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MRF A772 EXPORT flight: Airborne atmospheric and chemistry measurements taken on board the Met Office C-130 Hercules aircraft

The primary objective of the European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport (EXPORT) project is to characterise and quantify the photochemical air pollution both forming over Europe and being exported eastwards from Europe. The data held at BADC was collected during a co-ordinated 3 aircraft flying campaign in August 2000 based at Oberpfaffenhofen in Southern Germany. Measurements were made of many photochemical parameters including ozone, its precursors, other oxidants and both gas phase and particulate tracers in the air over Europe and that being transported eastwards out of Europe.

This dataset contains airborne atmospheric and chemistry measurements taken on board the Met Office C-130 Hercules aircraft flight A772 for the EXPORT project. The flight was from Oberpfaffenhofen to Romania and back.

After an uneventful pre-flight the aircraft departed just under five minutes behind schedule. There were a few tense moments when it was realised that the GPU was in danger of running out of fuel. This was replaced but it is obvious that procedures need to be put in place to eliminate this risk!

Diplomatic problems were also encountered with the Romanian authorities. The DLR and MRF clearances appeared to have been muddled and at 10:56 GMT we were refused entry to the Romanian air space. MRF base sorted the problem, receiving a signal authorising clearance at 11:17 GMT. Fortunately, the intended operating area had shifted westward and a suitable region was located in eastern Hungary.

The mission scientists were happy with the polluted air, which was sampled. At the southern extent large convective cells were encountered but conditions were more stable to the North.

No major instrument problems were noted during the flight. Overall the flight was reasonably successful.

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Date (Publication)
2006-12-10T03:09:18
Date (Creation)
2006-12-10T03:09:18
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9e04c7cc0250400d8692e7afd4bda36c
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 9e04c7cc0250400d8692e7afd4bda36c
Author
  EXPORT campaign participants - author
Author
  Met Office - author
Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,
0370 900 0100
Author
  Unavailable - Phillips, G.J. ( 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
Principal investigator
  unknown - principal_investigator
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Browning, Keith ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  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
Publisher
  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
  • EXPORT
  • C-130
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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Begin date
2000-07-31T07:37:45
End date
2000-07-31T13:47:20
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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
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data collected by instruments on-board the MRF C-130 during flight A772. Data acquired by BADC for archiving during the EXPORT project.
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European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport (EXPORT) project: Aircraft Photochemical Measurements 09c6bbdf1e869d0f9c1d21dc190c4df1
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2025-11-15T03:10:28
Metadata standard name
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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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