files | 3GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 20 for South AMerican Biomass Burning Analysis (SAMBBA) project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B750 SAMBBA flight, number 20: 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/b24491f2334140a08167a0a145ba05f7/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: SAMBBA, 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 B750 |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m
- standard_name: altitude
- long_name: Aircraft altitude (m)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_ALTITUDE
- units: m
- long_name: Along-track distance (m)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_DISTANCE
- long_name: Channel
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_CHANNEL
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- long_name: Height (m)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_HEIGHT
- units: hPa
- var_id: NEPH_PR
- long_name: Internal sample pressure of (dry) nephelometer.
- units: %
- var_id: NEPH_HUM
- long_name: Internal sample relative humidity of (dry) nephelometer.
- units: K
- var_id: NEPH_T
- long_name: Internal sample temperature of (dry) nephelometer.
- units: CH4
- units: degree
- long_name: Off-nadir angle (degrees)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_OFFNADIR
- units: Arbitrary units
- long_name: Range corrected lidar signal
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_PR2
- units: Arbitrary units
- long_name: Relative depolarization ratio
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_RELDEP
- units: LPM
- long_name: Sample flow in (dry) nephelometer.
- var_id: NEPH_FLO
- units: m-1
- var_id: BSC_BLUU
- long_name: Uncorrected blue back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- units: m-1
- var_id: TSC_BLUU
- long_name: Uncorrected blue total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- units: m-1
- var_id: BSC_GRNU
- long_name: Uncorrected green back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- units: m-1
- var_id: TSC_GRNU
- long_name: Uncorrected green total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- units: m-1
- var_id: BSC_REDU
- long_name: Uncorrected red back scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- units: m-1
- var_id: TSC_REDU
- long_name: Uncorrected red total scattering coefficient from TSI 3563 (dry) nephelometer.
- 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: 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
- long_name: time of neph measurement
- var_id: neph_spm
- units: neph seconds
- 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
- long_name: Latitude (degrees, +N)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_LATITUDE
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- long_name: Longitude (degrees, +E)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_LONGITUDE
- standard_name: time
- long_name: Time (s)
- var_id: LIDAR_NC_TIME
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-10-03T16:56:51
End time:
2012-10-03T21:40:10
Geographic Extent
-6.1717° |
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-65.4675° |
-63.8789° |
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-8.7691° |
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