Instrument Platform Pair List
Get a list of InstrumentPlaformPair objects. InstrumentPlaformPairs are used within Acquisitions which
enable linking between Instruments, Platforms and Observations (though may be via CompositeProcesses).
GET /api/v3/ipps/?format=api&offset=4300
{ "count": 14115, "next": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v3/ipps/?format=api&limit=100&offset=4400", "previous": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v3/ipps/?format=api&limit=100&offset=4200", "results": [ { "ob_id": 4448, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13636, "uuid": "3b1f077c9a944fc0adb39a501fada43f", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR L3U Product (AATSR L3U) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4449, "platform": { "ob_id": 4537, "uuid": "67f54066422c4c3ea195c85a670f6201", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Middle Wallop, UK", "abstract": "Middle Wallop is located in Hampshire, England, UK." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4533, "uuid": "d9ed4074d95d4ae7942b9f7bda2dd602", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Transportable Weather Station (TWS)", "abstract": "A weather station which can be transported." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 4534, "uuid": "5c351fb7b54d4828a9fec85f58143598", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: Transportable Weather Station data UK for the HYREX project", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Transportable Weather Station (TWS); PLATFORMS: Boscombe Down, Middle Wallop; " } }, { "ob_id": 4450, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13637, "uuid": "6f5715104e8c48efaa0a7909f41eb9fc", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 L3U Product (ATSR-1 L3U) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4451, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13638, "uuid": "157d4116572c4183ac98f3fa2ff076c0", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 L2P Product (ATSR-2 L2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4452, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13639, "uuid": "a23d6f06548a4d9abe3002762e308fc2", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 L3U Product (ATSR-2 L3U) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4453, "platform": { "ob_id": 4532, "uuid": "8fd1572cfd31456e85fa38802e1b3039", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Boscombe Down, UK", "abstract": "Boscombe Down (WMO id 03746) is located 126m above mean sea level in Wiltshire, South-West of England, UK. Since 1930 Meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SU 172403. More information can be found in the linked documents." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4541, "uuid": "079a84f0ec994cf0b341f9409158d6e1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Transportable vertically pointing X- band radar", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 4545, "uuid": "bf533c90b58e4dd5907281ce4d9d5b2e", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: Transportable vertically pointing X-band radar for the HYREX project", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Transportable vertically pointing X- band radar; PLATFORMS: Middle Wallop, UK, Boscombe Down; " } }, { "ob_id": 4454, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13640, "uuid": "1997d46d88294cedabcfa5646d0c34fe", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR Gridded Surface Temperature (GST) Product (ATS_NR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4455, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13641, "uuid": "eb969910098147b39db855025d2f285e", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 Gridded Brightness Temperature/Reflectnace (GBTR) Product (AT2_TOA_1P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4456, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13642, "uuid": "8c848b35ca3e4ba09937dd0943debc5a", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 Browse Product (AT2_AST_BP) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4457, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13643, "uuid": "7ad73ff4c72d48e29650dce5488d095d", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 Gridded Surface Temperature (GST) Product (AT2_NR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4458, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13644, "uuid": "ab879ab81bba4bbf9607185b630e1b71", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR Gridded Brightness Temperature/Reflectance (GBTR) Product (ATS_TOA_1P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4459, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13645, "uuid": "1ccf2f7402154fc49f6e0e4074167cfc", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 Meteo Product (AT2_MET_2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4460, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13646, "uuid": "25b54aa080374ea08609820edb0e8c1f", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 Average Surface Temperature (AST) Product (AT1_AR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4461, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8097, "uuid": "28871807a07f4cadb11bceaa4a4cc568", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ERS2 ATSR2", "abstract": "ATSR-2 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 21st April 1995, and was the second instrument in the ATSR series including the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR2 is equipped with infrared channels at 1.6um, 3.7um, 10.8 um and 12um to match its predecessor ATSR1 in providing brightness temperatures for measurement of sea-surface temperature and cloud-top temperature. In addition, visible channels at 0.55, 0.67 and 0.87 um for vegatation studies and improved cloud detection were also included on ATSR2. The ATSR2 failed in 2008." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13647, "uuid": "9f05187c4858401d823515e61d0e402e", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-2 Average Surface Temperature (AST) Product (AT2_AR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS2 ATSR2; PLATFORMS: ERS-2; " } }, { "ob_id": 4462, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13648, "uuid": "0bddaf69aced4928bfd97415cb818fd6", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR Three Band Colour Composite Browse Product (ATS_AST_BP) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4463, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13649, "uuid": "06af366efc3e4b51aaddf55672a04dba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR Averaged Surface Temperature (AST) Product (ATS_AR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4464, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13650, "uuid": "15cda35ec19341b48e71216f9fe94115", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 Meteo Product (AT1_MET_2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4465, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8076, "uuid": "87a958e6009c48678f5a0dd73026750a", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ENVISAT AATSR", "abstract": "The ENVISAT AATSR continues the ATSR-1 and ATSR-2 mission data sets of precise sea surface temperature (SST), thereby ensuring the production of a 10 year near-continuous data set from the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions at the levels of accuracy of 0.3 K or better for climate research. AATSR was launched on board the Envisat satellite on 1st March 2002." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13651, "uuid": "2d6775ced68c45399f8a3272bef67e8b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: AATSR Meteo Product (ATS_MET_2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ENVISAT AATSR; PLATFORMS: Envisat; " } }, { "ob_id": 4466, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13652, "uuid": "339d8b2b8890467b920c09fc29d339bc", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 Browse Product (AT1_AST_BP) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4467, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13653, "uuid": "b95aa011e70248d6bd6d63040b0dd8b9", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 Gridded Surface Temperature (GST) Product (AT1_NR__2P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4468, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8063, "uuid": "af0f2ee04eee4d81aadcb6470b503a4e", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1)", "abstract": "ATSR-1 was launched as part of the payload of ESA's ERS-1 satellite on 17th July 1991, and was the test-bed for the along track scanning concept.\r\n\r\nEach ATSR instrument has been designed for exceptional sensitivity and stability of calibration, which are achieved through the incorporation of several innovative features in the instrument design. This design has, among other things, enabled the accurate measurement of sea surface temperature to an accuracy of +/- 0.3K.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR1 instrument has four channels at wavelengths of 1.6um (visible) and three thermal bands at 3.7um, 11um, and 12um.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are novel in that they incorporate 2 views into each swath scan. Satellite measurements of the temperature of the surface of the Earth are inevitably affected by the passage of the radiation through the atmosphere. The dual view design of ATSR makes it possible to estimate and correct for these atmospheric effects. The two views result from the instrument's conical scanning mechanism. Each scan takes readings from the nadir position and then sweeps round to take measurements from a point about 900Km along the satellite's track. A few minutes after acquiring the forward view, the satellite passes over the same spot and takes readings for the nadir view. As the two views of the same scene are taken through different atmospheric path lengths, it is possible to calculate a correction for the effect of atmospheric absorption.\r\n\r\nThe ATSR instruments are also self calibrating. Rather than relying on pre launch calibration, the ATSR instrument has two on-board black bodies at known temperatures. Radiation from these is measured during each scan and used to provide a continuous re-calibration of the instrument. This makes it possible to determine single channel equivalent temperatures correct to +/- 0.05K." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13654, "uuid": "d26f037e48c0480091d4a55805d41540", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: ATSR-1 Gridded Brightness Temperature/Reflectnace (GBTR) Product (AT1_TOA_1P) v3", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: ERS1 ATSR1; PLATFORMS: ERS-1; " } }, { "ob_id": 4469, "platform": { "ob_id": 51, "uuid": "dda4596d5d374564acf8c79b7a119127", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE", "abstract": "FAAM is the result of a collaboration between the Met Office(TM) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and has been established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to provide an aircraft measurement platform for use by all the UK atmospheric research community on campaigns throughout the world. The modified BAE 146 aircraft (jet type) is owned by BAE Systems and operated for them by Directflight. The Home Base is at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire.\r\n\r\nThe FAAM BAE 146 aircraft allows for in-situ measurements taken by core and non-core instruments onboard the aircraft. The in-situ measurements will then be transported to the research organisations' respective laboratory for analysis" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4470, "platform": { "ob_id": 1445, "uuid": "7fc9392157ad4e41be84cc2f7cbb50e0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "DLR Falcon 20 E-5 aircraft", "abstract": "Among its fleet of highly modified aircraft the twin engine jet Falcon 20 E covers the largest flight envelope and is one of the few aircraft in Europe which is able to reach the stratosphere well above the cruise altitude of most airliners. The Falcon offers unique modifications and features which make it a true multipurpose sensor platform which can be configured to the individual needs of multiple applications. The Falcon 20E is operated by DLR and based at the Oberpfaffenhofen Flight Facility in Germany. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4471, "platform": { "ob_id": 6398, "uuid": "32ce062fe89a4c1eb8ab3e67c1f9ad45", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FA20 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "FA20 - SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft (ATR42-320 type) operated by the Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4472, "platform": { "ob_id": 11911, "uuid": "8291c6659fb04c0ead2af01941a79c0e", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ATR42 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "ATR42-SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft operated by Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France.\r\nThe ATR 42 is a twin-turboprop, short-haul regional airliner built in France and Italy by ATR. The name \"42\" comes from the aircraft's standard seating, which varies from 40 to 52. The ATR-42 320 was designed to have better performance especially in hot and high conditions. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4473, "platform": { "ob_id": 5369, "uuid": "1fd2c20d9bf3454db4e0224da2b9630f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NASA DC-8 aircraft", "abstract": "NASA is using a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collects data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community.\r\nThe NASA DC-8-72 is a four-engine jet transport aircraft that has been highly modified to support the Agency's Airborne Science mission. The aircraft, acquired in 1985, is 157 feet long with a 148-foot wingspan. It can fly at altitudes from 1,000 to 42,000 feet for up to 12 hours, although most science missions average six to 10 hours. The aircraft has a range of 5,400 nautical miles. The DC-8 can carry 30,000 pounds of scientific instruments and equipment.\r\n\r\nAmong the aircraft's features are wing pylons (for aerosol sampling), a gyro-stabilized pointing and tracking mirror system, a dropsonde delivery tube, atmospheric chemistry sampling probes, and several reinforced ports that accept experiments pointing in virtually any direction. Experiment support facilities include weather radar, an integrated navigation management system, a satellite-based time code generator, a stand-alone Global Positioning System, and a weather satellite receiver system. Each experiment is supported by an information collection and transmission system providing navigation, aircraft conditions, and environmental data measured by facility sensors." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4474, "platform": { "ob_id": 13667, "uuid": "40c07b3b0dd6419a8fb872bac8337b71", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Geophysica EEIG aircraft", "abstract": "Geophysica EEIG research aircraft" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13666, "uuid": "575120227404499a83119a6f8b311e96", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Dropsonde", "abstract": "Dropsonde" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4475, "platform": { "ob_id": 51, "uuid": "dda4596d5d374564acf8c79b7a119127", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE", "abstract": "FAAM is the result of a collaboration between the Met Office(TM) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and has been established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to provide an aircraft measurement platform for use by all the UK atmospheric research community on campaigns throughout the world. The modified BAE 146 aircraft (jet type) is owned by BAE Systems and operated for them by Directflight. The Home Base is at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire.\r\n\r\nThe FAAM BAE 146 aircraft allows for in-situ measurements taken by core and non-core instruments onboard the aircraft. The in-situ measurements will then be transported to the research organisations' respective laboratory for analysis" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4476, "platform": { "ob_id": 1445, "uuid": "7fc9392157ad4e41be84cc2f7cbb50e0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "DLR Falcon 20 E-5 aircraft", "abstract": "Among its fleet of highly modified aircraft the twin engine jet Falcon 20 E covers the largest flight envelope and is one of the few aircraft in Europe which is able to reach the stratosphere well above the cruise altitude of most airliners. The Falcon offers unique modifications and features which make it a true multipurpose sensor platform which can be configured to the individual needs of multiple applications. The Falcon 20E is operated by DLR and based at the Oberpfaffenhofen Flight Facility in Germany. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4477, "platform": { "ob_id": 6398, "uuid": "32ce062fe89a4c1eb8ab3e67c1f9ad45", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FA20 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "FA20 - SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft (ATR42-320 type) operated by the Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4478, "platform": { "ob_id": 11911, "uuid": "8291c6659fb04c0ead2af01941a79c0e", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ATR42 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "ATR42-SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft operated by Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France.\r\nThe ATR 42 is a twin-turboprop, short-haul regional airliner built in France and Italy by ATR. The name \"42\" comes from the aircraft's standard seating, which varies from 40 to 52. The ATR-42 320 was designed to have better performance especially in hot and high conditions. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4479, "platform": { "ob_id": 5369, "uuid": "1fd2c20d9bf3454db4e0224da2b9630f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NASA DC-8 aircraft", "abstract": "NASA is using a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collects data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community.\r\nThe NASA DC-8-72 is a four-engine jet transport aircraft that has been highly modified to support the Agency's Airborne Science mission. The aircraft, acquired in 1985, is 157 feet long with a 148-foot wingspan. It can fly at altitudes from 1,000 to 42,000 feet for up to 12 hours, although most science missions average six to 10 hours. The aircraft has a range of 5,400 nautical miles. The DC-8 can carry 30,000 pounds of scientific instruments and equipment.\r\n\r\nAmong the aircraft's features are wing pylons (for aerosol sampling), a gyro-stabilized pointing and tracking mirror system, a dropsonde delivery tube, atmospheric chemistry sampling probes, and several reinforced ports that accept experiments pointing in virtually any direction. Experiment support facilities include weather radar, an integrated navigation management system, a satellite-based time code generator, a stand-alone Global Positioning System, and a weather satellite receiver system. Each experiment is supported by an information collection and transmission system providing navigation, aircraft conditions, and environmental data measured by facility sensors." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4480, "platform": { "ob_id": 13667, "uuid": "40c07b3b0dd6419a8fb872bac8337b71", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Geophysica EEIG aircraft", "abstract": "Geophysica EEIG research aircraft" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1165, "uuid": "2de713c15aa4490282020cdf9f0b4a46", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozonesondes", "abstract": "The ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of ozone, pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4481, "platform": { "ob_id": 51, "uuid": "dda4596d5d374564acf8c79b7a119127", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FAAM BAe-146-301 Large Atmospheric Research Aircraft G-LUXE", "abstract": "FAAM is the result of a collaboration between the Met Office(TM) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and has been established as part of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) to provide an aircraft measurement platform for use by all the UK atmospheric research community on campaigns throughout the world. The modified BAE 146 aircraft (jet type) is owned by BAE Systems and operated for them by Directflight. The Home Base is at Cranfield University, Bedfordshire.\r\n\r\nThe FAAM BAE 146 aircraft allows for in-situ measurements taken by core and non-core instruments onboard the aircraft. The in-situ measurements will then be transported to the research organisations' respective laboratory for analysis" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4482, "platform": { "ob_id": 1445, "uuid": "7fc9392157ad4e41be84cc2f7cbb50e0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "DLR Falcon 20 E-5 aircraft", "abstract": "Among its fleet of highly modified aircraft the twin engine jet Falcon 20 E covers the largest flight envelope and is one of the few aircraft in Europe which is able to reach the stratosphere well above the cruise altitude of most airliners. The Falcon offers unique modifications and features which make it a true multipurpose sensor platform which can be configured to the individual needs of multiple applications. The Falcon 20E is operated by DLR and based at the Oberpfaffenhofen Flight Facility in Germany. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4483, "platform": { "ob_id": 6398, "uuid": "32ce062fe89a4c1eb8ab3e67c1f9ad45", "short_code": "plat", "title": "FA20 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "FA20 - SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft (ATR42-320 type) operated by the Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4484, "platform": { "ob_id": 11911, "uuid": "8291c6659fb04c0ead2af01941a79c0e", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ATR42 - SAFIRE aircraft", "abstract": "ATR42-SAFIRE is a large tropospheric research aircraft operated by Service des Avions Francais Instrumentés pour la Recherche en Environnement (SAFIRE), France.\r\nThe ATR 42 is a twin-turboprop, short-haul regional airliner built in France and Italy by ATR. The name \"42\" comes from the aircraft's standard seating, which varies from 40 to 52. The ATR-42 320 was designed to have better performance especially in hot and high conditions. This aircraft is part of the EUFAR TA fleet" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4485, "platform": { "ob_id": 5369, "uuid": "1fd2c20d9bf3454db4e0224da2b9630f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NASA DC-8 aircraft", "abstract": "NASA is using a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft as a flying science laboratory. The platform aircraft, based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., collects data for many experiments in support of scientific projects serving the world scientific community.\r\nThe NASA DC-8-72 is a four-engine jet transport aircraft that has been highly modified to support the Agency's Airborne Science mission. The aircraft, acquired in 1985, is 157 feet long with a 148-foot wingspan. It can fly at altitudes from 1,000 to 42,000 feet for up to 12 hours, although most science missions average six to 10 hours. The aircraft has a range of 5,400 nautical miles. The DC-8 can carry 30,000 pounds of scientific instruments and equipment.\r\n\r\nAmong the aircraft's features are wing pylons (for aerosol sampling), a gyro-stabilized pointing and tracking mirror system, a dropsonde delivery tube, atmospheric chemistry sampling probes, and several reinforced ports that accept experiments pointing in virtually any direction. Experiment support facilities include weather radar, an integrated navigation management system, a satellite-based time code generator, a stand-alone Global Positioning System, and a weather satellite receiver system. Each experiment is supported by an information collection and transmission system providing navigation, aircraft conditions, and environmental data measured by facility sensors." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4486, "platform": { "ob_id": 13667, "uuid": "40c07b3b0dd6419a8fb872bac8337b71", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Geophysica EEIG aircraft", "abstract": "Geophysica EEIG research aircraft" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1481, "uuid": "d3fb93e00547419db22dca5b53e49a76", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Backscatter Sonde", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13668, "uuid": "9fa1c4a05ed74f23a6f5b0790eb8e13c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Program: Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports", "abstract": "Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay and Aviation Routine Weather (METAR) Reports " } }, { "ob_id": 4487, "platform": { "ob_id": 3966, "uuid": "41f5910b14ab4e1b885b3ffd9060c008", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (BAPS), Tasmania", "abstract": "Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station (BAPS) is located in Tasmania (-40.68, 144.69, 94m high)." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13672, "uuid": "1f80c75ef01f460ba6c581a0ae3644f1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Hydrocarbon canister measurements of Cape Grim surface air, GC-FID CSIRO", "abstract": "Hydrocarbon canister measurements of Cape Grim surface air, GC-FID CSIRO" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13671, "uuid": "8088cb272f1c4571bcc69e9b3e1440c8", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: Data from CSIRO GC-FID at Cape Grim B.A.P.S, Tasmania for the Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment 2 (SOAPEX-2) Project", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: CSIRO GC-FID; PLATFORMS: Cape Grim B.A.P.S, Tasmania; " } }, { "ob_id": 4488, "platform": { "ob_id": 846, "uuid": "47779e22cdc6491a9f7491af866f7080", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Envisat", "abstract": "In March 2002, the European Space Agency launched Envisat, an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite which provides measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice. The Envisat satellite has a payload of 10 instruments that will ensure the continuity of the data measurements of the ESA ERS satellites. Envisat data supports earth science research and allows monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.\r\n\r\nLaunch date: 01/03/2002\r\nStatus / projected mission lifetime: Terminated on 08/04/2012\r\nOrbit parameters: 30 km in front of ERS2\r\nNominal altitude: 800 km (same as ERS2, near circular)\r\nOrbit type: near-polar, sun-synchronous\r\nInclination: 98.55 degrees\r\nRepeat period: 35 days\r\nEquatorial crossing time: 10:00 local time (descending node)\r\nSwath width: various\r\nResolution: various" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13692, "uuid": "c1015c7477334094ab86ef8a1f6ee3ce", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2)", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) is an instrument for determining the two-way delay of the radar echo from the Earth's surface to a very high precision: less than a nanosecond. It also measures the power and the shape of the reflected radar pulses.\r\n\r\nIt is a nadir-looking pulse-limited radar altimeter based on the heritage of ERS-1 RA functioning at the main nominal frequency of 13.575 GHz (Ku Band), which has been selected as a good compromise between the affordable antenna dimension that provides the necessary gain and the relatively low attenuation which experience the signals propagating through the troposphere." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13693, "uuid": "c677e8bb2b4b4265996871d49baf0356", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness" } }, { "ob_id": 4489, "platform": { "ob_id": 7805, "uuid": "d21630e98aa74a4f8406743b74e5d076", "short_code": "plat", "title": "ERS-1", "abstract": "The European Remote Sensing satellite 1 (ERS1) was launched on 17th July 1991 and was the first flight of the RSA ERS program. The payload included the ATSR, AMU-SAR , AMI-SCAT, LRR PRARE and RA instruments. End of mission for ERS1 was 10th March 2000." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13692, "uuid": "c1015c7477334094ab86ef8a1f6ee3ce", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2)", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) is an instrument for determining the two-way delay of the radar echo from the Earth's surface to a very high precision: less than a nanosecond. It also measures the power and the shape of the reflected radar pulses.\r\n\r\nIt is a nadir-looking pulse-limited radar altimeter based on the heritage of ERS-1 RA functioning at the main nominal frequency of 13.575 GHz (Ku Band), which has been selected as a good compromise between the affordable antenna dimension that provides the necessary gain and the relatively low attenuation which experience the signals propagating through the troposphere." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13693, "uuid": "c677e8bb2b4b4265996871d49baf0356", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness" } }, { "ob_id": 4490, "platform": { "ob_id": 7813, "uuid": "8ee876e1ea644ed7a81d4e3536133fa0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "European Remote Sensing satellite 2 - ERS-2", "abstract": "ESA's two European Remote Sensing (ERS) satellites, ERS-1 and –2, were launched into the same orbit in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Their payloads included a synthetic aperture imaging radar, radar altimeter and instruments to measure ocean surface temperature and wind fields.\r\n\r\nERS-2 added an additional sensor for atmospheric ozone monitoring. The two satellites acquired a combined data set extending over two decades.\r\n\r\nThe ERS-2 satellite was retired on 05 September 2011." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13692, "uuid": "c1015c7477334094ab86ef8a1f6ee3ce", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2)", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) is an instrument for determining the two-way delay of the radar echo from the Earth's surface to a very high precision: less than a nanosecond. It also measures the power and the shape of the reflected radar pulses.\r\n\r\nIt is a nadir-looking pulse-limited radar altimeter based on the heritage of ERS-1 RA functioning at the main nominal frequency of 13.575 GHz (Ku Band), which has been selected as a good compromise between the affordable antenna dimension that provides the necessary gain and the relatively low attenuation which experience the signals propagating through the troposphere." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13693, "uuid": "c677e8bb2b4b4265996871d49baf0356", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness", "abstract": "Radar Altimeter 2 (RA-2) 5-year Time Series (2002-2008) of Ice Thickness" } }, { "ob_id": 4491, "platform": { "ob_id": 6290, "uuid": "0ed3ea59dfdb46fb83bfd6bafa838217", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Davidstow Airfield, Cornwall", "abstract": "The Davidstow airfield, previously known as RAF Davidstow Moor, is owned by the Lords of the Manor of Penpont and Treglasta, under the management of Kivells. The airfield is the home of the Davidstow Flying club, supporting flights of motorgliders and microlites. The site consists of three runways with extensive dispersal area. The site is located at OS grid reference SX 150 850 and additionally hosts the Davidstow Moor meteorological station (see http://archive.ceda.ac.uk/cgi-bin/midas_stations/station_details.cgi.py?id=1391&db=midas_stations for further details). The airfield ID is ICAO XDAV and the meteorological station's WMO site ID is 03820." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 12250, "uuid": "792da2ff61f647aa8021b4b9c06702a9", "short_code": "instr", "title": "NCAS Atmospheric Measurement Facility's (AMOF) mobile X-band radar 1", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science Atmospheric Measurement Facility's (NCAS AMOF) mobile X-band radar operates in the X-band (frequency = 9.375 GHz, wavelength = 3 cm). It has Doppler and dual-polarisation capability. The radar measures the location and intensity of precipitation, radial winds and polarisation parameters. It works by transmitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and measuring the amount of energy backscattered to the receiver. The time delay between the transmitted and received pulses enables the range of the object to be determined. In the case of precipitation, the magnitude of the backscattered signal is proportional to the size and number of raindrops. The radar also measures the radial velocity through the Doppler effect. In the absence of precipitation, the radar is sensitive to backscattering from insects, known as clear-air echoes, at close range. These signals provide information on the wind field and the organisation of the boundary-layer e.g. features such as convergence lines can be identified. In addition, the radar has dual-polarisation capability; it simultaneously transmits and receives horizontally- and vertically- polarised waves. Through this technique the radar measures a number of additional variables that provide information on the size and shape of precipitation, identification of non-meteorological echoes, attenuation (a decrease in the signal strength due to the absorption and scattering of the radar signal as it propagates through heavy rain), and alternative methods for calculating rainfall rates. \r\n\r\nThe system has a conventional parabolic antenna of 2.4m diameter and a beamwidth of 1 degree (in the horizontal and vertical), and is operated without a radome. The range resolution is tunable and dependent on the user-selected pulse width (0.5, 1 or 2 micro seconds) and pulse repetition frequency (PRF, 250-2000 Hz). The radar is fully transportable, being mounted on a trailer approved for EU roads that can be towed by a 4x4 vehicle. Signal analysis, data retrievals and data storage are performed by PCs contained within the trailer unit. The radar can be operated via a laptop that connects by wireless, ethernet or 3G to the onboard PCs. The operational software allows the user to set up the radar for deployment and schedule the scanning sequence. The software also provides real-time data visualisation and product generation.\r\n\r\nThe data frequency is dependant on the requirements for the instrument's deployment, but is typically of the order of 10 360-degree scans at various elevations every 5 minutes.\r\n\r\nParameters available in data files from this instrument include: \r\nDOP - degree of polarization; \r\nKDP - specific differential phase shift; \r\nPhiDP - differential phase shift; \r\nRhoHV - co-polar cross correlation coefficient; \r\nSQI - signal quality index or normalized_coherent_power; \r\nV - radial velocity; \r\nW - spectral width; \r\nZDR - differential reflectivity; \r\ndBZ - reflectivity or equivalent reflectivity factor." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 12252, "uuid": "5c90d35e6da94e74aaf58ecdeb2ab5f7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "NCAS mobile X-band data collection for the microsCOPE project", "abstract": "The instrument was deployed at the Davidstow airfield during the microsCOPE campaign" } }, { "ob_id": 4492, "platform": { "ob_id": 6394, "uuid": "d2c5c36981824b71a98a2906394d61f3", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NERC ARSF Dornier Do228-101 D-CALM Aircraft", "abstract": "NERC leased Dornier 228 twin prop converted airliner\r\n\r\nDornier 228 D-CALM is a medium tropospheric research aircraft operated by NERC, UK. It has a twin turbo-prop powered non-pressurised shoulder-wing monoplane with rectangular-section fuselage and a double passenger/cargo door. The aircraft is used in the fields of optical remote sensing, oceanography, atmospheric and earth science research. A range of sensors may be installed.\r\n\r\nDimensions:\r\n\r\n Length: 15.04 m; Height: 4.86 m; Wingspan: 16.87 m; \r\n\r\n\r\nFlying performances:\r\n\r\n Speed:\r\n Min speed: 62 m/s\r\n Max speed: 83 m/s\r\n Usual speed during measurements: 65 m/s\r\n Usual speed during transit flights: 98 m/s\r\n Ascent rate: 1000 m/s\r\n\r\n Altitude:\r\n (1 ft = 0.31 m)\r\n Min altitude:\r\n Above sea: 200 ft\r\n Above ground: 500 ft\r\n Max ceiling: 22000 ft\r\n Usual ceiling during measurements: 15000 ft\r\n Ceiling limitations:\r\n The service ceiling for our normal operational science is 15 000ft. However, our maximum service ceiling is 22 000ft, dependent on crew oxygen and specific instrument hard-drive specifications. \r\n\r\n Payload:\r\n Empty weight: 3596 kg\r\n Max take-off weight: 5980 kg\r\n Max payload: 1595 kg\r\n Usual scientific payload during measurements: 500 kg\r\n Endurance:\r\n Max endurance: 7 h (at min scientific payload and max fuel) (Y-coordinate of 1st point)\r\n Endurance at max scientific payload: 5 h ... (Y-coordinate of 2nd point)\r\n \t\r\n Range:\r\n Max range: 2600 km (at min scientific payload and max fuel)\r\n Conditions for max range:\r\n FL150 at max fuel, speed = 180 KTAS\r\n Range at max scientific payload: 1800 km\r\n Usual range during measurement flight: 1500 km\r\n\r\n Other:\r\n Weather conditions limitations:\r\n VFR/IFR Approved Certified to fly in known icing conditions\r\n Take-off runway length: 625 m\r\n Engines:\r\n twin turbo-prop: Garrett TPE 331-5A-252 D with 533 kW (715 SHP) take-off power.;\r\n Avionics:\r\n INS, GPS, Transponder, DME, Weather radar, radio-altimeter \r\n\r\nCrew and scientists on board:\r\n\r\n Crew (pilots + operators): VFR: 1 pilotIFR: 2 pilots;\r\n Seats available for scientists: 1 operator seat, 3 potentially\r\n\r\nCabin:\r\n\r\n\r\n Apertures:\r\n Cargo door:\r\n Width : 1.28 m\r\n Height : 1.34 m;\r\n Cabin pressurized:\r\n none\r\n More information:\r\n Flexible accommodation for standard 19-inch racking, secured via the seat-rails.\r\n\r\n See below for additional information; \r\n\r\nAircraft modifications:\r\n\r\n Nose boom:\r\n none\r\n Windows:\r\n 2 Bubble-window with operator position and floor-opening for navigation-sight at the right forward side of the cabin\r\n Openings:\r\n Cabin floor, Back. One 2060 mm x 515 mm (frame 20 to 25) and one approx. 425mm diam (frame 25 to 27).\r\n Covered openings in the cabin roof - 400 mm diam back (between frame 23 and 24) - 150 mm diam fromt (frame 12/13) - 150 mm diam back(frame 22/23)\r\n Hard points:\r\n Six hardpoints below the cockpit-area for external loads up to 200 Kg- Each fuselage side (cockpit area) has three hardpoint\r\n -pairs to carry a load of 50 Kg (e.g. SLAR-antennae).\r\n -On both wings (outside of propwash) two wing-stations for external loads up to 100kg\r\n Inlets:\r\n One, installed on cabin roof aperture (frame 12/13), to accommodate Aerosol and/or whole-air inlets\r\n Additional systems:\r\n From the wing-stations to the cabin there are tubes for cables (power and data lines) pylons/pods to carry four Particle Measurement Systems (PMS) type probes. \r\n\r\nAcquisition systems:\r\n\r\n Leica ALS 50-II Lidar\r\n Leica RCD-105 39 Mega Pixel Digital Camera\r\n Specim Eagle & Hawk Hyperspectral Scanner\r\n Applanix POS and IPAS - Attitude and position\r\n\r\nElectrical power:\r\n\r\n Aircraft total electrical power (kW):\r\n 28V DC, 8.4 kW , 220 V AC, 2kW, 50 Hz \r\n Electrical power (kW) and voltages (V) available for scientists:\r\n DC 28 V – 6.3 kW of 28 volt DC total power, including a permanently installed 1.6kW / 220 V / 50 Hz inverter " }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 5799, "uuid": "c7e2a6a5c6204b09ac3a5c266752ca9c", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems: Subset of FAAM core instruments measuring cloud physics data", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13731, "uuid": "75deff225956471390ad3f48e6b60d3d", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud ARSF Measurement", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud ARSF Measurement" } }, { "ob_id": 4493, "platform": { "ob_id": 6394, "uuid": "d2c5c36981824b71a98a2906394d61f3", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NERC ARSF Dornier Do228-101 D-CALM Aircraft", "abstract": "NERC leased Dornier 228 twin prop converted airliner\r\n\r\nDornier 228 D-CALM is a medium tropospheric research aircraft operated by NERC, UK. It has a twin turbo-prop powered non-pressurised shoulder-wing monoplane with rectangular-section fuselage and a double passenger/cargo door. The aircraft is used in the fields of optical remote sensing, oceanography, atmospheric and earth science research. A range of sensors may be installed.\r\n\r\nDimensions:\r\n\r\n Length: 15.04 m; Height: 4.86 m; Wingspan: 16.87 m; \r\n\r\n\r\nFlying performances:\r\n\r\n Speed:\r\n Min speed: 62 m/s\r\n Max speed: 83 m/s\r\n Usual speed during measurements: 65 m/s\r\n Usual speed during transit flights: 98 m/s\r\n Ascent rate: 1000 m/s\r\n\r\n Altitude:\r\n (1 ft = 0.31 m)\r\n Min altitude:\r\n Above sea: 200 ft\r\n Above ground: 500 ft\r\n Max ceiling: 22000 ft\r\n Usual ceiling during measurements: 15000 ft\r\n Ceiling limitations:\r\n The service ceiling for our normal operational science is 15 000ft. However, our maximum service ceiling is 22 000ft, dependent on crew oxygen and specific instrument hard-drive specifications. \r\n\r\n Payload:\r\n Empty weight: 3596 kg\r\n Max take-off weight: 5980 kg\r\n Max payload: 1595 kg\r\n Usual scientific payload during measurements: 500 kg\r\n Endurance:\r\n Max endurance: 7 h (at min scientific payload and max fuel) (Y-coordinate of 1st point)\r\n Endurance at max scientific payload: 5 h ... (Y-coordinate of 2nd point)\r\n \t\r\n Range:\r\n Max range: 2600 km (at min scientific payload and max fuel)\r\n Conditions for max range:\r\n FL150 at max fuel, speed = 180 KTAS\r\n Range at max scientific payload: 1800 km\r\n Usual range during measurement flight: 1500 km\r\n\r\n Other:\r\n Weather conditions limitations:\r\n VFR/IFR Approved Certified to fly in known icing conditions\r\n Take-off runway length: 625 m\r\n Engines:\r\n twin turbo-prop: Garrett TPE 331-5A-252 D with 533 kW (715 SHP) take-off power.;\r\n Avionics:\r\n INS, GPS, Transponder, DME, Weather radar, radio-altimeter \r\n\r\nCrew and scientists on board:\r\n\r\n Crew (pilots + operators): VFR: 1 pilotIFR: 2 pilots;\r\n Seats available for scientists: 1 operator seat, 3 potentially\r\n\r\nCabin:\r\n\r\n\r\n Apertures:\r\n Cargo door:\r\n Width : 1.28 m\r\n Height : 1.34 m;\r\n Cabin pressurized:\r\n none\r\n More information:\r\n Flexible accommodation for standard 19-inch racking, secured via the seat-rails.\r\n\r\n See below for additional information; \r\n\r\nAircraft modifications:\r\n\r\n Nose boom:\r\n none\r\n Windows:\r\n 2 Bubble-window with operator position and floor-opening for navigation-sight at the right forward side of the cabin\r\n Openings:\r\n Cabin floor, Back. One 2060 mm x 515 mm (frame 20 to 25) and one approx. 425mm diam (frame 25 to 27).\r\n Covered openings in the cabin roof - 400 mm diam back (between frame 23 and 24) - 150 mm diam fromt (frame 12/13) - 150 mm diam back(frame 22/23)\r\n Hard points:\r\n Six hardpoints below the cockpit-area for external loads up to 200 Kg- Each fuselage side (cockpit area) has three hardpoint\r\n -pairs to carry a load of 50 Kg (e.g. SLAR-antennae).\r\n -On both wings (outside of propwash) two wing-stations for external loads up to 100kg\r\n Inlets:\r\n One, installed on cabin roof aperture (frame 12/13), to accommodate Aerosol and/or whole-air inlets\r\n Additional systems:\r\n From the wing-stations to the cabin there are tubes for cables (power and data lines) pylons/pods to carry four Particle Measurement Systems (PMS) type probes. \r\n\r\nAcquisition systems:\r\n\r\n Leica ALS 50-II Lidar\r\n Leica RCD-105 39 Mega Pixel Digital Camera\r\n Specim Eagle & Hawk Hyperspectral Scanner\r\n Applanix POS and IPAS - Attitude and position\r\n\r\nElectrical power:\r\n\r\n Aircraft total electrical power (kW):\r\n 28V DC, 8.4 kW , 220 V AC, 2kW, 50 Hz \r\n Electrical power (kW) and voltages (V) available for scientists:\r\n DC 28 V – 6.3 kW of 28 volt DC total power, including a permanently installed 1.6kW / 220 V / 50 Hz inverter " }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13732, "uuid": "8835e962692a494f85b107a92755991b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "ARSF Navigation", "abstract": "Navigation data includes longitude, latitude, altitude, air temperature, relative humidity, pressure, SO2 and mass concentration measurements. " }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13731, "uuid": "75deff225956471390ad3f48e6b60d3d", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud ARSF Measurement", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud ARSF Measurement" } }, { "ob_id": 4494, "platform": { "ob_id": 817, "uuid": "0d60dd064b6449b09f5c7fd4c41bd693", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO)", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory, formerly known as the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR), is hosted by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in rural Hampshire in the South of England. Through a combination of long-term observations and tailored operations it provides national capability for the study of clouds, rainfall, boundary-layer processes and aerosols, and is particularly well suited as a site for hosting field campaigns involving visiting instruments.\r\n\r\nThe CAO site is located one mile south of Chilbolton Village, 6 miles south of Andover, Hampshire. The site was used as an airfield during the Second World War and is relatively flat and slightly elevated above the surrounding area.\r\n\r\nThe observatory operates more than twenty major instruments, many continuously, while others are available on-demand according to user configuration requirements. The portfolio includes a powerful combination of dual-polarisation Doppler radars, lidars, radiometers, and supporting instruments; the continuous round-the-clock operation of lidar and cloud radar instruments at Chilbolton is unique within the UK. These are supplemented by a suite of meteorological instrumentation including rain gauges, and disdrometers. A multi-wavelength sun photometer provides continuous measurements of aerosol optical depth in clear skies, and contributes to the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET).\r\n\r\nThe Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa) is mounted on a 25-metre, fully steerable antenna, and is able to probe clouds and storms with unparalleled sensitivity and resolution. In addition, zenith-pointing polarimetric, Doppler 35 GHz and 94 GHz cloud radars are routinely operated for detailed microphysical studies of cloud processes and cloud climatology. A transportable, scanning 35 GHz cloud radar system is also hosted at Chilbolton, further enhancing the available capability.\r\n\r\nChilbolton was one of the pilot cloud profiling sites for the CLOUDNET project, and continues to make observations that feed into the Aerosol Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). Capability at the site will be enhanced in the next few years, with the incorporation of a Raman lidar, with the ambition being for this to form an ACTRIS observational platform for aerosol profiling.\r\n\r\nThe presence (since January 2016) of a Defra air quality monitoring supersite at the observatory site (providing rural background measurements as part of national and transboundary networks) offers the research community further excellent opportunities for intercomparison campaigns and instrument evaluation.\r\n\r\nWIGOS id: \r\n0-826-300-3\r\n0-826-300-4\r\n0-826-300-5\r\n\r\nThe Met Office also operated a boundary layer wind profiler at the site (now operated by NCAS AMOF), for which the site was given a WMO ID 03754." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 3586, "uuid": "d531ef6fbabb4fe1bdbb4644b736f6e6", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) HALO Doppler Lidar", "abstract": "A HALO Photonics Doppler lidar has operated at Chilbolton Observatory since 2006. It produces measurements of the elastic backscattering coefficient of aerosols within the atmosphere. These include cloud water droplets or ice crystals, hydrometeors such as rain or snow and any other particulate material such as dust or soot." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13735, "uuid": "49d5f639de10440d95c141fb868e961d", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Leosphere and Halo Doppler Lidar images from Chilbolton Facility", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Leosphere and Halo Doppler Lidar images from Chilbolton Facility" } }, { "ob_id": 4495, "platform": { "ob_id": 466, "uuid": "c9e5fa1e2fbc47bebd39ff38f930215b", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Meteor-3 satellite", "abstract": "The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds.Meteor-3 was launched on August 15, 1991 from Plesetsk, Russia, and failed on 27th December 1994. Meteor-3 carried the second Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) aloft as the first and the last American-built instrument to fly on a Soviet spacecraft." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4119, "uuid": "60dc682c4a9941dfb145d4064c0af633", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Ozone Monitoring instrument (OMI)", "abstract": "The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) flies on NASA's Aura satellite, (launched on 15 July 2004). The Aura satellite is focussed on observing atmospheric chemistry, in order to contribute largely in answering the following major environmental questions: Is the ozone layer recovering as expected? \nWhat are the sources of tropospheric pollutants, their chemical transformation and their transport? \nHow is Earth's climate changing?" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13738, "uuid": "389fe9bfef944558a4a9e6265416e019", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images" } }, { "ob_id": 4496, "platform": { "ob_id": 466, "uuid": "c9e5fa1e2fbc47bebd39ff38f930215b", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Meteor-3 satellite", "abstract": "The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds.Meteor-3 was launched on August 15, 1991 from Plesetsk, Russia, and failed on 27th December 1994. Meteor-3 carried the second Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) aloft as the first and the last American-built instrument to fly on a Soviet spacecraft." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 8300, "uuid": "57fc4dbabdf0434b9584836acac24ffe", "short_code": "instr", "title": "IASI", "abstract": "Data from the IASI instruments on board the Eumetsat EPS MetOp satellite series. The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) is designed to measure the infrared spectrum emitted by the earth. IASI provides infrared soundings of the temperature profiles in the troposphere and lower stratosphere, moisture profiles in the troposphere, as well as some of the chemical components playing a key role in the climate monitoring, global change and atmospheric chemistry." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13738, "uuid": "389fe9bfef944558a4a9e6265416e019", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images" } }, { "ob_id": 4497, "platform": { "ob_id": 466, "uuid": "c9e5fa1e2fbc47bebd39ff38f930215b", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Meteor-3 satellite", "abstract": "The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea-surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow-cover, and clouds.Meteor-3 was launched on August 15, 1991 from Plesetsk, Russia, and failed on 27th December 1994. Meteor-3 carried the second Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) aloft as the first and the last American-built instrument to fly on a Soviet spacecraft." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 10898, "uuid": "1a661d783a824fe8979faca4b9457fab", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)", "abstract": "The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) provides high radiometric sensitivity in 36 spectral bands ranging from 0.4 to 14.4 micrometres. Two bands are imaged at a nominal resolution of 250 m at nadir, with five bands at 500 m, and the remaining 29 bands at 1 km. There are two MODIS instruments in operation; one on the Terra satellite and the other on the Aqua satellite, launched in 1999 and 2002 respectively. A +/- 55-degree scanning pattern at the EOS orbit of 705 km, which both satellites are on, results in a 2,330-km swath. Global coverage is provided once every one to two days. " }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13738, "uuid": "389fe9bfef944558a4a9e6265416e019", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Satellite images" } }, { "ob_id": 4498, "platform": { "ob_id": 1614, "uuid": "78413160c82e4e8ebda9c036c2a6fa33", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Aberystwyth, UK", "abstract": "Platform.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 6132, "uuid": "d6f8332e063c44e2a12859cb42012f4f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "NERC MST Radar Facility Vaisala LD40 Laser Ceilometer", "abstract": "The Facility has been operating a Vaisala LD40 laser ceilometer at the MST radar site near Aberystwyth since 8th August 2005.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe LD40 transmits 75 ns duration pulses at a repetition frequency of 6494 Hz. The temperature of the laser diode is maintained within a narrow range in order to ensure high stability of the emitted wavelength. This allows a very narrow band optical filter to be used at the input to the receiver. The receiver signal amplitude is sampled at time intervals of 50 ns, corresponding to altitude intervals of 7.5 m. Owing to the low power of the transmitter, the receiver signal amplitude for a single pulse backscattered from a high-altitude cloud is not sufficiently large to be distinguished above the noise level. Nevertheless the contribution from cloud backscatter remains coherent from pulse to pulse, whereas that from noise varies randomly. Consequently the detectability of the desired signal can be greatly improved by summing the receiver signal amplitude (separately for each altitude interval) over all pulses within a 15 s interval. Attention is restricted to altitudes below 13.05 km (corresponding to maximum range of detection of 13.00 km - the instrument is at 50 m above mean sea level) since, even after summation, the presence of any clouds which might exist at higher altitudes can only be determined with difficulty.\r\n\r\nThe instrument manufacturer's cloud detection algorithm is applied to the 15 s receiver signal amplitude profiles. It is designed to detect up to three possible cloud layers. For each of these, the altitude (above mean sea level) of the cloud base and the depth to which the laser light penetrates is determined. If the laser light is not able to penetrate the entire depth of a particular cloud layer, missing datum values are given for subsequent layers. If no cloud layer is detected, missing datum values are given for all three layers. In order to distinguish between cloud-free conditions and a lack of observations, attention should be paid to instrument status flag. An estimate is also given of the maximum possible altitude of cloud detection and of the visibility for a human observer looking upwards. The maximum range of cloud detection defaults to 13.05 km under clear sky conditions. A lower value implies that no information may be given on any cloud layers which may exist beyond this altitude. Under such conditions there is also a limit to the visibility for a human observer. Otherwise a missing datum value is given. Finally, an estimate is given of the precipitation rate based on the characteristics of the backscatter profile. A value of 0 implies no precipitation and a value of 3 suggests heavy precipitation." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13763, "uuid": "1e4d7d01444841959696320c78d2ac49", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud MST Radar measurements", "abstract": "Laser ceilometer from the NERC MST Radar Facility at Aberystwyth " } }, { "ob_id": 4500, "platform": { "ob_id": 1432, "uuid": "6294edf0862a44f4831259300a6aee76", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Salford, UK", "abstract": "Platform.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 1433, "uuid": "46742014e0d04d798cf281be1b69c68f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Salford/UFAM: Doppler Lidar", "abstract": "This is a 10.6 um Doppler Lidar system for atmospheric measurements from a minimum range of 500 m-700 m up to a maximum of 9 km. This is a UFAM instrument operated by the University of Salford, UK. The instrument is a 1.55 μm eye-safe (Class 1M) scanning micro pulsed LiDAR providing profiles of aerosol backscatter coefficient (β) in units of m-1 sr-1 and radial velocity in ms-1 at user specified azimuth and elevation angles. This system has additional Doppler and depolarisation channels. A three point scanning algorithm is supplied for automated wind profile measurement: profiles of wind speed and direction can be obtained at a minimum of once every two minutes. Signal analysis, data retrievals, and data storage are performed by a PC system on-board the instrument. Users can operate the instrument remotely via the internet (not wireless) that is: users can program custom scan patterns and monitor performance. The operational software allows the user to test out head positions for a scan, level the instrument, and schedule how often the LiDAR comes out of its default operation (vertical observation or STARE Mode) to perform an operation. An internal GPS provides accurate system timing and instrument position while the extended temperature facility provides an operational temperature range of -20°C to 40°C: at temperature > 40°C this the system will automatically shutdown.\r\n\r\nThis instrument was subsequently converted into the instrument now operated by NCAS AMF as their Halo Doppler Lidar no 1." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13767, "uuid": "7cc04c3259f1481bbd2136ff984459e4", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud NCAS FGAM Instruments", "abstract": "NCAS FGAM Instruments includes Aberystwyth elight and water-vapour lidars, FGAM lidar situated at Cardington and Salford Urban Built-Environment Research Base lidar \r\n\r\n" } }, { "ob_id": 4501, "platform": { "ob_id": 13766, "uuid": "5f25230e871f437f971502bcff151dcc", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Cardington", "abstract": "Royal Air Force Cardington or more simply RAF Cardington is a former Royal Air Force station in Bedfordshire, England, with a long and varied history, particularly in relation to airships and balloons." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 14237, "uuid": "011a9f3be5444634bba09cf6a5ddaa42", "short_code": "instr", "title": "LEOSPHERE EZ Aerosol Lidar", "abstract": "LEOSPHERE EZ Lidar is a ground-based optical remote sensing instrument designed to determine the vertical and horizontal properties of the atmosphere as cloud and aerosol structures." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13767, "uuid": "7cc04c3259f1481bbd2136ff984459e4", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud NCAS FGAM Instruments", "abstract": "NCAS FGAM Instruments includes Aberystwyth elight and water-vapour lidars, FGAM lidar situated at Cardington and Salford Urban Built-Environment Research Base lidar \r\n\r\n" } }, { "ob_id": 4502, "platform": { "ob_id": 817, "uuid": "0d60dd064b6449b09f5c7fd4c41bd693", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO)", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory, formerly known as the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR), is hosted by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) in rural Hampshire in the South of England. Through a combination of long-term observations and tailored operations it provides national capability for the study of clouds, rainfall, boundary-layer processes and aerosols, and is particularly well suited as a site for hosting field campaigns involving visiting instruments.\r\n\r\nThe CAO site is located one mile south of Chilbolton Village, 6 miles south of Andover, Hampshire. The site was used as an airfield during the Second World War and is relatively flat and slightly elevated above the surrounding area.\r\n\r\nThe observatory operates more than twenty major instruments, many continuously, while others are available on-demand according to user configuration requirements. The portfolio includes a powerful combination of dual-polarisation Doppler radars, lidars, radiometers, and supporting instruments; the continuous round-the-clock operation of lidar and cloud radar instruments at Chilbolton is unique within the UK. These are supplemented by a suite of meteorological instrumentation including rain gauges, and disdrometers. A multi-wavelength sun photometer provides continuous measurements of aerosol optical depth in clear skies, and contributes to the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET).\r\n\r\nThe Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa) is mounted on a 25-metre, fully steerable antenna, and is able to probe clouds and storms with unparalleled sensitivity and resolution. In addition, zenith-pointing polarimetric, Doppler 35 GHz and 94 GHz cloud radars are routinely operated for detailed microphysical studies of cloud processes and cloud climatology. A transportable, scanning 35 GHz cloud radar system is also hosted at Chilbolton, further enhancing the available capability.\r\n\r\nChilbolton was one of the pilot cloud profiling sites for the CLOUDNET project, and continues to make observations that feed into the Aerosol Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure (ACTRIS). Capability at the site will be enhanced in the next few years, with the incorporation of a Raman lidar, with the ambition being for this to form an ACTRIS observational platform for aerosol profiling.\r\n\r\nThe presence (since January 2016) of a Defra air quality monitoring supersite at the observatory site (providing rural background measurements as part of national and transboundary networks) offers the research community further excellent opportunities for intercomparison campaigns and instrument evaluation.\r\n\r\nWIGOS id: \r\n0-826-300-3\r\n0-826-300-4\r\n0-826-300-5\r\n\r\nThe Met Office also operated a boundary layer wind profiler at the site (now operated by NCAS AMOF), for which the site was given a WMO ID 03754." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 12437, "uuid": "725fe1a8a3c54983aba53b119f3800e6", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office: Lufft CHM15k Nimbus Ceilometer", "abstract": "The Met Office own a number of the CHM 15k ceilometer used for measuring vertical profiles of backscatter signal from aerosol particles and hydrometeors. From the backscatter profiles cloud base heights and signal penetration depths, aerosol layer heights and vertical visibility are determined. The ceilometer uses a lidar with an operating range up to 15 kilometers (50,000 feet), the CHM 15k reliably detects multiple cloud layers and cirrus clouds." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13776, "uuid": "e80db1855cde47458c45327c96a2c62a", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Chilbolton Jenoptick Lidar", "abstract": "Chilbolton Jenoptick CHM15K Nimbus Celiometer at Exeter" } }, { "ob_id": 4503, "platform": { "ob_id": 1013, "uuid": "549615489e524459aca4f20e68e4ad5f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Herstmonceux West End meteorological station, UK", "abstract": "Met office observation station, Herstmonceux West End, UK. Location of radiosonde launches." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4504, "platform": { "ob_id": 1018, "uuid": "df08217822b84993aa1ebd26472faea5", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Wattisham meteorogical station", "abstract": "Wattisham is an existing Met Office site at RAF Wattisham. The airfield is near Ipswich in Suffolk and is mainly used for helicopter training.\r\n\r\nRAF Wattisham (WMO id 03590) is used for helicopter training. The station is located 89m above mean sea level, near Ipswich in Suffolk, east UK. Since 1873 observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference TM 025514. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03590. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4505, "platform": { "ob_id": 1020, "uuid": "8e450a367e4542d9b37b0acd7213f69e", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Isle of Man, Met Office site", "abstract": "The Met Office site on the Isle of Man is located at Meary Veg near Ronaldsway Airport." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4506, "platform": { "ob_id": 1007, "uuid": "ee7da8cb98c24329bf1f694353fd0fa1", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Aberporth", "abstract": "RAF Aberporth (WMO id 03502) is located in the county of Ceredigion, West Wales. Since 1941 observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SN 241521. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03502. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4507, "platform": { "ob_id": 1008, "uuid": "07f4dc1e53574cc9a167423d9847760c", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Larkhill, UK", "abstract": "Larkhill observatory (WMO id 03917) contains a radiosonde station and a CSIP station 11. The station is located 132m above mean sea level in Wiltshire, south UK . Since 1920 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SU 136447. More information can be found in the linked documents.\r\n\r\nRadiosonde station and CSIP station 11\r\n\r\nSite identifiers:\r\n - WMO: 03743\r\n- WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03743. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4508, "platform": { "ob_id": 1604, "uuid": "bcb51ccec5aa4c81a94fb69f33596a88", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Lerwick Meteorological Observatory, UK", "abstract": "The Met Office Lerwick meteorological observatory (WMO id 03005) is located 82m above mean sea level in the Shetlands, North UK. Since 1922 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference HU 453396. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03005. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4509, "platform": { "ob_id": 4532, "uuid": "8fd1572cfd31456e85fa38802e1b3039", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Boscombe Down, UK", "abstract": "Boscombe Down (WMO id 03746) is located 126m above mean sea level in Wiltshire, South-West of England, UK. Since 1930 Meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SU 172403. More information can be found in the linked documents." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4510, "platform": { "ob_id": 6105, "uuid": "43d1fd4d03fe4338904962b0ef3c53e8", "short_code": "plat", "title": "South Uist, UK", "abstract": "South Uist (WMO id 03023) is home to the Met Office 64MHz windprofiler. The station is located 4m above mean sea level in the Hebrides, Western Isles of Scotland. Since 1996 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference NF 763425. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03023. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4511, "platform": { "ob_id": 1427, "uuid": "287209e3dda648d89d1d1d10e68e569c", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Northolt, UK", "abstract": "RAF Northolt (WMO id 03672) is located 33m above mean sea level in Greater London, South-east UK. Since 1946 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference TQ 098844. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03672. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4512, "platform": { "ob_id": 12480, "uuid": "fc65659057524d0f9bb2d6107d334518", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Yeovilton, Uk", "abstract": "Yeovilton observatory (WMO id 03853) is located 20m above mean sea level in Somerset, South England. Since 1964 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference ST 549231. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03853. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4513, "platform": { "ob_id": 12467, "uuid": "4eecbd8077154bc68a33f19d75d6706d", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Cranwell, UK", "abstract": "RAF Cranwell (WMO id 03379) is located 63m above mean sea level in Lincolnshire, east UK. Since 1917 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference TF 004492. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03379. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4514, "platform": { "ob_id": 12468, "uuid": "613aa145965d4edc958a476b84a8f054", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Culdrose Airfield, UK", "abstract": "Culdrose Airfield (WMO id 03809) is located 76m above mean sea level in Cornwall, south-west UK. Since 1952 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SW 670255. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03809. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4515, "platform": { "ob_id": 12469, "uuid": "fc277d8c34e047dfb04102b7727a4b4d", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Kinloss, UK", "abstract": "RAF Kinloss (WMO id 03066) is located 5m above mean sea level in Moray, Grampian region, north-east Scotland. Since 1950 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference NJ 067628. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03066. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4516, "platform": { "ob_id": 12460, "uuid": "d716b34f2dee47128e93691f70b8dff0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Weather Station, Camborne, UK", "abstract": "The Met Office operate a weather station (WMO id 03808) near Camborne, Cornwall, located 87m above mean sea level in Cornwall, south-west UK. Since 1978 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24 hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SW 627406 . More information can be found in the linked documents. Upper air observations from the site have also been made via ceilometer, radiosonde and boundary-layer wind profiler." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4517, "platform": { "ob_id": 12481, "uuid": "e2add5a27bf443ada883d77ab61c689d", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Brize Norton", "abstract": "RAF Brize Norton (WMO id 03649) is a located 82m above mean sea level in Oxfordshire, South UK. Since 1968 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SP 292067. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03649. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4518, "platform": { "ob_id": 12471, "uuid": "f603a9f1a30b4479afaf6cf59f1ebc66", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Leuchars", "abstract": "RAF Leuchars (WMO id 03171) is located 10m above mean sea level in Fife, east Scotland. Since 1921 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference NO 468208. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03171. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4519, "platform": { "ob_id": 12463, "uuid": "f4da03bf5fb4487c846e773314cf1c34", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Eskdalemuir Observatory", "abstract": "Eskdalemuir observatory (WMO id 03162) is located 236m above mean sea level in Dumfiesshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Since 1908 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. Upper air observations have also been carried out at the site, including ceilometer measurements and radiosonde ascents. The site is located at OS grid reference NT 234026. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03162. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4520, "platform": { "ob_id": 12461, "uuid": "d5815885e0414b8fa87533c510c56e64", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Coningsby, UK", "abstract": "RAF Coningsby (WMO id 03391) is located 6m above mean sea level in Lincolnshire, north-west UK. Since 1961 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference TF 224567. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03391. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4521, "platform": { "ob_id": 12472, "uuid": "9b7e1b1bebee4da9a28208652ecbdda7", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Linton On Ouse", "abstract": "RAF Linton on ouse (WMO id 03266) is a located 14m above mean sea level in North Yorkshire, east England. Since 1958 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SE 491612. More information can be found in the linked documents." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4522, "platform": { "ob_id": 12462, "uuid": "941142055a3a481abc18b9f9f6307d1e", "short_code": "plat", "title": "RAF Dishforth Airfield, UK", "abstract": "RAF Dishforth (WMO id 03261) is located 33m above mean sea level in North Yorkshire, north UK. Since 1952 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SE 383711. More information can be found in the linked documents." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4523, "platform": { "ob_id": 12464, "uuid": "32d0f4aa25af43e28d28f3e4ac017caf", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Exeter Observatory", "abstract": "Exeter observatory is a is located 35m above mean sea level in the Met Office in Exeter, south-west UK. Since 2012 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SX 959931 . More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03838. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4524, "platform": { "ob_id": 12465, "uuid": "54a9874209df45d392ec2cb5a897a049", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Stornoway Airport, UK", "abstract": "Stornoway Airport (WMO id 03026) is located 15m above mean sea level in the Western Isles, north-east Scotland. Since 1873 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference NB 464330. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03018. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 4370, "uuid": "9096b4f6be8048089441b6fd6e755edb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office - Laser Cloud Base Recorder (LCBR)", "abstract": "A Laser Cloud Base Recorder is an instrument used on the Met Office network to measure cloud amount and height at different layers up to 25000ft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13779, "uuid": "ce95b2f522f341d4ae1a3be1265ec376", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office LCBR using ceilometer " } }, { "ob_id": 4525, "platform": { "ob_id": 13785, "uuid": "93b39a6957e847cdb413504b90575a24", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office ATDNET lightning detection system", "abstract": "The Arrival Time Difference (ATD) Thunderstorm detection system is a low-cost\r\ninnovation that has grown out of a requirement placed on the Met Office to locate\r\nthunderstorms for general weather prediction [public safety], the national Electricity\r\nsupply Grid and Defense operations . The outputs find many applications, for\r\ninstance, to verify occasions of very intense rainfall detected by the weather radar\r\nnetwork. " }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13784, "uuid": "16ea1f8b5f96435facafb9a7d0e79be6", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office Lightning detection", "abstract": "Met Office Lightning detection" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13786, "uuid": "b78c89e7c32d4218ab8ea0292afe2afa", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Lightning", "abstract": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Lightning" } }, { "ob_id": 4526, "platform": { "ob_id": 1011, "uuid": "eb4a06aadb8d4ae192158015ed790fd3", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Albemarle, UK", "abstract": "Met office observation station (WMO ID: 03238), in Albemarle, Northumberland, UK. The site hosts surface meteorological equipment and supports radiosonde launches." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4527, "platform": { "ob_id": 1010, "uuid": "312daa1963b24c5aba6be66068c23d49", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Camborne", "abstract": "Met office observation station, Camborne, Cornwall, UK. Location of Windprofiler and radiosonde launches." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4528, "platform": { "ob_id": 5758, "uuid": "ad6cbfd54c6843c6b82b1268249007cc", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Castor Bay Meteorological Station, UK", "abstract": "The Met Office have operated the Castor Bay meteorological station (WMO ID: 03918) located near Lurgan, Northern Ireland, since 2002. The site has a C-band rain radar as part of the UK rain radar network and also operated as a radiosonde station." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4529, "platform": { "ob_id": 6729, "uuid": "5b115d82e97340ee831d0f07de8f8ac0", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Gibraltar North Point station", "abstract": "Gibraltar North Front weather station (WMO ID: 08495) contains a high-resolution radiosonde station and ceilometer instrument. The station is located 3 m above mean sea level in Gibraltar, a UK territory. Meteorological observations are recorded on a 24 hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-08495. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4530, "platform": { "ob_id": 1013, "uuid": "549615489e524459aca4f20e68e4ad5f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Herstmonceux West End meteorological station, UK", "abstract": "Met office observation station, Herstmonceux West End, UK. Location of radiosonde launches." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4531, "platform": { "ob_id": 1604, "uuid": "bcb51ccec5aa4c81a94fb69f33596a88", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Lerwick Meteorological Observatory, UK", "abstract": "The Met Office Lerwick meteorological observatory (WMO id 03005) is located 82m above mean sea level in the Shetlands, North UK. Since 1922 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference HU 453396. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03005. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4532, "platform": { "ob_id": 1012, "uuid": "358641354ff546c2a761c9094c414373", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Met Office Nottingham Watnall site, UK", "abstract": "The Met Office operate an observation site at Nottingham Watnall (WMO id 03354) hosting a suite of instruments including surface meteorological observations, laser ceilometer and has been used for radiosonde launches. The station is located 117m above mean sea level in Nottinghamshire, east UK. Since 1941 meteorological observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference SK 503456. More information can be found in the linked documents.\n\nSite WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03354. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13789, "uuid": "4678dc203ead4b538f66cf837d0123cb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde", "abstract": " Eyjafjallajokull Volcanic Ash Cloud Met Office Hi-resolution radiosonde" } }, { "ob_id": 4533, "platform": { "ob_id": 13792, "uuid": "47d30d957daa4d7aa13a49d3e1617038", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Transect of 23 stations located on Mount Kilimanjaro", "abstract": "23 static stations were placed from SW over the top of Kilimanjaro to NE. Stations on the SW aspect (Mach1-Mach10) were installed in September 2004, and those on the NE aspect (Rong1-Rong9) in September 2012, but only the last three years of data (2012-2015) are available in this archive. \r\n\r\nInformation on individual station locations is given in a document available on the archive. " }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13793, "uuid": "264d7e135a214f24ac5b9ed52f6812f7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "HOBO U23-001 dataloggers (University of Portsmouth)", "abstract": "HOBO Pro v2 Temperature/Relative Humidity data logger is a weatherproof data logger with built-in temperature and relative humidity sensors. The Relative Humidity sensor provides superior durability in humid environments and is user-replaceable. The HOBOs are small and simple to use, and because the logging interval is user-defined they can be used for a wide range of applications." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13791, "uuid": "8509f4bf8b284f808014ddd925e07ad1", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Kilimanjaro network of sensor measurements (temperature and relative humidity)", "abstract": "Collection of sensors located at 23 stations on Mount Kilimanjaro between Sept 2012 and Sept 2015, measuring temperature and relative humidity. " } }, { "ob_id": 4534, "platform": { "ob_id": 935, "uuid": "a889730efd5845809666e9ca506a6b44", "short_code": "plat", "title": "San Jose State University, California", "abstract": "Platform.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13881, "uuid": "482ecabd4e064afb8d8d31622ec41b63", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Project: Radiosonde measurements", "abstract": " Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Project: Radiosonde measurements at San Jose State University and SPADE Radiosonde stations" } }, { "ob_id": 4535, "platform": { "ob_id": 931, "uuid": "af6e8776d08b40e7878457d8fdb1f0f3", "short_code": "plat", "title": "SPADE Radiosonde stations", "abstract": "Selected radiosonde stations in the SPADE region of experiment." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 912, "uuid": "e0c08343c2a74974a912ccb96f514130", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Radiosonde", "abstract": "The radiosonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that measures profiles of pressure, temperature and humidity from the ground to approximately 40km.The radiosonde is equipped with a radio transmitter for sending the measurements to the observing station." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13881, "uuid": "482ecabd4e064afb8d8d31622ec41b63", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Project: Radiosonde measurements", "abstract": " Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Project: Radiosonde measurements at San Jose State University and SPADE Radiosonde stations" } }, { "ob_id": 4536, "platform": { "ob_id": 13921, "uuid": "e448a957fc53401794e48a23c265c25f", "short_code": "plat", "title": "Birmingham Urban Climate Laboratory (BUCL) network of sites for HiTemp", "abstract": "The HiTemp project (High Density Measurements within the Urban Environment), operated networks of meteorological sensors installed within the Birmingham conurbaton: Approximately 250 low-cost, battery-powered WiFi air temperature sensors and 30 full automatic weather stations (AWS), measuring temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, solar radiation. The design is based around a nested network of sensors:\r\n\r\n Network 1 (coarse array): 30 AWS will be sited in primary electricity sub-stations (average spacing of 3km)\r\n Network 2 (wide array): 150 air temperature sensors located on schools (one in every medium super output area (MSOA), or areas containing a population of 7,200)\r\n Network 3 (fine array): 100 air temperature sensors located on lampposts in the CBD (50/km2)\r\n" }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13920, "uuid": "52a9606a224c4d72ad0aa4fe2bb133e6", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Aginova Sentinel Micro Temperature sensor", "abstract": "Small WiFi battery based Temperature sensor used in the HiTemp project" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13922, "uuid": "787bddf45e8840d5899de75faed06858", "short_code": "acq", "title": "BUCL network of temperature sensors", "abstract": "HiTemp networks of meteorological sensors installed within the Birmingham conurbation" } }, { "ob_id": 4538, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 5026, "uuid": "38f1c83e53e246eeb5cfdb88850c89e3", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Thermo model 202 UV absorption instrument", "abstract": "Ozone at 10m from a Thermo Model 202 UV Absorption manufactured by 2B Technologies. This instrument has an accuracy of +/- 1 ppbV." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13933, "uuid": "b19733c741ea425a810058881a6dc1c6", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: cv-2b-o3 at Cape Verde", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: 2B Technologies Thermo Model 202 Instrument ; PLATFORMS: Cape Verde Observatory;" } }, { "ob_id": 4539, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 14190, "uuid": "4703f69f7ef746df8c0a6af25990764c", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Particle Number Size Distribution measured using a SMPS and an APS", "abstract": "Particle Number Size Distribution measured using a SMPS and an APS" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13936, "uuid": "5f6970ed9b2e40e8b65a2d31e5f8cf7c", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: cv-aerosol-phys at Cape Verde", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Particle Number Size Distribution measured using a SMPS and an APS; PLATFORMS: Cape Verde Observatory; " } }, { "ob_id": 4540, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 5015, "uuid": "fc34e6a732af44fc896e69cf4bf0ea7b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometric detection", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13939, "uuid": "52344572c72a4f70b2cb5a4802ae5bfa", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: cv-gc-ms at Cape Verde", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Halocarbon measurements made using a pre-concentration system coupled with a GCMS; PLATFORMS: Cape Verde Observatory; " } }, { "ob_id": 4541, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 895, "uuid": "de931655205d428ea96babfe34ed125f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Meteorological instruments", "abstract": "Instrumentation for meteorological measurements including wind direction, wind speed, temperature and relative humidity sensors at two heights, and also measurements of atmospheric pressure and radiation." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13940, "uuid": "c3564bc910704d1ba6f727a623524195", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: cv-met-davis 30m at Cape Verde", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Cape Verde Observatory: Meteorological instruments - Davis weather station; PLATFORMS: Cape Verde Observatory;" } }, { "ob_id": 4542, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). 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It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13562, "uuid": "7b0fa025149140d8884fb3d7656f3eee", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: PICARRO Carbon Monoxide Cavity Ring-Down Spectrometer", "abstract": "The Picarro instrument uses Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CRDS) to measure CO, CO2, CH4 and H2O, down to ppbV levels. The measurements of these climate gases will be fed into a global network to help in our understanding of climate change through global models. The measurements of CO help in our understanding of the oxidation capacity of the tropical marine boundary layer.\r\n\r\nThe instrument measures with a frequency of 4 seconds and data is stored as 1 minute averages." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13948, "uuid": "a25e4ddd2671444e9f1797d31858c688", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Cape Verde: Carbon Monoxide measurements made from 7.5m using a Picarro G2401 Analyser and a fast response vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence CO analyser (Aerolaser 5001).", "abstract": "Carbon Monoxide measurements made from 7.5m using a Picarro G2401 Analyser (2015 onwards and a fast response vacuum ultraviolet fluorescence CO analyser (Aerolaser 5001) (2008-2015)." } }, { "ob_id": 4544, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 895, "uuid": "de931655205d428ea96babfe34ed125f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Meteorological instruments", "abstract": "Instrumentation for meteorological measurements including wind direction, wind speed, temperature and relative humidity sensors at two heights, and also measurements of atmospheric pressure and radiation." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13951, "uuid": "d884ccbcdd9542249a40bebfc5e3e8ef", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Cape Verde: Precipiation measurements", "abstract": "Precipitation measurements made by and at the Instituto de Nacional de Meteorologia (INMG) and Geofisica in Sao Vicente." } }, { "ob_id": 4545, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 13559, "uuid": "3a16513a7e59494cbe4a9a389def06b3", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: Total Gaseous Mercury", "abstract": "The Total Gaseous Mercury (TGM) instrument is a spectrometer detecting elemental, reactive, and particulate mercury. The instrument traps mercury onto gold cartridges and the mercury is then thermally desorbed into an air stream and detected using Cold Vapour Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry. The instrument is manufactured by TEKRAN instruments corporation. The measurements of TGM at Cape Verde feed into a global database of mercury measurements and are used in global modelling. The main uncertainties in mercury chemistry at the CVAO and in the marine boundary layer in general arise from unknown oxidant levels and possible marine emissions.\r\nThe measurement frequency is 5 minutes and the data is stored at this frequency.\r\nThis instrument was originally funded through the Global Mercury Observation System (GMOS) project (http://www.gmos.eu/)" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13955, "uuid": "a54f3c5e1316421c9eddda5ff9d2b34a", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Cape Verde: Total Gaseous Mercury (TGM) measurements made from 7.5m using a Tekran CVAFS Mercury Analyser", "abstract": "Total Gaseous Mercury (TGM) measurements made from 7.5m using a Tekran CVAFS Mercury Analyser" } }, { "ob_id": 4546, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 159, "uuid": "618eb937456043ae8823f5a12f5c0c44", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Leicester: PEroxy Radical Chemical Amplification (PERCA) technique", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": null }, { "ob_id": 4547, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 315, "uuid": "6e6a11c756bf49e48dca59ca002f351b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Leicester: Spectral Radiometer j(O1D)", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13961, "uuid": "7bde38dfbcc6432cb73f8ac499e69fd9", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Cape Verde: Leicster Spectral Radiometer species measurements", "abstract": "Spectral Radiometer species data during Cape Verde Solas 2009 from the University of Leicester " } }, { "ob_id": 4548, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 311, "uuid": "fe82ff833eaf4a9593134c237b303dc2", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Leicester: Spectral Radiometer j(NO2)", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13961, "uuid": "7bde38dfbcc6432cb73f8ac499e69fd9", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Cape Verde: Leicster Spectral Radiometer species measurements", "abstract": "Spectral Radiometer species data during Cape Verde Solas 2009 from the University of Leicester " } }, { "ob_id": 4549, "platform": { "ob_id": 878, "uuid": "07ca4fd3a5464fe6bf860dfe8a09e5ea", "short_code": "plat", "title": "NCAS Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory", "abstract": "The National Centre for Atmospheric Science's Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) is part of a bilateral German-UK initiative to undertake long-term ground- and ocean-based observations in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean region. It links with the international programme SOLAS, the EU-funded TENATSO (Tropical Eastern North Atlantic Time-Series Observatory) project, and with the German SOPRAN (Surface Ocean Processes in the Anthropocene) project.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO (16° 51′ 49 N, 24° 52′ 02 W), exists to advance understanding of climatically-significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data context for field campaigns. Measurements of O3, CO, NO, NO2, NOy and VOCs began at the site in October 2006. Chemical characterisation of aerosol measurements and flask sampling of greenhouse gases began in November 2006, halocarbon measurements in May 2007, and physical measurements of aerosol in June 2008. On-line measurements of greenhouse gases began in October 2008.\r\n\r\nThe CVAO is a World Meteorological Organisation-Global Atmospheric Watch (WMO-GAW) global station and quality-assured atmospheric data for use by both UK and German scientists, and the wider international community are regularly deposited at both the WMO-GAW and Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) data archives. The Universities of York, Bristol and Leeds provide the CVAO trace gas measurements, supported by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) through the Atmospheric Measurement & Observation Facility (AMOF). The Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena) make the greenhouse gas measurements, and the Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung, Leipzig, Germany (IfT) measure various characteristics of aerosol. Collaboration is also with the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica, São Vicente (INMG), who provide logistical support and employ staff at the CVAO. The sister ocean site is a partnership of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas, São Vicente (INDP), and the Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel). Scientific activities at both sites are coordinated in collaboration with the above institutions." }, "instrument": { "ob_id": 66, "uuid": "a5d341f986e64aca88fb92a18fa1f77d", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Leeds: J(O1D) filter radiometer", "abstract": "The j(O1D) filter radiometer (Metcon GmbH) provides a measurement of solar actinic radiation integrated over selected wavelength ranges by means of a filtered photomultiplier. The instrument consists of a 2-pi receiver optic which is essentially a frosted quartz dome combined with a horizontal shadow ring which limits the field of view to one hemisphere. The collected radiation is then guided towards the photomultiplier which is housed in a water-tight aluminium cylinder suitable for outdoor operation and equipped with a cell containing a drying agent to ensure proper operation of optical and electronic components. The power supply, housed indoors, is connected to the instrument by 10 m or 30 m cables (depending where the instrument is to be operated). The output of the filter radiometer is proportional to the corresponding photolysis frequencies and absolute calibration which was determined during an intercomparison exercise when the instrument was run alongside a reference spectroradiometer. The final output from the instrument are analogue voltages in a 0–10V range that can be logged continuously." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 13970, "uuid": "e08cb39a833546a29a890fd1fba4b263", "short_code": "acq", "title": "Acquisition Process for: leeds-fr-jo1d at Cape Verde", "abstract": "This acquisition is comprised of the following: INSTRUMENTS: Leeds: J(o1d) filter radiometer; PLATFORMS: Cape Verde Observatory; " } } ] }