Dataset
FAAM C358 PTECE and AEOG-4 flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite on board the BAE-146 aircraft
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2024-06-17
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2023-11-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 20 Files | 2GB
Abstract
Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for PTECE FAAM Aircraft Project and AEOG-4 FAAM Aircraft Project projects.
Citable as: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2023): FAAM C358 PTECE and AEOG-4 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/f9cadc17e4244622aedc6abba2de0e9f
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: PTECE, AEOG-4, FAAM, airborne, atmospheric measurments
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| Flight summary file for FAAM BAE-146 flight C358 |
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 |
Mobile platform operations
| Mobile Platform Operation 1 | FAAM BAE-147 flight C358 |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m s-2
- var_id: ACLF_GIN
- long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft longitudinal axis from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit (positive forward)
- units: m s-2
- var_id: ACLS_GIN
- long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft transverse axis from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit (positive starboard)
- units: m s-2
- var_id: ACLD_GIN
- long_name: Acceleration along the aircraft vertical axis from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit (positive down)
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_course
- var_id: TRCK_GIN
- long_name: Aircraft track angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: m s-1
- var_id: VELD_GIN
- long_name: Aircraft velocity down from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: m s-1
- var_id: VELE_GIN
- long_name: Aircraft velocity east from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: m s-1
- var_id: VELN_GIN
- long_name: Aircraft velocity north from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: m
- standard_name: altitude
- var_id: ALT_GIN
- long_name: Altitude from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: degree
- long_name: Angle of attack from the turbulence probe (positive, flow upwards wrt a/c axes)
- var_id: AOA
- units: degree
- long_name: Angle of sideslip from the turbulence probe (positive, flow from left)
- var_id: AOSS
- var_id: dependent_scattering_cross_section_err
- long_name: Boolean indicator of lower and upper scattering cross-section bin boundary uncertainties being independent/dependent
- units: hPa
- var_id: CAB_PRES
- long_name: Cabin Pressure
- units: degC
- long_name: Cabin temperature at the core consoles
- var_id: CAB_TEMP
- units: hPa
- var_id: P0_S10
- long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between centre (P0) port and S10 static
- units: hPa
- long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe horizontal ports
- var_id: PB_TURB
- units: hPa
- long_name: Calibrated differential pressure between turbulence probe vertical ports
- var_id: PA_TURB
- units: ppm
- long_name: Calibrated volume mixing ratio from WVSS2F
- var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_C
- var_id: applies_to
- long_name: Calibration applies to this data
- var_id: flow_fit
- long_name: Calibration equation of sample flow
- 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
- units: %
- long_name: Combined uncertainty estimate for RH_ICE
- var_id: RH_ICE_CU
- units: %
- long_name: Combined uncertainty estimate for RH_LIQ
- var_id: RH_LIQ_CU
- units: K
- long_name: Combined uncertainty estimate for TAT_DI_R
- var_id: TAT_DI_R_CU
- units: K
- long_name: Combined uncertainty estimate for TAT_ND_R
- var_id: TAT_ND_R_CU
- units: W m-2
- var_id: IR_DN_C
- long_name: Corrected downward longwave irradiance
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
- long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, clear dome
- var_id: SW_DN_C
- units: W m-2
- long_name: Corrected downward short wave irradiance, red dome
- var_id: RED_DN_C
- units: gram m-3
- standard_name: mass_concentration_of_liquid_water_in_air
- long_name: Corrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe (1st collector)
- var_id: NV_LWC1_C
- units: gram m-3
- standard_name: mass_concentration_of_liquid_water_in_air
- long_name: Corrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe (2nd collector)
- var_id: NV_LWC2_C
- units: gram m-3
- var_id: NV_TWC_C
- long_name: Corrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe
- units: W m-2
- var_id: IR_UP_C
- long_name: Corrected upward longwave irradiance
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
- long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, clear dome
- var_id: SW_UP_C
- units: W m-2
- long_name: Corrected upward short wave irradiance, red dome
- var_id: RED_UP_C
- var_id: polynomial_fit_covariance
- long_name: Covariance between the polynomial fit parameters
- units: 1
- var_id: ACLD_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ACLD_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: ACLF_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ACLF_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: ACLS_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ACLS_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: ALT_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ALT_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: AOA_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for AOA
- units: 1
- var_id: AOSS_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for AOSS
- units: 1
- var_id: BTHEIM_U_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for BTHEIM_U
- units: 1
- var_id: CAB_PRES_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for CAB_PRES
- units: 1
- var_id: CAB_TEMP_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for CAB_TEMP
- units: 1
- var_id: EXX_JCI_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for EXX_JCI
- units: 1
- var_id: GSPD_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for GSPD_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: HDGR_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for HDGR_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: HDG_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for HDG_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: HGT_RADR_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for HGT_RADR
- units: 1
- var_id: IAS_RVSM_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for IAS_RVSM
- units: 1
- var_id: IR_DN_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for IR_DN_C
- units: 1
- var_id: IR_UP_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for IR_UP_C
- units: 1
- var_id: LAT_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for LAT_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: LON_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for LON_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_LWC1_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_LWC1_C
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_LWC1_U_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_LWC1_U
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_LWC2_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_LWC2_C
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_LWC2_U_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_LWC2_U
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_TWC_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_TWC_C
- units: 1
- var_id: NV_TWC_U_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for NV_TWC_U
- units: 1
- var_id: P0_S10_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for P0_S10
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for P10_STAT
- var_id: P10_STAT_FLAG
- units: 1
- var_id: PALT_RVS_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for PALT_RVS
- units: 1
- var_id: PA_TURB_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for PA_TURB
- units: 1
- var_id: PB_TURB_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for PB_TURB
- units: 1
- var_id: PITR_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for PITR_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: PSP_TURB_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for PSP_TURB
- units: 1
- var_id: PS_RVSM_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for PS_RVSM
- units: 1
- var_id: PTCH_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for PTCH_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: Q_RVSM_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for Q_RVSM
- units: 1
- var_id: RED_DN_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for RED_DN_C
- units: 1
- var_id: RED_UP_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for RED_UP_C
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for RH_ICE
- var_id: RH_ICE_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for RH_LIQ
- var_id: RH_LIQ_FLAG
- units: 1
- var_id: ROLL_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ROLL_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: ROLR_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for ROLR_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: SOL_AZIM_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for SOL_AZIM
- units: 1
- var_id: SOL_ZEN_FLAG
- standard_name: status_flag
- long_name: Data quality flag for SOL_ZEN
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for STATUS_GIN
- var_id: STATUS_GIN_FLAG
- units: 1
- var_id: SW_DN_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for SW_DN_C
- units: 1
- var_id: SW_UP_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for SW_UP_C
- units: 1
- var_id: TAS_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TAS
- units: 1
- var_id: TAS_RVSM_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TAS_RVSM
- units: 1
- var_id: TAT_DI_R_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TAT_DI_R
- units: 1
- var_id: TAT_ND_R_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TAT_ND_R
- units: 1
- var_id: TDEW_GE_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TDEW_GE
- units: 1
- var_id: TRCK_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for TRCK_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: U_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for U_C
- units: 1
- var_id: U_NOTURB_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for U_NOTURB
- units: 1
- var_id: VELD_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for VELD_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: VELE_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for VELE_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: VELN_GIN_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for VELN_GIN
- units: 1
- var_id: V_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for V_C
- units: 1
- var_id: V_NOTURB_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for V_NOTURB
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for WAND_GIN
- var_id: WAND_GIN_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for WVSS2F_PRESS_U
- var_id: WVSS2F_PRESS_U_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for WVSS2F_VMR_C
- var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_C_FLAG
- units: 1
- long_name: Data quality flag for WVSS2F_VMR_U
- var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_U_FLAG
- units: 1
- var_id: W_C_FLAG
- long_name: Data quality flag for W_C
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- units: degK
- var_id: TDEW_GE
- long_name: Dew Point from the General Eastern instrument
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: Eastward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
- var_id: U_NOTURB
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: Eastward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
- var_id: U_C
- 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
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_ground
- var_id: GSPD_GIN
- long_name: Groundspeed from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_yaw_angle
- var_id: HDG_GIN
- long_name: Heading from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: m s-1
- var_id: IAS_RVSM
- long_name: Indicated air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
- 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: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: Northward wind component derived from aircraft instruments and GIN
- var_id: V_NOTURB
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: Northward wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
- var_id: V_C
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_pitch_angle
- var_id: PTCH_GIN
- long_name: Pitch angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: hPa
- long_name: Pitot static pressure inverted from RVSM (air data) system indicated airspeed
- var_id: Q_RVSM
- units: hPa
- long_name: Pitot-static pressure from centre-port measurements corrrected for AoA and AoSS
- var_id: PSP_TURB
- 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
- units: m
- long_name: Pressure altitude from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
- var_id: PALT_RVS
- standard_name: barometric_altitude
- units: hPa
- long_name: Pressure inside WVSS2F sample cell linearly interpolated to 1 Hz
- var_id: WVSS2F_PRESS_U
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- var_id: HGT_RADR
- long_name: Radar height from the aircraft radar altimeter
- var_id: ADC_range
- long_name: Range of analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) values covered by each gain stage
- units: degree s-1
- standard_name: platform_yaw_rate
- var_id: HDGR_GIN
- long_name: Rate-of-change of heading from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: degree s-1
- var_id: PITR_GIN
- standard_name: platform_pitch_rate
- long_name: Rate-of-change of pitch angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: degree s-1
- standard_name: platform_roll_rate
- var_id: ROLR_GIN
- long_name: Rate-of-change of roll angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: 1
- long_name: Raw data from the Fwd Core Console JCI static monitor, static signal
- var_id: EXX_JCI
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- units: %
- long_name: Relative humidity wrt ice water, derived from corrected WVSS-II VMR and Rosemount temperatures
- var_id: RH_ICE
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- units: %
- long_name: Relative humidity wrt liquid water, derived from corrected WVSS-II VMR and Rosemount temperatures
- var_id: RH_LIQ
- units: degree
- standard_name: platform_roll_angle
- var_id: ROLL_GIN
- long_name: Roll angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- var_id: flows_reported
- long_name: Sample flow rate reported by PCASP for each value in flows_actual
- units: scc/s
- units: degree
- var_id: SOL_AZIM
- long_name: Solar azimuth derived from aircraft position and time
- standard_name: solar_azimuth_angle
- units: degree
- standard_name: solar_zenith_angle
- var_id: SOL_ZEN
- long_name: Solar zenith derived from aircraft position and time
- units: 1
- long_name: Solution status from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- var_id: STATUS_GIN
- var_id: source_file
- long_name: Source file used in calibration processing
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- long_name: Static pressure from S10 fuselage ports
- var_id: P10_STAT
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- long_name: Static pressure from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system
- var_id: PS_RVSM
- var_id: traceability
- long_name: Traceability of calibration
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
- var_id: TAS_RVSM
- long_name: True air speed from the aircraft RVSM (air data) system and deiced temperature
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: TAT_DI_R
- long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount deiced temperature sensor
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: TAT_ND_R
- long_name: True air temperature from the Rosemount non-deiced temperature sensor
- units: m s-1
- long_name: True airspeed (dry-air) from turbulence probe
- standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
- var_id: TAS
- units: ppm
- long_name: Uncertainty estimate for calibrated volume mixing ratio from WVSS2F
- var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_C_CU
- 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: K
- long_name: Uncorrected brightness temperature from the Heimann radiometer
- var_id: BTHEIM_U
- units: gram m-3
- long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe (1st collector)
- var_id: NV_LWC1_U
- units: gram m-3
- long_name: Uncorrected liquid water content from the Nevzorov probe (2nd collector)
- var_id: NV_LWC2_U
- units: gram m-3
- var_id: NV_TWC_U
- long_name: Uncorrected total condensed water content from the Nevzorov probe
- var_id: polynomial_fit_variance
- long_name: Variance of each of the polynomial fit parameters
- units: scc/s
- var_id: flows_actual
- long_name: Verified sample flow rate for each value in flows_reported
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: upward_air_velocity
- long_name: Vertical wind component from turbulence probe and GIN
- var_id: W_C
- units: degree s-1
- long_name: Wander angle from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- var_id: WAND_GIN
- units: ppmv
- long_name: Water Vapour Measurement from WVSS2F linearly interpolated to 1 Hz
- var_id: WVSS2F_VMR_U
- units: 1
- long_name: Weight on wheels indicator
- var_id: WOW_IND
- 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
- var_id: bin
- long_name: bin number
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: LAT_GIN
- long_name: Latitude from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: LON_GIN
- long_name: Longitude from POS AV 410 GPS-aided Inertial Navigation unit
- standard_name: time
- var_id: Time
- units: seconds
- long_name: Time of measurement
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- units: days
- long_name: time of calibration
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2023-10-02T09:52:27
End time:
2023-10-02T13:12:30
Geographic Extent
57.4039° |
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-3.5604° |
-0.6156° |
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52.0670° |
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