MICROphysicS of COnvective PrEcipitation (MICROSCOPE) project: In-situ airborne atmospheric and ground-based radar measurements

This dataset collection brings together the datasets produced from the MICROphysicS of COnvective PrEcipitation (MICROSCOPE) project, the NERC funded part of the wider COPE (COnvective Precipitation Experiment) project. COPE was led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and the UK Met Office, and involved scientists at the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Reading, as well as international partners from the Universities of Purdue and Wyoming. As part of COPE, MICROSCOPE sought to improve predictions of severe convective rainfall by addressing the problem of the microphysics of precipitation in convective clouds. Data were collected during the project over Cornwall and Devon, UK, during July and August 2013 to study the clouds. Three research aircraft (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) BAe146, Met Office Civil Contingency Aircraft (MOCCA) and University of Wyoming King Air), a ground-based radar and several other ground-based instruments took measurements of exactly how the rain forms and develops. The aircraft were equipped with instruments that can distinguish between liquid and solid particles at 200 mph, for example. A major objective was to find these needles in the haystack – the first few ice crystals that form in amongst the hundreds of cloud droplets per every cubic centimetre of cloud.

Identification info

Metadata Language: English (en)

Dataset Reference Date (): 2013-07-02T13:22:14

Dataset Reference Date (): 2013-07-02T13:22:14

Identifier: http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8440933238f72f27762005c33d2aa278

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 8440933238f72f27762005c33d2aa278

Unavailable - Blyth, Alan ( author )

Unavailable - Bennett, Lindsay ( author )

Unavailable - Choularton, Tom W. ( author )

Unavailable - Illingworth, Anthony J. ( author )

Unavailable - Norton, Emily G. ( author )

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

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

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

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

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

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher

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

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Update scope: series

Keywords

MICROSCOPE
precipitation
radar
convection

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: grid

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 2013-06-25T06:05:22

End date: 2013-08-31T22:59:59

Code: WGS 84

Distribution Information

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

Resource Locator: MOCCA Aircraft
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Resource Locator: MicrosCOPE conditions of use
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Resource Locator: NCAS COPE webpage
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Resource Locator: FAAM Aircraft
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Resource Locator: COPE Blog
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Resource Locator: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Resource Locator: MOCCA Aircraft
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Resource Locator: MicrosCOPE conditions of use
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Resource Locator: NCAS COPE webpage
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Resource Locator: FAAM Aircraft
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Resource Locator: COPE Blog
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Quality Scope: series

Report

Dataset Reference Date (): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

Metadata

File identifier: 8440933238f72f27762005c33d2aa278 XML

Metadata Language: English (en)

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646

Resource type: series

Hierarchy level name: series

Metadata Date: 2023-09-28T00:26:52

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

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

+44(0)1235 446432

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