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Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M, et al
Publication_Date: 1997
Title: Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container
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Series_Information:
Series_Name:
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Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Mainz, Germany
Publisher: MPI-CH
Other_Citation_Details:
Online_Linkage: http://www.caribic-atmospheric.com/
Description:
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
Purpose:
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Supplemental_Information:
REFERENCE: Brenninkmeijer, C.A.M., et al. 2005 Analyzing Atmospheric Trace Gases and Aerosols Using Passenger Aircraft, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union 86 8 http://www.caribic-atmospheric.com/publications.htm For additional publications, please visit the link above
Time_Period_of_Content:
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Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19970101
Ending_Date: 20021231
Currentness_Reference:Unknown
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 20041201
Ending_Date: Unknown
Currentness_Reference:Unknown
Status:
Progress: In Work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Description_of_Geographic_Extent:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 90.0
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD SCIENCE PARAMETERS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD PLATFORM
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD INSTRUMENT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: PROJECT
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ANCILLARY KEYWORDS
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO TOPIC CATEGORY
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: DATA SET LANGUAGE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > CARBON MONOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > EMISSIONS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > LEAD
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > PARTICULATES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > SULFUR OXIDES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AIR QUALITY > TROPOSPHERIC OZONE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE ELEMENTS/TRACE METALS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE > EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > SPECIFIC HUMIDITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VORTICITY > POTENTIAL VORTIVITY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FREQUENCY
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON MONOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > NON-METHANE HYDROCARBONS/VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROGEN OXIDES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROUS OXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > MOLECULAR OXYGEN
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFUR DIOXIDE
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFUR OXIDES
Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > SULFUR COMPOUNDS > SULFATE
Theme_Keyword: AIRCRAFT
Theme_Keyword: CHEMILUMINESCENCE
Theme_Keyword: CO2NDIR > CARBON DIOXIDE NONDISPERSIVE INFRARED ANALYZER
Theme_Keyword: GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS
Theme_Keyword: NDIR GAS ANALYZER > NONDISPERSIVE INFRARED GAS ANALYZER
Theme_Keyword: DOAS > DIFFERENTIAL OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS
Theme_Keyword: GC-MS > GAS CHROMATOGRAPH/MASS SPECTROMETRY
Theme_Keyword: PTR-MS > PROTON TRANSFER MASS SPECTROMETER
Theme_Keyword: CPC > CLOUD PARTICLE COUNTER
Theme_Keyword: OPC > OPTICAL PARTICLE COUNTER
Theme_Keyword: CARIBIC > CIVIL AIRCRAFT FOR REG. INVESTIGATION OF ATMOS. BASED ON INSTRUMENT CONTAINER
Theme_Keyword: Atmospheric Chemistry
Theme_Keyword: Co
Theme_Keyword: O3
Theme_Keyword: Ch4
Theme_Keyword: Co2
Theme_Keyword: N2o
Theme_Keyword: Sf6
Theme_Keyword: Isotopes
Theme_Keyword: Nmhc
Theme_Keyword: Voc
Theme_Keyword: Passenger Aircraft
Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Theme_Keyword: ENVIRONMENT
Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD
Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL
Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE
Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE
Access_Constraints: Users must first register with CARIBIC before downloading the data.
Use_Constraints:
Not Available
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Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Not Available
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Not Available
Completeness_Report:
Not Available
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Not Available
Process_Date: Unknown
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Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: MPI-CH/ACD > Atmospheric Chemistry Division, Max Plank Institute for Chemistry
Contact_Person: CARL A.M. BRENNINKMEIJER
Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Max Plank Institute for Chemistry
Address: Atmospheric Chemistry Division
City: Mainz
Country: Germany
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: carlb@mpch-mainz.mpg.de
Resource_Description: CARIBIC
Distribution_Liability:
Not Available
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
http://www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/2.html
Access_Instructions:
DATA CENTER URL
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Online_Option:
Computer_Contact_Information:
Network_Address:
Network_Resource_Name:
http://www.caribic-atmospheric.com/
Access_Instructions:
CARIBIC Project home page and access to documentation, science results and data download instructions.
Fees: None
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20050317
Metadata_Review_Date: 20111219
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: GCMD User Support Office
Contact_Organization: NASA Global Change Master Directory
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address
Address: Not Available
City: Lanham
State_or_Province: MD
Postal_Code: 20706
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: Not Available
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gcmduso@gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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