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=8400
{ "count": 14115, "next": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v3/ipps/?format=api&limit=100&offset=8500", "previous": "https://api.catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/api/v3/ipps/?format=api&limit=100&offset=8300", "results": [ { "ob_id": 8729, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8730, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8731, "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": 71, "uuid": "e83377d7770b4ac3b9ecf8d6eeaf769b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "York: Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionization Detector (DC-GC-FID)", "abstract": "The Dual Channel Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detectors is capable of reporting mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. \r\n\r\nThe output includes mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The data from the instrument are split (across three seperate files: -fid1, -fid2, -fid3) according to compound type. The output for -fid1 is Alkanes.\r\n\r\nThe instrument has variable measurement frequency dependent upon sampling frequency of the Whole Air Sampling (WAS) system.\r\n\r\nSamples of air are dried, and then pre-concentrated on a dual-bed adsorbent trap held at sub-ambient temperature (typically -20°C). Sample volumes of up to one litre of air are acquired and then the trap is resistively heated during desorption within a stream of helium (or hydrogen) and injected into the GC oven for analysis. The eluent is split in approximately equal portions between a Na2SO4 deactivated aluminium oxide (Al2O3) porous layer open tubular (PLOT) column (50 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the less polar NMHCs and a LOWOX columns (10 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the more polar VOCs including monoterpenes and oxygenated species. Analytes elute from the GC columns into two flame ionisation detectors for detection. The GC oven has been programmed for optimal separation of all compounds of interest. \r\n\r\nThere are two near-identical GC instruments for the measurement of Volatile organic compounds. The first is a Perkin Elmer GC with home-built autosampler and flow control box, a home-built preconcentrator and an Ai Qualitek injector. The other is an Agilent GC with a MARKES UNITY2 preconcentrator and CIA Advantage autosampler. \r\n\r\nMeasurement of VOCs in the atmosphere have been used for a wide range of applications including providing information regarding: quantification of emissions; air mass age; and atmospheric processing during transport." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8732, "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": 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": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8735, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8736, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8737, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17796, "uuid": "a6f2f27cac6f473c83b476e419f852fb", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B742 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8738, "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": 52, "uuid": "09dd529096714adea214c364204f7cd1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: AQD NOX", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8739, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8740, "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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. The column operates on the principle that the diffusion of water vapour in air is quicker than heat allowing a region in the center of the CCN column to be supersaturated when a vertical temperature gradient in is maintained." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8741, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8742, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8743, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8744, "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": 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": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8745, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8746, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8747, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17800, "uuid": "b18fdb085108411198a994583100cf99", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B745 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8748, "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": 52, "uuid": "09dd529096714adea214c364204f7cd1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: AQD NOX", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8749, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8750, "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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. The column operates on the principle that the diffusion of water vapour in air is quicker than heat allowing a region in the center of the CCN column to be supersaturated when a vertical temperature gradient in is maintained." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8751, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8752, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8753, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8754, "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": 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": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8755, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8756, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8757, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17804, "uuid": "8442c2b4982047868f2c9bbdc73e0648", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B744 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8758, "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": 52, "uuid": "09dd529096714adea214c364204f7cd1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: AQD NOX", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8759, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8760, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8761, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8762, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8763, "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": 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": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8764, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8765, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8766, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17808, "uuid": "9a7997320d0448328f566936181221ba", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B747 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8767, "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": 52, "uuid": "09dd529096714adea214c364204f7cd1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: AQD NOX", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8768, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. 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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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. The column operates on the principle that the diffusion of water vapour in air is quicker than heat allowing a region in the center of the CCN column to be supersaturated when a vertical temperature gradient in is maintained." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8770, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8771, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8772, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8773, "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": 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": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8774, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8775, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8776, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17812, "uuid": "4047127b513348fe8378a3761b5c6ad7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B746 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8777, "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": 52, "uuid": "09dd529096714adea214c364204f7cd1", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: AQD NOX", "abstract": "Instrument.abstract: DETAILS NEEDED" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8778, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8779, "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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. The column operates on the principle that the diffusion of water vapour in air is quicker than heat allowing a region in the center of the CCN column to be supersaturated when a vertical temperature gradient in is maintained." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8780, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8781, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8782, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8783, "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": 71, "uuid": "e83377d7770b4ac3b9ecf8d6eeaf769b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "York: Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionization Detector (DC-GC-FID)", "abstract": "The Dual Channel Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detectors is capable of reporting mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. \r\n\r\nThe output includes mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The data from the instrument are split (across three seperate files: -fid1, -fid2, -fid3) according to compound type. The output for -fid1 is Alkanes.\r\n\r\nThe instrument has variable measurement frequency dependent upon sampling frequency of the Whole Air Sampling (WAS) system.\r\n\r\nSamples of air are dried, and then pre-concentrated on a dual-bed adsorbent trap held at sub-ambient temperature (typically -20°C). Sample volumes of up to one litre of air are acquired and then the trap is resistively heated during desorption within a stream of helium (or hydrogen) and injected into the GC oven for analysis. The eluent is split in approximately equal portions between a Na2SO4 deactivated aluminium oxide (Al2O3) porous layer open tubular (PLOT) column (50 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the less polar NMHCs and a LOWOX columns (10 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the more polar VOCs including monoterpenes and oxygenated species. Analytes elute from the GC columns into two flame ionisation detectors for detection. The GC oven has been programmed for optimal separation of all compounds of interest. \r\n\r\nThere are two near-identical GC instruments for the measurement of Volatile organic compounds. The first is a Perkin Elmer GC with home-built autosampler and flow control box, a home-built preconcentrator and an Ai Qualitek injector. The other is an Agilent GC with a MARKES UNITY2 preconcentrator and CIA Advantage autosampler. \r\n\r\nMeasurement of VOCs in the atmosphere have been used for a wide range of applications including providing information regarding: quantification of emissions; air mass age; and atmospheric processing during transport." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8784, "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": 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": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8787, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8788, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8789, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17816, "uuid": "6d46dd380db24558a0f9088fb30a4968", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B749 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8790, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8791, "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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. The column operates on the principle that the diffusion of water vapour in air is quicker than heat allowing a region in the center of the CCN column to be supersaturated when a vertical temperature gradient in is maintained." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8792, "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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8793, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8794, "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": 15848, "uuid": "22f719c5a7d14cdcbcdaacfeb05704ba", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: metoffice-neph1", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument metoffice-neph1" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8795, "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": 71, "uuid": "e83377d7770b4ac3b9ecf8d6eeaf769b", "short_code": "instr", "title": "York: Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionization Detector (DC-GC-FID)", "abstract": "The Dual Channel Gas Chromatograph with Flame Ionisation Detectors is capable of reporting mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. \r\n\r\nThe output includes mixing ratios of a wide range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The data from the instrument are split (across three seperate files: -fid1, -fid2, -fid3) according to compound type. The output for -fid1 is Alkanes.\r\n\r\nThe instrument has variable measurement frequency dependent upon sampling frequency of the Whole Air Sampling (WAS) system.\r\n\r\nSamples of air are dried, and then pre-concentrated on a dual-bed adsorbent trap held at sub-ambient temperature (typically -20°C). Sample volumes of up to one litre of air are acquired and then the trap is resistively heated during desorption within a stream of helium (or hydrogen) and injected into the GC oven for analysis. The eluent is split in approximately equal portions between a Na2SO4 deactivated aluminium oxide (Al2O3) porous layer open tubular (PLOT) column (50 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the less polar NMHCs and a LOWOX columns (10 m, 0.53 mm id, Varian Netherlands) for analysis of the more polar VOCs including monoterpenes and oxygenated species. Analytes elute from the GC columns into two flame ionisation detectors for detection. The GC oven has been programmed for optimal separation of all compounds of interest. \r\n\r\nThere are two near-identical GC instruments for the measurement of Volatile organic compounds. The first is a Perkin Elmer GC with home-built autosampler and flow control box, a home-built preconcentrator and an Ai Qualitek injector. The other is an Agilent GC with a MARKES UNITY2 preconcentrator and CIA Advantage autosampler. \r\n\r\nMeasurement of VOCs in the atmosphere have been used for a wide range of applications including providing information regarding: quantification of emissions; air mass age; and atmospheric processing during transport." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8796, "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": 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": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8799, "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": 11230, "uuid": "4475880cd0f2432fa88d2cbe1e03a791", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Manchester: Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2)", "abstract": "The Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) is manufactured by Droplet Measurement Technologies (DMT). It measures the soot (also known as black carbon) content of individual airborne particles, known as aerosols. \r\n\r\nThe SP2 is a laser-based instrument, which detects black carbon particles by heating them to their point of 'incandescence'. This results in the emission of radiation that can be measured and related to the mass of black carbon. \r\n\r\nThe instrument can be operated in a range of environments (lab, ground-based, aircraft) and its high sensitivity and fast response makes it ideal for a number of atmospheric science applications. The measurement frequency of this instrument is 1Hz. \r\n\r\nThe outputs include: black carbon mass, number and size; as well as information relating to the mixing state of black carbon-containing particles. Number and volume concentration of scattering particles; as well as their optical size are also included. \r\n\r\nBlack carbon is an important component of atmospheric aerosol and is a strong absorber of solar radiation. It is a product of incomplete combustion activities and the major sources include vehicle engines, burning of domestic fuels for heating/cooking and forest/agricultural fires. Human activities have increased the amount of black carbon in the atmosphere, which leads to a warming of the Earth's temperature.\r\n\r\nThis instrument is regularly used on the FAAM BAe 146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8800, "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": 11730, "uuid": "ca3c48564db10ffbdfe37264a4ff16fd", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser", "abstract": "FAAM Fast Greenhouse Gas analyser. FAAM non-core instrument first used in BORTAS project." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8801, "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": 326, "uuid": "c39cb6ce89ea4b4a9c3d3d9ae602f983", "short_code": "instr", "title": "UEA: Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer (PTR-MS)", "abstract": "The PTR-MS (Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer) is an aircraft-certified instrument for the real time measurement of a selected range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the atmosphere at concentrations down to approximately 50 parts per trillion (ppt). The types of compound measured include:\r\n\r\n• Oxygenated hydrocarbons (e.g. methanol, acetone, acetaldehyde, acetic acid, methyl vinyl ketone and methacrolein)\r\n• Aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, C8 and C9 aromatics)\r\n• Biogenic hydrocarbons (isoprene, total monoterpenes)\r\n• Acetonitrile; an excellent tracer of biomass burning\r\n\r\nThe PTR-MS is ideally suited for use on an aircraft since it produces a near real-time signal. In this way it has a distinct advantage over (and acts as a valuable complement to) traditional chromatographic or bottle sampling techniques. Sampling cycle times of down to ~1 second can be achieved, dependant on the number of compounds analysed at any one time, enabling small scale events such as pollution or biomass burning plumes to be sampled effectively. The instrument samples from the main aircraft inlet manifold via a short length of PFA tubing.\r\n\r\nPotential applications include:\r\n• Measurement of oxygenates in the upper troposphere in a study of the free radical chemistry and its sources in this region\r\n• Studies of oxygenate and isoprene emissions from vegetation in the tropics and at mid latitudes\r\n• Studies of oxygenate formation in urban plumes in the boundary layer for improvement of models of regional photochemistry\r\n• Studies of biomass burning in the tropics and over Northern Hemisphere forests to assess their contribution to the global carbon budget and to ozone formation" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17820, "uuid": "bd54745a1bf24760a1c7ee2976d61e6b", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B748 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8802, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17828, "uuid": "3ab38c508c234567b72646e85a1561b8", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B429 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B429 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8803, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17832, "uuid": "e7e678f4598c445db95f9e6a1fbcabe8", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B585 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B585 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8804, "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": 448, "uuid": "a7e69cf336ab4cd985bb4a03508c834d", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office: Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES)", "abstract": "ARIES is a Fourier transform spectrometer based on the Bomem MB100 interferometer, modified by ABB Bomem (Canada) for airborne use, with Met Office designed pointing optics, external black bodies and control electronics. 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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": 5250, "uuid": "1b3e4500e8c347698de4d264b6daa0da", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM: DMT Dual Column Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN)", "abstract": "The CCN (Cloud Condensation Nuclei) counter measures the number of cloud condensation nuclei in a sample for a given set point supersaturation. 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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": 713, "uuid": "39b878b7689f4725aaeef97dd4094e8f", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems or other aircraft: Dropsonde", "abstract": "The Vaisala Dropsonde RD93 is a general-purpose dropsonde for high-altitude deployment from a variety of aircraft. Slowed in its descent through the atmosphere by a special parachute, the RD93 measures the atmospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity and wind from the point of launch to the ground." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8824, "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": 6535, "uuid": "2b37307b8d014673b16f09d526dda751", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM (Universities' Facility for Atmospheric Measurement): Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer - (formerly umist-smps)", "abstract": "The Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer is based on the principal of the mobility of a charged particle in an electric field. Particles entering the system are neutralized (using a radioactive source) such that they have a Fuchs equilibrium charge distribution. The source is Kr-85, a beta emitter. Two sources are available, one with an activity of 74MBeq and the other 370MBeq. The University of Manchester has a mobile license and can operate it around the country. However, all users who require use of the SMPS must have their own site licence to house this source and have spare capacity on the licence. If this source is to be used away from the host institute, then users must have a mobile licence, with capacity for the source. Before any loan of the AMF SMPS is agreed, the users must supply proof of the licence and the spare capacity to the IS and a copy of the local rules for handling and storage of Radioactive substances for approval by University of Manchester local Radiological Protection Officer. The particles then enter a Differential Mobility Analyser (DMA) where the aerosol is classified according to electrical mobility, with only particles of a narrow range of mobility exiting through the output slit. This monodisperse distribution then goes to a Condensation Particle Counter which determines the particle concentration at that size.\r\n\r\nThe 3936 SMPS is widely used as the standard for measuring airborne particle size distributions. This system is also routinely used to make accurate nanoparticle size measurements of particles suspended in liquids. The National Institute of Standards and Ttechnology (NIST) uses a TSI DMA to size 60nm and 100 nm standard size reference materials. SMPS spectrometer sizing is a discreet technique in which number concentrations are measured directly without assuming the shape of the particle size distribution. The method is independent of the refractive index of the particle or fluid, and has a high degree of absolute sizing accuracy and measurement repeatability.\r\n" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8825, "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": 11793, "uuid": "97636f2dfed4f0a6daf6aca74f3bd531", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office Counter flow Virtual Impactor (CVI)", "abstract": "The Counter flow Virtual Impactor (CVI) is an inlet designed to initially separate cloud particles from the ambient atmosphere. Once captured, cloud particles are evaporated in a clean, dry airstream. Instruments downstream analyse the resulting water vapour and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), or ice nuclei (IN) as applicable. This inlet is operated on the FAAM BAe-146 aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8826, "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": 6523, "uuid": "5aed8184a7ed4df7aa55f56afac4ff00", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office Wet Nephelometer", "abstract": "The Met Office Wet Nephelometer is a system for measuring the dependence of aerosol scattering on relative humidity." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8827, "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": 99, "uuid": "98ab5fc9e63c403792e90e6b9b69e3c8", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM: Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) - formerly umist-ams", "abstract": "The Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) is the only currently available instrument capable of providing quantitative size and chemical mass loading information in real-time for non-refractory sub-micron aerosol particles. The AMS couples size-resolved particle sampling and mass spectrometric techniques into a single real-time measurement system. The Aerodyne AMS has been deployed world-wide at fixed sites, and on mobile laboratory, ship and aircraft platforms. Over 100 instruments are in use in industrial, academic and government laboratories.\r\n\r\nScientifically, the instrument can deliver quantitative mass concentrations of the major non-refractory chemical species present in submicron particles (ammonium, nitrate, sulphate, organics and non-sea-salt chloride) in microgrammes per cubic metre. It is also capable of delivering these concentrations as a function of diameter as a dM/dlog(D) distribution. Further to this, information on the chemical nature of the organic fraction can be derived by inspecting the relative sizes of the peaks within the mass spectrum. In order to produce fully quality assured and meaningful results, the data must be processed offline or near-real-time. The Compact Time-of-Flight AMS (C-ToF-AMS) is a version that enables continuous acquisition of complete mass spectra (1-800 m/z) of all sampled particles at rates as fast as 80 kHz." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8828, "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": 448, "uuid": "a7e69cf336ab4cd985bb4a03508c834d", "short_code": "instr", "title": "Met Office: Airborne Research Interferometer Evaluation System (ARIES)", "abstract": "ARIES is a Fourier transform spectrometer based on the Bomem MB100 interferometer, modified by ABB Bomem (Canada) for airborne use, with Met Office designed pointing optics, external black bodies and control electronics. Although designed, and primarily used, for airborne measurements ARIES can also be used for ground based work away from the aircraft." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8829, "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": 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": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8830, "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": 15141, "uuid": "50d7f4a192c44f3eb410745897683a0d", "short_code": "instr", "title": "New Instrument: faam-3786cpc", "abstract": "New instrument created, more details to follow for instrument faam-3786cpc" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8831, "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": 16181, "uuid": "d9c268d0a81f40b6a8edea0294abcaa4", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester: Droplet Measurement Technologies, Inc, Two dimenionsal stereo probe, (2DS)", "abstract": "University of Manchester: SPEC Inc., Two dimensional stereo probe (2DS). The 2DS captures 2D binary images of particles passing through its sample volume. Particles are detected using two orthogonal 128-photodiode linear arrays. Cloud particle size distributions (nominal size range 10 to 1280 µm) are derived from these images (see Lawson et al., 2006).\r\n\r\nLawson, R. P., O'Connor, D., Zmarzly, P., Weaver, K., Baker, B., Mo, Q., and Jonsson, H.: The 2D-S (stereo) probe: design and preliminary tests of a new airborne, high-speed, high-resolution particle imaging probe, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23, 1462-1477, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1927.1, 2006" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8832, "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": 11885, "uuid": "c80d904893f149b78433846617adf569", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE systems: Hygrometer (Buck CR2)", "abstract": "FAAM non-core instrument measuring dew point or frost point by a chilled mirror hygrometer.\r\n\r\nThe Buck CR2 is a chilled mirror hygrometer for use in cloud-free air - it optically monitors the temperature of a mirror when liquid water or ice begins to condense. Air is drawn through the instrument through an aft facing inlet, located 1.8 m aft of the nose, outside the 99% free-stream boundary layer. \r\n\r\nThe data frequency is measured in 1Hz and be found in this frequency in both the 32Hz and 1Hz data files. \r\n\r\nParameters in the data files are: VMR_CR2 (Water vapour volume mixing ratio measured by the Buck CR2, ppmv),VMR_C_U(Uncertainty estimate for water vapour volume mixing ratio measured by the Buck CR2,ppmv),TDEW_CR2(Mirror Temperature measured by the Buck CR2 Hygrometer, K),TDEW_C_U(Uncertainty estimate for Buck CR2 Mirror Temperature, K)" }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17856, "uuid": "4eb3c7d011354c489e26ab61724d2cd7", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B420 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8833, "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": 61, "uuid": "306ac6a158514192baf813b4b8b46be7", "short_code": "instr", "title": "FAAM/BAE (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements/British AErospace) systems: Set of FAAM core instruments", "abstract": "Core instruments are provided and can be operated by FAAM. Data will be made available routinely at BADC. Some core instruments may not be operated on all flights. The standard core instrument data may, in some cases, be enhanced (e.g. provided at higher frequency or with greater accuracy) by collaboration with another group." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17860, "uuid": "0838480c0c9344d38cec15f475be1600", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B421 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B421 Acquisition" } }, { "ob_id": 8834, "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": 2770, "uuid": "723bb5e1edad4ad48f927759bdcf10cb", "short_code": "instr", "title": "University of Manchester/UFAM (Universities' Facilities for Atmospheric Measurements): Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) - formerly umist-cpi", "abstract": "The CPI can image and count particles in the size range of 15-2500um, with the images having a nominal 2.3um resolution. Image analysis and data processing software provided with the probe takes particle size information (including area and volume) and ice crystal habit classification from the images to produce histograms etc. The CPI is especially suitable for use in ice and mixed phase clouds which typically have relatively low (compared to water clouds) particle concentration of 1000/L. The CPI may be used in much higher particle concentrations, but under these conditions while particle spectra are reliable, absolute particle concentrations are not due to coincidence errors in the particle detection system. While designed for aircraft use, and able to operate at any aircraft speed and altitude, the CPI, with the use of a suitable aspiration device may also be used for ground based, or lab studies. The University of Manchester and UFAM (Universities' Facility for Atmospheric Measurements) operated this instrument." }, "relatedTo": { "ob_id": 17860, "uuid": "0838480c0c9344d38cec15f475be1600", "short_code": "acq", "title": "FAAM Flight B421 Acquisition", "abstract": "FAAM Flight B421 Acquisition" } } ] }