Dataset
MRF A257 flight: Airborne atmospheric and chemistry measurements taken on board the Met Office C-130 Hercules aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2021-10-29
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2021-10-29
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 7 Files | 156MB
Abstract
The Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) was a Met Office facility, which flew a well-instrumented C-130 Hercules aircraft for atmospheric research purposes.
This dataset contains airborne atmospheric and chemistry measurements taken on board the Met Office C-130 Hercules aircraft flight A257 for research purposes.
Citable as: Met Office (2021): MRF A257 flight: Airborne atmospheric and chemistry measurements taken on board the Met Office C-130 Hercules aircraft. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d6a2c152a6d144099cd7710298554942/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, atmosphere, chemistry, airborne, C-130
Details
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| Access rules: |
These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted.
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data collected by instruments on-board the MRF C-130 during flight A257. Data acquired from the Met Office by BADC for wider academic use. |
| Data Quality: |
Data quality controlled by the Met Office.
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| File Format: |
Data are binary formatted.
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Related Documents
| MRF flight A257 report |
| MRF flight A257 profiles |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | MRF Flight C-130 A257 |
| Output Description | None |
No variables found.
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1993-05-27T10:05:05
End time:
1993-05-27T16:17:03
Geographic Extent
58.4533° |
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-3.0872° |
-0.7777° |
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51.2834° |
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