Dataset
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Grimm Optical Particle Counter data
Abstract
The Chilbolton Facility for Atmopsheric and Radio Research's aerosol particle concentration measurements are provided by a 164DM environmental dust monitor manufactured by Grimm Aerosol Technik. A Lufft WS500 weather station is incorporated into the instrument to provide co-located meteorological measurements. Alternatively, particle mass concentrations can be produced as PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 measurements. The instrument measures the size and number density of aerosol molecules by using a 0.5m vertical inlet to suck ambient air into a measurement chamber. The scattering of a laser beam transmitted through the chamber is used to deduce size and concentration information. It is operated continuously on the roof of a cabin at a height of 8m above ground at the Chilbolton Observatory site. Measurements are taken every 60s, providinga erosol particle concentration (counts/m3) in 31 size bins in the range 0.265-34.0 um, air temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction. The instrument is calibrated every 18 months by the manufacturer
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Data lineage: |
Data are collected by 4 radar systems, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa), and 4 lidar systems, at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire. |
Data Quality: |
Data are checked by CFARR staff prior to submission to BADC
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) GRIMM Particle Counter | Deployed on: Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) |
Output Description | None |
- units: m-3
- long_name: Number concentration of ambient aerosol in air as a function of diameter
- standard_name: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air
- var_id: number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air
- names: Number concentration of ambient aerosol in air as a function of diameter, number_concentration_of_ambient_aerosol_in_air
- long_name: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- names: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- units: Pa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- var_id: air_pressure
- long_name: air pressure measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- names: air_pressure, air pressure measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: air_temperature
- long_name: air temperature measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- names: air_temperature, air temperature measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- var_id: height
- long_name: height of ground level above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
- names: height, height of ground level above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- var_id: height
- long_name: height of instrument above ground
- names: height, height of instrument above ground
- var_id: particle_diameter
- units: um
- long_name: particle diameter (in microns)
- names: particle diameter (in microns)
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- var_id: relative_humidity
- units: %
- long_name: relative_humidity measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- names: relative_humidity, relative_humidity measured by aerosol spectrometer weather station
- units: degree
- standard_name: wind_from_direction
- var_id: wind_from_direction
- long_name: wind direction measured by aerosol spectrometer sonic anemometer
- names: wind_from_direction, wind direction measured by aerosol spectrometer sonic anemometer
- standard_name: wind_speed
- var_id: wind_speed
- units: m/s
- long_name: wind speed measured by aerosol spectrometer sonic anemometer
- names: wind_speed, wind speed measured by aerosol spectrometer sonic anemometer
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- names: latitude
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- names: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- names: time
Temporal Range
2013-05-22T23:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
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51.1450° |