Dataset
Iceland Greenland Seas Project (IGP): surface layer meteorological measurements on board the NATO Research Vessel Alliance
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-08-20
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2020-08-20
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 2 Files | 24MB
Abstract
This dataset contains surface layer meteorological measurements that were made during the Iceland Greenland Seas Project (IGP) field campaign from a variety of observation platforms, including several WeatherPack systems, RPG Hatpro Radiometer and a Windcube LIDAR.
This dataset presents a quality controlled combination of observations from these instruments, as indicated by the data origin flags. Sea surface temperature was measured by the underway SBE38 bow temperature sensor for the majority of the cruise, with 2m CTD observations used to fill several short gaps where high frequency observations were available. Additionally these observations have been processed using the COARE 3.0a bulk aerodynamic flux algorithm to provide bulk variables at standard heights and estimated flux coefficients. Attached documentation on quality control methods and calibrations should be consulted before using these data.
The Iceland Greenland seas Project (IGP) was an international project involving the UK, US a Norwegian research communities. The UK component was funded by NERC, under the Atmospheric Forcing of the Iceland Sea (AFIS) project (NE/N009754/1).
Citable as: Barrell, C.; Renfrew, I. (2020): Iceland Greenland Seas Project (IGP): surface layer meteorological measurements on board the NATO Research Vessel Alliance. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b4ba8f11459c422d84d7293b9211ccf7
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: IGP, surface, layer, meteorological
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Data were collected, processed, quality controlled and prepared for archiving by the instrument scientists before uploading to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long term archiving. |
| Data Quality: |
Frequent problems with the Meteorological Weather Packs during the survey has required some calibrations and splicing together of observations from sveral instruments to provide usable time series for scientific investigations. Gaps still exist where filling was not deemed suitable.
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| University of Bergen: Windcube lidar wind profiler | Deployed on: Alliance Ship |
| NCAS Scanning Radiometer- HATPRO | Deployed on: Alliance Ship |
| WeatherPak | Deployed on: Alliance Ship |
| SBE38 sea water temperature sensor | Deployed on: Alliance Ship |
| Output Description | None |
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- long_name: Air Pressure
- var_id: measured_air_pressure
- names: air_pressure, Air Pressure
- long_name: Air Pressure Data Origin Flag
- standard_name: air_pressure_flag
- var_id: air_pressure_data_origin_flag
- names: Air Pressure Data Origin Flag, air_pressure_flag
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- long_name: Air Temperature
- var_id: measured_air_temperature
- names: air_temperature, Air Temperature
- long_name: Air Temperature Data Origin Flag
- standard_name: air_temperature_flag
- var_id: air_temperature_data_origin_flag
- names: Air Temperature Data Origin Flag, air_temperature_flag
- units: degree_celsius
- long_name: Air Temperature adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- var_id: air_temperature_2m
- names: Air Temperature adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- units: degree
- long_name: LIDAR Platform Heading
- standard_name: platform_heading
- var_id: platform_heading_lidar
- names: LIDAR Platform Heading, platform_heading
- units: m s-1
- long_name: LIDAR Platform Speed
- standard_name: platform_speed
- var_id: platform_speed_lidar
- names: LIDAR Platform Speed, platform_speed
- units: degree
- long_name: NMEA Heading Over Water
- standard_name: water_heading
- var_id: heading_nmea
- names: NMEA Heading Over Water, water_heading
- units: m s-1
- long_name: NMEA Speed Over Water
- standard_name: water_speed
- var_id: water_speed_nmea
- names: NMEA Speed Over Water, water_speed
- units: 1
- long_name: Neutral Drag Coefficient (COARE output)
- var_id: CDN_coare
- names: Neutral Drag Coefficient (COARE output)
- units: 1
- long_name: Neutral Evaporation Heat Transfer Cofficient (COARE output)
- var_id: CEN_coare
- names: Neutral Evaporation Heat Transfer Cofficient (COARE output)
- units: 1
- long_name: Neutral Sensible Heat Transfer Cofficient (COARE output)
- var_id: CHN_coare
- names: Neutral Sensible Heat Transfer Cofficient (COARE output)
- units: 1
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- long_name: Relative Humidity
- var_id: measured_relative_humidity
- names: Relative Humidity, relative_humidity
- long_name: Relative Humidity Data Origin Flag
- standard_name: relative_humidity_flag
- var_id: relative_humidity_data_origin_flag
- names: Relative Humidity Data Origin Flag, relative_humidity_flag
- units: 1
- long_name: Relative Humidity adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- var_id: relative_humidity_2m
- names: Relative Humidity adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- long_name: Research Vessel in Harbour Flag
- standard_name: in_harbour_flag
- var_id: in_harbour_flag
- names: Research Vessel in Harbour Flag, in_harbour_flag
- units: m
- long_name: Roughness Length for Heat (COARE output)
- var_id: z0t_coare
- names: Roughness Length for Heat (COARE output)
- units: m
- long_name: Roughness Length for Moisture (COARE output)
- var_id: z0q_coare
- names: Roughness Length for Moisture (COARE output)
- units: m
- long_name: Roughness Length for Momentum (COARE output)
- var_id: z0_coare
- names: Roughness Length for Momentum (COARE output)
- units: K
- standard_name: sea_water_temperature
- long_name: SBE38 bow temperature
- var_id: sbe38_bow_temperature
- names: sea_water_temperature, SBE38 bow temperature
- units: K
- standard_name: sea_water_temperature
- var_id: sea_surface_temperature
- long_name: Sea Water Temperature
- names: sea_water_temperature, Sea Water Temperature
- long_name: Sea Water Temperature Data Origin Flag
- standard_name: sea_water_temperature_flag
- var_id: sea_surface_temperature_data_origin_flag
- names: Sea Water Temperature Data Origin Flag, sea_water_temperature_flag
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- long_name: Specific Humidity
- units: g kg-1
- var_id: measured_specific_humidity
- names: specific_humidity, Specific Humidity
- units: g kg-1
- long_name: Specific Humidity adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- var_id: specific_humidity_2m
- names: Specific Humidity adjusted to 2m (COARE output)
- units: W m-2
- long_name: Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux (COARE output)
- var_id: latent_heat_flux
- names: Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux (COARE output)
- units: W m-2
- long_name: Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux (COARE output)
- var_id: sensible_heat_flux
- names: Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux (COARE output)
- units: W m-2
- long_name: Total Turbulent Upward Surface Heat Flux (COARE output)
- var_id: turbulent_heat_flux
- names: Total Turbulent Upward Surface Heat Flux (COARE output)
- units: degree
- var_id: wind_direction
- long_name: Wind Direction at 40m altitude from WindCube LIDAR
- standard_name: wind_direction
- names: wind_direction, Wind Direction at 40m altitude from WindCube LIDAR
- units: m s-1
- long_name: Wind Speed adjusted to 10m (COARE output)
- var_id: wind_speed_10m
- names: Wind Speed adjusted to 10m (COARE output)
- units: m s-1
- long_name: Wind Speed adjusted to 10m under neutral conditions (COARE output)
- var_id: u10N_coare
- names: Wind Speed adjusted to 10m under neutral conditions (COARE output)
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: wind_speed
- long_name: Wind Speed at 40m altitude from WindCube LIDAR
- var_id: measured_wind_speed
- names: wind_speed, Wind Speed at 40m altitude from WindCube LIDAR
- units: Pa
- long_name: Windstress (COARE output)
- var_id: windstress
- names: Windstress (COARE output)
- var_id: time
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- long_name: NMEA latitude
- var_id: latitude_nmea
- names: latitude, NMEA latitude
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- long_name: NMEA longitude
- var_id: longitude_nmea
- names: longitude, NMEA longitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2018-02-07T00:00:00
End time:
2018-03-21T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
76.0000° |
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-29.0000° |
-2.0000° |
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65.0000° |
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