Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) Aircraft Data for the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) Project

The Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) was a US-led international project to study trade wind cumulus clouds in the Caribbean. The main objective was to characterise and understand the properties of trade wind cumulus at all scales, with particular emphasis on understanding the warm rain process and determining its importance. The field campaign took place near Antigua and Barbuda from the 17th of November 2004 to the 24th of January 2005. The UK participation to RICO involved ground-based measurements and the use of the FAAM aircraft based at Antigua, from the 5th to the 28th of January 2005.

Date (Publication): 2005-12-10T03:15:22

Date (Creation): 2005-12-10T03:15:22

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/93b710753c2da8e02b19518bd0dce2a6

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 93b710753c2da8e02b19518bd0dce2a6

Author

Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) - author

Building 146 , Cranfield University , MK43 0AL , United Kingdom

+44 (0)1234 754485

Author

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author

Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom

01793 411500

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Met Office - author

Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,

0370 900 0100

Author

Unavailable - Blyth, Alan ( author )

Author

Unavailable - Brown, Phil ( author )

Custodian

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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Keywords

RICO
FAAM
Precipitation
Wind
CLouds

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 2005-01-05T09:12:58

End date: 2005-01-28T16:54:16

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource: FAAM NERC website
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OnLine resource: RICO Conditions of Use
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OnLine resource: RICO Portal at UCAR
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OnLine resource: RICO-UK website
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OnLine resource: Rain in cumulus over the ocean experiment document
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OnLine resource: Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) website
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OnLine resource: FAAM Archive Population - showing flights 2011 onwards
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: List of FAAM Campaigns
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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-11-16T03:26:48

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Point of contact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

+44(0)1235 446432

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