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FAAM B790 COPE flight: Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites on board the BAE-146 aircraft

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2015-04-30
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-03-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 6.32K Files | 4GB

Abstract

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core and non-core instrument suites data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for The NERC MICROphysicS of COnvective PrEcipitation (MICROSCOPE) project as part of the COnvective Precipitation Experiment (COPE).

Citable as:  Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements; Natural Environment Research Council; Met Office (2015): FAAM B790 COPE flight: 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/f9d39038dd13495cb7808d5a332b78ee/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: COPE, 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 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre.

Data Quality:
Data collected by flight participants before preparation for archival with the British Atmospheric Data Centre
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.

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
New Instrument: faam-dryneph Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: metoffice-aimms Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: faam-grimm Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM-CIP100 Cloud Imaging Probe Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM-CIP15 Cloud Imaging Probe Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
FAAM/BAE systems: Subset of FAAM core instruments measuring cloud physics data Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
New Instrument: faam-3786cpc Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
University of Manchester: Droplet Measurement Technologies, Inc, Two dimenionsal stereo probe, (2DS) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE
Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) Deployed on: FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE

Mobile platform operations

Mobile Platform Operation 1 FAAM BAE-146 flight B790
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_north
  • var_id: LAT
  • long_name: AIMMS GPS latitude
  • 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
  • long_name: AIMMS Status flag (0 - solution invalid)
  • var_id: STATUS
  • units:
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: platform_speed_wrt_air
  • var_id: TAS
  • long_name: AIMMS True air speed
  • units: degree
  • var_id: AOSS
  • 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: AOA
  • 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
  • long_name: CDP Channel Number
  • var_id: CDPCH
  • units:
  • 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: micron
  • long_name: Calibrated channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_L_CAL
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Calibrated channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_CAL
  • 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:
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Definite ice number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Defice_C0
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Definite ice number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Defice_C1
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Edge number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Edge_C0
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Edge number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Edge_C1
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter lower limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_L_ERR
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Error in calibrated channel diameter upper limits
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_ERR
  • 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: L-1
  • long_name: Irregular number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Irreg_C0
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Irregular number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Irreg_C1
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter lower limits as given in the instrument manual
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_L_NOM
  • units: micron
  • long_name: Nominal uncalibrated channel diameter upper limits as given in the instrument manual
  • var_id: PCAS2_D_U_NOM
  • units: # cm-3
  • 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
  • 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: L-1
  • long_name: Round number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Round_C0
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Round number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Round_C1
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Small number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel0 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Small_C0
  • units: L-1
  • long_name: Small number concentration of particles from 2DS Channel1 in size/time interval (L-1)
  • var_id: NC_2DS_Small_C1
  • var_id: Time
  • long_name: Time UTC integer seconds past midnight
  • long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for PCASP2 (SPP200)
  • standard_name: Time
  • var_id: PCAS2TSPM
  • units: cm3 s-1
  • long_name: Volumetric sample flow rate through PCASP2 (SPP200)
  • var_id: PCAS2_FL
  • 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: microns
  • long_name: mid-point of size bin in microns
  • var_id: size
  • var_id: time
  • long_name: mid-point of time bin in seconds from midnight
  • units: cm-3
  • var_id: CDP_CONC
  • long_name: total droplet concentration from CDP channels 1 to 30 included

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: LON
  • long_name: AIMMS GPS longitude
  • standard_name: time
  • long_name: Time UTC seconds past midnight for CDP
  • var_id: CDP_TSPM
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: TIME
  • long_name: time of measurement
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-07-28T06:10:33
End time:
2013-07-28T15:45:47
Geographic Extent

 
52.2722°
 
-4.8472°
 
-0.6248°
 
50.3479°