NERC Data Catalogue Service
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) flights
The FAAM is a large atmospheric research BAE-146 aircraft, run jointly by the NERC and the UK Met Office. It has been in operation since March 2004 and is at the scientists' disposal through a scheme of project selection.
Data collected by this aircraft is stored in the FAAM data archive and includes "core" data, provided by the FAAM as a support to all flight campaigns, and "non-core" data, the nature of which depends on the scientific goal of the campaign.
FAAM instruments provide four types of data:
- parameters required for aircraft navigation;
- meteorology;
- cloud physics;
- chemical composition.
The data are accompanied by extensive metadata, including flight logs. The FAAM apparatus includes a number of core instruments permanently onboard and operated by FAAM staff members, and a variety of other instruments, grouped into chemistry kit and cloud physics kit, that can be fitted onto the aircraft on demand.
FAAM is also a member of the EUropean Facility for Airborne Research (EUFAR) fleet of research aircraft.
Apart from some exceptions, access to processed core data is public but requires an online application (application is granted automatically after agreement with the FAAM Conditions of Use). Access to non-core data is ruled by the relevant protocols in force for each project.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2004-12-10T03:10:23
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2004-12-10T03:10:23
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / affe775e8d8890a4556aec5bc4e0b45c
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- series
- Keywords
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- FAAM
- NCAS
- NERC
- Met Office
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Usage limitations for the data within this collection is set at the individual dataset level. Please refer to the licence details of each underlying dataset.
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2000-01-01T09:06:21
- End date
- 2023-10-06T13:54:48
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Contact data centre for format details.
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Contact data centre for format details.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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FAAM website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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How to acknowledge FAAM data
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Archive content by flight number
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM Campaigns
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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General Data Access Rules
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM data Protocol
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM data file name convention
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Instructions on FAAM core data submission
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Archive content by campaign
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM Flight Schedule
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Core parameters per flight
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Instrument Metadata
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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TARDIS Met Office software to process raw core data on VMS computers
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Useful information for FAAM data users
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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FAAM website
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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How to acknowledge FAAM data
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Archive content by flight number
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM Campaigns
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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General Data Access Rules
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM data Protocol
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM data file name convention
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Instructions on FAAM core data submission
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Archive content by campaign
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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FAAM Flight Schedule
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Core parameters per flight
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Instrument Metadata
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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TARDIS Met Office software to process raw core data on VMS computers
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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Useful information for FAAM data users
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- series
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
Metadata
- File identifier
- affe775e8d8890a4556aec5bc4e0b45c XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- series
- Hierarchy level name
- series
- Metadata Date
- 2023-12-01T01:08:20
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
