Name: FAAM B163 DABEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Published: 2014-07-14T13:38:10.939977+00:00
License: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf
Keywords: DABEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

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FAAM B163 DABEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

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Update Frequency: As Needed

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: 16 Files | 119MB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for Dust and Biomass EXperiment (DABEX) project.

Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2014): FAAM B163 DABEX 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/b7eac82665034e93a1bb0d03221140d2

Abbreviation: Not defined

Keywords: DABEX, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments

Collections (2)

Dataset is part of these larger Dataset Collections:

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Aircraft Data for the Dust and Biomass EXperiment (DABEX)	See Related Datasets More Info
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) flights	See Related Datasets More Info

Projects (1)

Dataset supports the following projects:

Dust and Biomass EXperiment (DABEX)	See Related Datasets More Info

Details

Previous Info:	No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:	No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:	Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/faam_core.pdf. 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 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.

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.

Instrument/Platform pairings

FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE systems: Subset of FAAM core instruments measuring cloud physics data	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams	Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1	FAAM BAE-146 flight B163

Output Description	None

var_id: PARA1221
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 0
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1222
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 1
units: cm-3

units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1231
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 10

var_id: PARA1232
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 11
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1233
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 12
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1234
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 13
units: cm-3

units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1235
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 14

var_id: PARA1223
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 2
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1224
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 3
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1225
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 4
units: cm-3

units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1226
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 5

var_id: PARA1227
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 6
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1228
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 7
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1229
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 8
units: cm-3

units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1230
long_name: FFSSP Concentration in size channel 9

units: 1
var_id: PARA0515FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA0515

units: 1
var_id: PARA1201FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1201

units: 1
var_id: PARA1202FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1202

var_id: PARA1203FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1203
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1221FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1221

units: 1
var_id: PARA1222FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1222

units: 1
var_id: PARA1223FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1223

var_id: PARA1224FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1224
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1225FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1225

units: 1
var_id: PARA1226FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1226

units: 1
var_id: PARA1227FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1227

var_id: PARA1228FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1228
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1229FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1229

units: 1
var_id: PARA1230FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1230

units: 1
var_id: PARA1231FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1231

var_id: PARA1232FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1232
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1233FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1233

units: 1
var_id: PARA1234FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1234

units: 1
var_id: PARA1235FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1235

units: 1
var_id: PARA1550FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1550

units: 1
var_id: PARA1551FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1551

units: 1
var_id: PARA1560FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1560

var_id: PARA1561FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1561
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1562FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1562

units: 1
var_id: PARA1563FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1563

units: 1
var_id: PARA1564FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1564

var_id: PARA1565FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1565
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1566FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1566

units: 1
var_id: PARA1567FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1567

units: 1
var_id: PARA1568FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1568

var_id: PARA1569FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1569
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1570FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1570

units: 1
var_id: PARA1571FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1571

units: 1
var_id: PARA1572FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1572

var_id: PARA1573FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1573
units: 1

units: 1
var_id: PARA1574FLAG
long_name: Flag for PARA1574

var_id: PARA1202
long_name: Liquid water content from FFSSP
units: gram m-3

units: milligram m-3
var_id: PARA1551
long_name: Mass content from PCASP (channels 2-14 only)

units: micron
var_id: PARA1203
long_name: Mean volume radius from FFSSP

units: seconds from 0000 UTC

var_id: PARA1560
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 0
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1561
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 1
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 10
units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1570

var_id: PARA1571
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 11
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1572
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 12
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1573
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 13
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 14
units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1574

var_id: PARA1562
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 2
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1563
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 3
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1564
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 4
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 5
units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1565

var_id: PARA1566
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 6
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1567
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 7
units: cm-3

var_id: PARA1568
long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 8
units: cm-3

long_name: PCASP Concentration in size channel 9
units: cm-3
var_id: PARA1569

var_id: PARA1201
long_name: droplet concentration from the FFSSP
units: cm-3

units: cm-3
long_name: droplet concentration from the PCASP (channels 2-14 only)
var_id: PARA1550

Co-ordinate Variables

long_name: Data time in seconds from midnight on day the flight starts - may exceed 86400.
standard_name: time
units: s
var_id: PARA0515

var_id: Time
standard_name: time
long_name: time of measurement

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Coverage

Temporal Range

Start time:

2006-01-26T05:31:10

End time:

2006-01-26T12:38:20

Geographic Extent

	13.7144°
1.5677°		2.9792°
	13.2119°

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Dataset

FAAM B163 DABEX flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Abstract

Collections (2)

Dataset is part of these larger Dataset Collections:

Projects (1)

Dataset supports the following projects:

Details

Related Documents

Process overview

Instrument/Platform pairings

Mobile platform operations

Co-ordinate Variables

Temporal Range

2006-01-26T05:31:10

2006-01-26T12:38:20

Geographic Extent

13.7144°

1.5677°

2.9792°

13.2119°

Authors (3)

Publishers (1)

Principal Investigators (1)