Dataset
FAAM B768 ACCACIA flight, number 10: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2016-12-12
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-03-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 56 Files | 4GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft during flight 10 for Aerosol Cloud Coupling and Climate Interactions in the Arctic (ACCACIA) project.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B768 ACCACIA flight, number 10: 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/d652ceb8330b439e9899d3b7b67b732a
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: ACCACIA, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
Details
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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
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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 B768 |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
- long_name: AIMMS Eastwards ground speed
- var_id: VE
- units: m
- standard_name: altitude
- long_name: AIMMS GPS altitude
- var_id: ALT
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
- long_name: AIMMS Heading angle
- var_id: HDG
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
- long_name: AIMMS Northwards ground speed
- var_id: VN
- units: percent
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- var_id: RH
- long_name: AIMMS Relative humidity wrt water
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- var_id: PRES
- long_name: AIMMS Static pressure
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
- var_id: TAS
- long_name: AIMMS True air speed
- units: degree
- var_id: AOA
- long_name: AIMMS angle of attack (positive, flow from below aircraft)
- units: degree
- var_id: AOSS
- long_name: AIMMS angle of sideslip (positive, flow from left)
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- var_id: U
- long_name: AIMMS eastwards wind component
- units: 1
- long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of attack differential pressure
- var_id: DPAOA
- units: 1
- long_name: AIMMS non-dimensional angle of sideslip differential pressure
- var_id: DPAOSS
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- var_id: V
- long_name: AIMMS northwards wind component
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
- long_name: AIMMS pitch angle
- var_id: PITCH
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_roll_angle
- long_name: AIMMS roll angle
- var_id: ROLL
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- long_name: AIMMS true air temperature
- var_id: TK
- units: m s-1
- long_name: AIMMS vertical speed
- var_id: VZ
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: upward_air_velocity
- var_id: W
- long_name: AIMMS vertical wind component
- var_id: ARIESRAD
- units: degree
- long_name: A_0 calibration coefficient
- var_id: A_0
- units: degree
- long_name: A_alpha calibration coefficient
- var_id: A_alpha
- units: degree
- long_name: A_beta calibration coefficient
- var_id: A_beta
- units: degree
- long_name: B_0 calibration coefficient
- var_id: B_0
- units: degree
- long_name: B_alpha calibration coefficient
- var_id: B_alpha
- units: degree
- long_name: B_beta calibration coefficient
- var_id: B_beta
- var_id: CALIBRATION_FILES
- var_id: CAL_DC_CBB
- var_id: CAL_DC_HBB
- var_id: CAL_DC_MEAS
- var_id: CAL_TEMP_CBB
- var_id: CAL_TEMP_HBB
- var_id: CAL_TEMP_PORT2C
- var_id: CAL_TEMP_PORT2H
- units: 1
- long_name: CP_0 calibration coefficient
- var_id: CP_0
- units: 1
- long_name: CP_alpha calibration coefficient
- var_id: CP_alpha
- units: 1
- long_name: CP_beta calibration coefficient
- var_id: CP_beta
- units: um
- long_name: Edge_point_of_size_bin
- var_id: Size_edge
- long_name: Edge_point_of_time_bin
- var_id: Time_edge
- var_id: LONG_DATE
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_all
- var_id: PSD_Mass_all
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_edge
- var_id: PSD_Mass_E
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Mass_HI
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Mass_LI
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Mass_MI
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
- var_id: PSD_Mass_S
- units: kg L-1 um-1
- long_name: Mass_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_streak
- var_id: PSD_Mass_Streak
- units: um
- long_name: Mid_point_of_size_bin
- var_id: Size_mid
- long_name: Mid_point_of_time_bin
- var_id: Time_mid
- units: None
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration__of_particles_classed_as_edge
- var_id: NC_E
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_all
- var_id: NC_all
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
- var_id: NC_HI
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
- var_id: NC_LI
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
- var_id: NC_MI
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_small
- var_id: NC_S
- units: L-1
- long_name: Number_concentration_of_particles_classed_as_streak
- var_id: NC_Streak
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_all
- var_id: PSD_Num_all
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_edge
- var_id: PSD_Num_E
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_high_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Num_HI
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_low_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Num_LI
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_medium_irregularity
- var_id: PSD_Num_MI
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_small
- var_id: PSD_Num_S
- units: L-1 um-1
- long_name: Number_size_distribution_of_particles_classed_as_streak
- var_id: PSD_Num_Streak
- var_id: QUALITY
- var_id: SCANDIR
- var_id: SECONDS
- var_id: WAVENUM
- var_id: ZPD_POSITION
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: LAT
- long_name: AIMMS GPS latitude
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: LON
- long_name: AIMMS GPS longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: TIME
- long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-04-03T04:05:37
End time:
2013-04-03T14:24:33
Geographic Extent
80.3421° |
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-0.8103° |
20.6433° |
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67.7692° |
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