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Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container (CARIBIC): Atmospheric Chemical and Physical Processes Measured from Passenger Aircraft
Entry ID: CARIBIC

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Summary

Abstract: The Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an
Instrument Container (CARIBIC) is an aircraft based scientific project. Before
take-off a special air freight container filled with scientific equipment is
loaded into the cargo compartment of a passenger aircraft. The container is
connected to the outside air through a system of tubes. Instead of suitcases
this CARIBIC container contains scientific equipment. Whilst passengers enjoy
their flight, all the equipment automatically and quietly carries out thousands
of measurements.

Each flight is a complete experiment. The data records provided with a set of
self-explanatory header lines are stored into the database. Dataset-name and
-acronym contain a string _Vxx which stands for the version of revision - see
above. Version V02 has more convenient header layout and a few obvious mistakes
corrected in the data. Thus the highest version is recommended for download,
lower versions serve as collateral. Users must first register with CARIBIC to
download the data.

A more powerful package than the one deployed on the 1997-2002 flights, began
deployment in December 2004 on the Lufthansa German Airlines Airbus A340-600.

Data sets consists of:
Carbon Monoxide
Ozone
Gas chromotagraphy analysis of:
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Methane (VH4)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
Ozone (O3)
Isotopes of CO and CO2
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC)
Meteorological parameters including:
Temperature
Potential Vorticity
Potential Temperature
Equivalent Potential Temperature
Wind components: u, v
Wind Speed, Wind Direction
Water vapor volume mixing ratio
Water vapor (H2O)
Relative humidity
Specific Humidity
Cloud Cover
Cloud cover water content
Cloud cover ice content

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: CARIBIC Project home page and access to documentation, science results and data download instructions.

Geographic Coverage

N: 90.0 S: -90.0 E: 180.0 W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, et al
Dataset Title: Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container
Dataset Release Date: 1997
Dataset Release Place: Mainz, Germany
Dataset Publisher: MPI-CH
Online Resource: http://www.caribic-atmospheric.com/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1997-01-01

Stop Date: 2002-12-31

Start Date: 2004-12-01

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE
VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT

Platform

AIRCRAFT [Information]

Instrument

CHEMILUMINESCENCE

CO2NDIR >Carbon Dioxide Nondispersive Infrared Analyzer    [Information]

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS    [Information]

NDIR GAS ANALYZER >Nondispersive Infrared Gas Analyzer    [Information]

DOAS >Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometers    [Information]

GC-MS >Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry    [Information]

PTR-MS >Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometer

CPC >Cloud Particle Counter

OPC >Optical Particle Counter    [Information]

Project

CARIBIC >Civil Aircraft for Reg. Investigation of Atmos. Based on Instrument Container [Information]

Access Constraints

Users must first register with CARIBIC before downloading the data.

Keywords

atmospheric chemistry

CO

O3

CH4

CO2

N2O

SF6

isotopes

NMHC

VOC

passenger aircraft

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

MPI-CH

Data Center

Atmospheric Chemistry Division, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry [Information]
Data Center URL: http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/2.html

Data Center Personnel

Name: CARL A.M. BRENNINKMEIJER
Email: carlb at mpch-mainz.mpg.de
Contact Address:
Max Plank Institute for Chemistry
Atmospheric Chemistry Division
City: Mainz
Country: Germany

Distribution

Distribution_Media: onliine
Fees: none

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-05-20

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-10-15

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