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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Aerosol and chemical transport in tropical convection (ACTIVE): Aircraft Measurements and Ozonesondes Measurements

The ACTIVE (Aerosol and chemical transport in tropical convection) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded consortium project, combined field measurements and a range of modelling tools at different scales to address questions related to the composition of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL).

Field measurements were conducted in Darwin, Australia in two phases: November-December 2005 (pre-monsoon convection), in collaboration with the SCOUT-O3 project funded by the European Commission, and January-February 2006 (monsoon convection), in collaboration with the US/Australian TWPICE project.

ACTIVE utilised the Australian Egrett aircraft operated by Airborne Research Australia (ARA) and the NERC Dornier 228 operated by the British Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF) to measure chemical species and aerosol in the inflow and outflow of tropical storms. Cloud-scale and large-scale modelling studies assisted in the interpretation of the measurements to distinguish the different contributions to the TTL composition. The dataset contains the before-mentioned aircraft measurement as well as ozonesondes.

Institutions involved in ACTIVE include

The University of Manchester, UK.

The University of Cambridge, UK.

The University of Wales at Aberystwyth, UK.

The University of York, UK.

The Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany.

The Forschungzentrum Julich (FZJ), Germany.

The York University, Canada.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia.

The Airborne Research, Australia (ARA).

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2005-12-10T03:19:19
Dataset Reference Date ()
2005-12-10T03:19:19
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author
Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom
01793 411500
  Unavailable - Vaughan, Geraint ( author )
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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Update scope
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Keywords
  • NERC
  • ACTIVE
  • Aircraft
  • Ozonesondes
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
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Begin date
2005-11-01T00:00:00
End date
2006-02-28T00:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

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Resource Locator
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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ACTIVE Project website

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ACTIVE project information

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Airborne Research Australia

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Airborne Research Australia Aircraft

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NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility

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NERC The Dornier 228: G-ENVR

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Allen, G., Vaughan, G., Bower, K., et al.: Aerosol and trace-gas measurements in the Darwin area during the wet season, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008706.

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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ACTIVE Project website

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ACTIVE project information

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Airborne Research Australia

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Airborne Research Australia Aircraft

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NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility

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NERC The Dornier 228: G-ENVR

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Allen, G., Vaughan, G., Bower, K., et al.: Aerosol and trace-gas measurements in the Darwin area during the wet season, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008706.

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
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e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8 XML
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Metadata Date
2023-09-19T00:31:00
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
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