NERC Data Catalogue Service
Met Office Met. Research Flight C-130: Airborne atmospheric measurements
The Met. Research Flight (MRF) was a Met Office facility, which operated a well instrumented C-130 Hercules (also referred to as Mk.2 Hercules) aircraft for research purposes. The C-130 was in service from 1972 to 2001 and flew over 1800 research sorties. The large capacity and long endurance of this platform made it ideal for atmospheric research in the areas of cloud physics, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric chemistry, satellite activities, mesoscale meteorology and boundary layer studies.
The BADC holds data collected by the C-130 during NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded flights, such as those made during ACSOE (Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment) and UTLS (Upper Troposphere - Lower Stratosphere) projects. The basic set of measurements include ozone, nitrogen oxides, water vapour, aerosols, wind, position and temperature. These are often supplemented by project specific measurements.
The aircraft was able to operate scientifically throughout the troposphere from a minimum altitude of 15 m (50 ft) where permitted, up to a maximum of 10 km. The aircraft had a maximum working flight time of 12 hours.
The C-130 was taken out of service in March 2001 and a new joint NERC-Met Office Facility for Airborne Aircraft Measurements (FAAM) was established operating a BAe-146-301 aircraft.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2006-12-10T03:09:18
- Date (Creation)
- 2006-12-10T03:09:18
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4
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- Met Office
- atmosphere
- chemistry
- airborne
- C-130
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
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- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1993-05-17T07:29:54
- End date
- 2001-03-26T23:00:00
- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF)
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Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements
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NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility
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Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) A258, 259, 260
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Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) - Flight reports A257-A260
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MRF Background information by BADC
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MRF Mk.2 HERCULES Summary of Capability
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TIGER Meteorological Research Flight - May/June 1993 - Winds
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- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
- File identifier
- 605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4 XML
- Metadata language
- EnglishEnglish
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
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- series Series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Date stamp
- 2025-12-17T03:26:03
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
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