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FAAM C347 WESCON flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2023-09-08
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2023-08-18
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 44 Files | 8GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for WESCON FAAM Aircraft project.

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2023): FAAM C347 WESCON flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cd508dd27d204100bd1b4828a6a6ac7a/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: WESCON, 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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

Data Quality:
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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.

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-147 flight C347
Output Description

None

  • var_id: dependent_scattering_cross_section_err
  • long_name: Boolean indicator of lower and upper scattering cross-section bin boundary uncertainties being independent/dependent
  • long_name: CDP Channel Number
  • var_id: CDPCH
  • units:
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: CDP_D_L_CAL
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL
  • var_id: applies_to
  • long_name: Calibration applies to this data
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - ARCT
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COAV
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COCL
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COPO
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - DESE
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MACL
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MAPO
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - URBA
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre
  • long_name: Centre diameter of each bin for liquid water
  • long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_L_COMP
  • units:
  • long_name: Composition of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_COMP
  • units:
  • var_id: polynomial_fit_covariance
  • long_name: Covariance between the polynomial fit parameters
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: status_flag
  • var_id: cdp_flag
  • long_name: Data quality flag
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: CDP_D_L_ERR
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_ERR
  • var_id: calibration_file
  • long_name: File from which this calibration data has been read
  • var_id: calibration_qc
  • long_name: Flag denoting quality of calibration
  • var_id: CDP_FLAG
  • long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
  • units:
  • long_name: Flag for droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
  • var_id: PCAS2_FLAG
  • units:
  • units: m
  • standard_name: altitude
  • long_name: GPS altitude
  • var_id: aimms_altitude
  • var_id: ADC_threshold
  • long_name: Lower and upper analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) thresholds for each bin
  • units: um**2
  • var_id: scattering_cross_section
  • long_name: Lower and upper scattering cross-section boundaries for each bin
  • units: g m-3
  • standard_name: mass_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
  • var_id: cdp_lwc
  • long_name: Mass concentration of cloud droplets assuming liquid water
  • units: g m-3
  • var_id: cdp_lwc_error
  • long_name: Mass concentration of cloud droplets assuming liquid water 1-sigma uncertainty
  • units: µm
  • var_id: pcasp_bin_centre
  • standard_name: diameter_of_ambient_aerosol_particles
  • long_name: Nominal bin centre diameter
  • units: µm
  • var_id: cdp_bin_width
  • long_name: Nominal bin width
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
  • var_id: CDP_D_L_NOM
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
  • var_id: CDP_D_U_NOM
  • long_name: PCASP (SPP200) Channel Number
  • var_id: PCAS2CH
  • units:
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
  • var_id: PCAS2_01
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
  • var_id: PCAS2_10
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
  • var_id: PCAS2_11
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
  • var_id: PCAS2_12
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
  • var_id: PCAS2_13
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
  • var_id: PCAS2_14
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
  • var_id: PCAS2_15
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
  • var_id: PCAS2_16
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
  • var_id: PCAS2_17
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
  • var_id: PCAS2_18
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
  • var_id: PCAS2_19
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
  • var_id: PCAS2_02
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
  • var_id: PCAS2_20
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
  • var_id: PCAS2_21
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
  • var_id: PCAS2_22
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
  • var_id: PCAS2_23
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
  • var_id: PCAS2_24
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
  • var_id: PCAS2_25
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
  • var_id: PCAS2_26
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
  • var_id: PCAS2_27
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
  • var_id: PCAS2_28
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
  • var_id: PCAS2_29
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
  • var_id: PCAS2_03
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
  • var_id: PCAS2_30
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
  • var_id: PCAS2_04
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
  • var_id: PCAS2_05
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
  • var_id: PCAS2_06
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
  • var_id: PCAS2_07
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
  • var_id: PCAS2_08
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
  • var_id: PCAS2_09
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
  • var_id: PCAS2_01_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
  • var_id: PCAS2_10_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
  • var_id: PCAS2_11_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
  • var_id: PCAS2_12_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
  • var_id: PCAS2_13_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
  • var_id: PCAS2_14_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
  • var_id: PCAS2_15_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
  • var_id: PCAS2_16_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
  • var_id: PCAS2_17_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
  • var_id: PCAS2_18_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
  • var_id: PCAS2_19_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
  • var_id: PCAS2_02_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
  • var_id: PCAS2_20_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
  • var_id: PCAS2_21_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
  • var_id: PCAS2_22_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
  • var_id: PCAS2_23_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
  • var_id: PCAS2_24_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
  • var_id: PCAS2_25_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
  • var_id: PCAS2_26_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
  • var_id: PCAS2_27_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
  • var_id: PCAS2_28_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
  • var_id: PCAS2_29_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
  • var_id: PCAS2_03_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
  • var_id: PCAS2_30_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
  • var_id: PCAS2_04_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
  • var_id: PCAS2_05_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
  • var_id: PCAS2_06_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
  • var_id: PCAS2_07_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
  • var_id: PCAS2_08_err
  • units: percent
  • long_name: Percentage error in PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
  • var_id: PCAS2_09_err
  • var_id: polynomial_fit_parameters
  • long_name: Polynomial fit parameters of increasing degree (eg linear fit is p[0] + p[1]*x) for fitting scattering cross-section to ADC_threshold
  • var_id: ADC_range
  • long_name: Range of analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) values covered by each gain stage
  • units: 1
  • var_id: pcasp_counts
  • long_name: Raw particle counts in each size bin and sample time.
  • long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_L_RI
  • units:
  • long_name: Refractive index of the aerosol used to calibrate channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_RI
  • units:
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: pcasp_conc_psd_u
  • standard_name: number_size_distribution_of_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • long_name: Size resolved aerosol number concentration
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: pcasp_conc_psd
  • long_name: Size resolved aerosol number concentration - multiplied by correction factor
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: pcasp_conc_psd_u_error
  • long_name: Size resolved aerosol number concentration 1-sigma uncertainty
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: cdp_conc_psd
  • long_name: Size resolved cloud droplet number concentration
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: cdp_conc_psd_error
  • long_name: Size resolved cloud droplet number concentration 1-sigma uncertainty
  • var_id: source_file
  • long_name: Source file used in calibration processing
  • var_id: Time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
  • units: cc-1
  • var_id: pcasp_conc_u_error
  • long_name: Total number concentration summed over 'bin range' 1-sigma uncertainty
  • units: cc-1
  • standard_name: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • var_id: pcasp_conc_u
  • long_name: Total particle number concentration over 'bin range'
  • units: cc-1
  • standard_name: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_particles_in_air
  • var_id: pcasp_conc
  • long_name: Total particle number concentration over 'bin range' - multiplied by correction factor
  • var_id: traceability
  • long_name: Traceability of calibration
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_centre_err
  • long_name: Uncertainty of bin centre diameter
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width_err
  • long_name: Uncertainty of bin diameter width
  • var_id: scattering_cross_section_err
  • long_name: Uncertainty of scattering cross-section boundaries for each bin
  • units: um**2
  • units: um**2
  • var_id: scattering_cross_section_width_err
  • long_name: Uncertainty of scattering cross-section width for each bin
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 1
  • var_id: PCAS2_01_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 10
  • var_id: PCAS2_10_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 11
  • var_id: PCAS2_11_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 12
  • var_id: PCAS2_12_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 13
  • var_id: PCAS2_13_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 14
  • var_id: PCAS2_14_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 15
  • var_id: PCAS2_15_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 16
  • var_id: PCAS2_16_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 17
  • var_id: PCAS2_17_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 18
  • var_id: PCAS2_18_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 19
  • var_id: PCAS2_19_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 2
  • var_id: PCAS2_02_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 20
  • var_id: PCAS2_20_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 21
  • var_id: PCAS2_21_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 22
  • var_id: PCAS2_22_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 23
  • var_id: PCAS2_23_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 24
  • var_id: PCAS2_24_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 25
  • var_id: PCAS2_25_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 26
  • var_id: PCAS2_26_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 27
  • var_id: PCAS2_27_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 28
  • var_id: PCAS2_28_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 29
  • var_id: PCAS2_29_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 3
  • var_id: PCAS2_03_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 30
  • var_id: PCAS2_30_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 4
  • var_id: PCAS2_04_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 5
  • var_id: PCAS2_05_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 6
  • var_id: PCAS2_06_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 7
  • var_id: PCAS2_07_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 8
  • var_id: PCAS2_08_u
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: Uncorrected PCASP2 (SPP200) conc in size channel 9
  • var_id: PCAS2_09_u
  • var_id: polynomial_fit_variance
  • long_name: Variance of each of the polynomial fit parameters
  • var_id: pcasp_flow
  • long_name: Volumetric sample flow
  • units: cc s-1
  • long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
  • var_id: PCAS2_FL
  • units: cm-3 s-1
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - ARCT
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COAV
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COCL
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - COPO
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - DESE
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MACL
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - MAPO
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for given aerosol mixture - URBA
  • units: um
  • var_id: diameter_width
  • long_name: Width in terms of diameter of each bin for liquid water
  • units: um**2
  • var_id: scattering_cross_section_width
  • long_name: Width of each bin in terms of scattering cross-section
  • units: degree
  • long_name: angle of attack (positive, flow from below aircraft)
  • var_id: aimms_angle_of_attack
  • units: degree
  • long_name: angle of sideslip (positive, flow from left)
  • var_id: aimms_angle_of_sideslip
  • var_id: bin
  • long_name: bin number
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_course
  • long_name: course
  • var_id: aimms_course
  • units: 1
  • long_name: data quality flag
  • var_id: cip25_flag
  • units: 1
  • long_name: data quality flag for AIMMS-20
  • var_id: aimms_flag
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: derived number concentration of particles classed as ice based on shape
  • var_id: cip25_iwc_psd
  • units: L-1
  • var_id: cip100_lwc_psd
  • long_name: derived number concentration of particles classed as water based on shape
  • units: L-1
  • var_id: cip15_edge_psd
  • long_name: derived number concentration of particles in contact with edge of imaging array
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration from PCASP2 (SPP200) channels 2 to 30 included
  • var_id: PCAS2CON
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 1
  • var_id: CDP_01
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 10
  • var_id: CDP_10
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 11
  • var_id: CDP_11
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 12
  • var_id: CDP_12
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 13
  • var_id: CDP_13
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 14
  • var_id: CDP_14
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 15
  • var_id: CDP_15
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 16
  • var_id: CDP_16
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 17
  • var_id: CDP_17
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 18
  • var_id: CDP_18
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 19
  • var_id: CDP_19
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 2
  • var_id: CDP_02
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 20
  • var_id: CDP_20
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 21
  • var_id: CDP_21
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 22
  • var_id: CDP_22
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 23
  • var_id: CDP_23
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 24
  • var_id: CDP_24
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 25
  • var_id: CDP_25
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 26
  • var_id: CDP_26
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 27
  • var_id: CDP_27
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 28
  • var_id: CDP_28
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 29
  • var_id: CDP_29
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 3
  • var_id: CDP_03
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 30
  • var_id: CDP_30
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 4
  • var_id: CDP_04
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 5
  • var_id: CDP_05
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 6
  • var_id: CDP_06
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 7
  • var_id: CDP_07
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 8
  • var_id: CDP_08
  • units: cm-3
  • long_name: droplet concentration in CDP size channel 9
  • var_id: CDP_09
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: eastwards ground speed component
  • var_id: aimms_velocity_east
  • units: um
  • long_name: equivalent diameter of particles calculated by PADS
  • var_id: cip25_ed_pads
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
  • long_name: ground speed
  • var_id: aimms_ground_speed
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
  • long_name: heading angle
  • var_id: aimms_heading
  • units: g m-3
  • var_id: cip15_iwc
  • long_name: mass concentration of particles assuming ice water
  • units: g m-3
  • standard_name: mass_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
  • long_name: mass concentration of particles assuming liquid water
  • var_id: cip25_lwc
  • units: g m-3
  • standard_name: mass_concentration_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
  • var_id: cip100_lwc_pads
  • long_name: mass concentration of particles assuming liquid water calculated by PADS
  • units: um
  • long_name: median volumetric diameter of particles calculated by PADS
  • var_id: cip25_mvd_pads
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: northwards ground speed component
  • var_id: aimms_velocity_north
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: number concentration of particles
  • var_id: cip15_conc_psd
  • units: 1
  • var_id: cip100_acpt
  • long_name: number of particles accepted
  • units: 1
  • var_id: cip100_rej
  • long_name: number of particles rejected
  • units: 1
  • long_name: overload indicator
  • var_id: cip15_ovld
  • long_name: particle size bin centre in micron
  • var_id: cip25_bin_centre
  • units: μm
  • var_id: cip100_bin_width
  • long_name: particle size bin width in micron
  • units: μm
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
  • long_name: pitch angle
  • var_id: aimms_pitch
  • units: dBZ
  • standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
  • var_id: cip15_iwc_dbz
  • long_name: radar reflectivity of particles classed as ice water based on shape
  • units: dBZ
  • standard_name: equivalent_reflectivity_factor
  • var_id: cip15_lwc_dbz
  • long_name: radar reflectivity of particles classed as liquid water based on shape
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • var_id: cip100_rain_rate
  • long_name: rainfall rate of liquid water
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: platform_roll_angle
  • long_name: roll angle
  • var_id: aimms_roll
  • units: hPa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: static pressure
  • var_id: aimms_pressure
  • units: cm-3
  • var_id: CDP_CONC
  • long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
  • long_name: true air speed
  • var_id: aimms_true_air_speed
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: u (positive is eastwards, negative is westwards)
  • var_id: aimms_u
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: v (positive is northwards, negative is southwards)
  • var_id: aimms_v
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: vertical velocity (positive is up, negative is down)
  • var_id: aimms_vertical_velocity
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_air_velocity
  • long_name: vertical wind component (positive is up, negative is down)
  • var_id: aimms_w
  • units: degree
  • standard_name: wind_from_direction
  • long_name: wind direction
  • var_id: aimms_wind_direction
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: wind_speed
  • long_name: wind speed
  • var_id: aimms_wind_speed

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: latitude
  • long_name: GPS latitude
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: longitude
  • long_name: GPS longitude
  • standard_name: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
  • var_id: CDP_TSPM
  • standard_name: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
  • var_id: PCAS2TSPM
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time_UTC
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: time of calibration
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2023-07-13T06:48:21
End time:
2023-07-13T13:54:26
Geographic Extent

 
52.2249°
 
-3.5021°
 
-0.6028°
 
50.7965°