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FAAM B445 MEVEX flight, D4: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2014-07-11
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 62 Files | 6GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft, D4 flight for MEVEX - Middle East Validation EXperiment project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B445 MEVEX flight, D4: 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/b254dd39a36841bbb5698002c70d6115/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MEVEX, 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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Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2009-05-05T04:05:26
End time:
2009-05-05T11:45:38
Geographic Extent

 
23.6410°
 
58.0619°
 
60.4292°
 
20.2142°