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This page lists all datasets held by the BADC. Many datasets are publicly available. Datasets marked with the key symbol have restricted access. To apply for access to these datasets use the Apply for Access link next to the dataset name.

	ACSOE/ACE - HILLCLOUD-1 and HILLCLOUD-2
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public.
	ACSOE/MAGE - Eastern Atlantic Experiment s (EAE-96 and EAE-97)
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public. The aims of the MAGE Eastern Atlantic Experiment were to quantify input of DMS into a parcel of air, examine the oxidation of DMS and its reaction with nitrogen species with time, investigate the formation of new particles as a results of these transformations, and to discriminate between natural and anthropogenic fractions of sulphur and nitrogen using isotopic measurements.
	ACSOE/OXICOA - Eastern Atlantic Spring/Summer Experiments (EASE-96 and EASE-97)
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public. The aims of the ACSOE programme were to understand the processes occuring in the remote marine atmosphere and to discover how these are modified by anthropogenic emissions. The ACSOE study area extends from the cold water regions south of Iceland, through the temperate eastern Atlantic and North Sea, to the Canary Islands in the sub-tropical Atlantic. The project had three consortia of UK institutes and universities, each of which focused on a different scientific topic: * OXICOA (OXIdising Capacity of the Ocean Atmosphere) - a study of oxidant, radical and related gas-phase chemistry in the clean and moderately polluted marine atmosphere. * MAGE (Marine Aerosol and Gas Exchange) - a study of aspects of air-sea exchange relevant to atmospheric chemistry and aerosol production. * (ACE) Aerosol Characterisation Experiment - a study of the processing of gases and aerosols through hill-cap clouds on Tenerife and sub-tropical marine subtropical stratocumuli. The objectives of the OXICOA Eastern Atlantic Spring/Summer Experiments (EASE) at MaceHead were: * Investigate the chemical production and loss mechanisms of atmospheric oxidants in the marine boundary layer. * Determine the role of photochemically produced radical species in the ozone cycle in the marine boundary layer. * Investigate the speciation of oxidised nitrogen and its consequences for long range transport and photochemical processing. * Characterise the air masses arriving off the West coast of Ireland and determine whether trace gas composition is indicative of the source of the air mass. * Quantify the extent of NOy chemistry in the marine atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean. * Investigate the extent of halogenation chemistry occurring over the Atlantic Ocean. * Study the extent of NO3 chemistry, particularly its impact on DMS and hydrocarbons
	ACSOE/OXICOA - Free Troposphere Experiments (FREETEX-96 and FREETEX-98)
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public. The FREETEX campaign was deployed at Jungfraujoch, Switzerland.
	ACSOE/OXICOA - OZPROF
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public. The OZPROF dataset cotains ozone profiles data from Aberystwyth (ozonesondes and LIDAR) for the period 1996 to 1998.
	ACSOE/OXICOA - Testing Atmospheric Chemistry In Anticyclones (TACIA) C-130 data
	Details
	ACSOE was a 5-year NERC research programme on tropospheric chemistry coordinated by the University of East Anglia and involving research groups from a number of UK universities and research institutes. The programme consisted of coordinated measurement campaigns from ground stations, ships and aircraft commencing summer 1996, together with associated interpretation and modelling. Work on this dataset has been completed. The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre. ACSOE data is now public. During ACSOE the C-130 research aircraft flew missions over the North Sea and North Atlantic from its home base at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, and was also detached to the Azores, mainland Portugal, and Tenerife for experiments further afield.
	Aerosol and Chemical Transport in Tropical Convection (ACTIVE)
	Details
	NERC-funded consortium project combining field measurements and a range of modelling tools at different scales to address questions related to the composition of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL). Two airborne campaigns based in Darwin, Australia took place in November-December 2005 (pre-monsoon convection) and January-February 2006 (monsoon convection).
	African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)
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	An international long-term collaboration to study the climatic and environmental feedback mechanisms involved in the African monsoon, and in some of its consequences on society and human health. The programme, that started in 2004, has developed a network of ground-based observation stations over Sub-saharan West Africa, and several intensive measurement campaigns will unfold in the course of 2005 and 2006. The UK branch of AMMA makes use of several instruments provided by the UK Universities Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM)and these will be centred around the Niamey meso-site. The FAAM aircraft will be used during the July-August 2006 campaign.
	Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment (AAOE-87)
	Details
	Measurements from a NASA aircraft campaign to study chemical composition and physical parameters in the Antarctic during the development of the Antarctic Ozone Hole in August and September 1987. The data include atmospheric composition from a variety of instruments, meteorological parameters, aerosol and cloud data.
	Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition (AASE)
	Details
	A NASA aircraft expedition based in Stavanger, Norway during January and February 1989. The data consist of various chemical composition and meteorological measurements collected on board the NASA ER-2 and DC-8 aircraft, ozonesonde soundings from 3 stations (Angmagssalik and Scoresbysund, Greenland and Lerwick, UK), aerosol and temperature profiles from the SAM II satellite, global gridded NIMBUS 7 TOMS ozone column and selected radiosonde soundings from stations in the region of the experiment. This dataset is public.
	Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition II (AASE II)
	Details
	A NASA aircraft expedition from October 1991 to March 1992 with ER-2 and DC-8 flights from Alaska, Maine, Norway and Tahiti. The data consist of various chemical composition and meteorological measurements from the aircraft plus ozonesonde soundings from 6 Canadian stations, TOMS column ozone and selected radiosonde ascents. Additional diagnostics such as parcel back trajectories, potential vorticity and heating rates also provided. This dataset is public.
	Airborne Southern Hemisphere Ozone Experiment (ASHOE) / Measurement for Assessing the Effects of Stratospheric Aircraft (MAESA)
	Details
	2 NASA aircraft expeditions : ASHOE and MAESA (measurements for assessing the effects of stratospheric aircraft). 4 phase expedition between March and November 1994 with ER-2 and DC-8 flights between NASA Ames, Hawaii and New Zealand. The data consist of various chemical composition and meteorological measurements from the aircraft plus data from radiosondes, ozonesondes, spectrometer, lidar and SAGE II. Additional diagnostics such as parcel back trajectories, potential vorticity and heating rates also provided. This dataset is public.
	APPRAISE - Aerosol Properties, PRocesses And Influences on the Earth's climate
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	APPRAISE will help us understand and quantify how aerosols: *affect the Earth's radiation budget, by scattering and/or absorbing radiation *influence clouds, and hence indirectly affect climate and the hydrological cycle *contribute to feedback processes between land, the biosphere and climate.
	ARDAAOS - Reading Assimilated Atmospheric Satellite Data
	Details
	Analyses of stratospheric and tropospheric temperature, ozone and water vapour incorporating data from research satellites and operational observations, assimilated with the HADAM3 configuration of the Unified Model (UM). This data set includes 3-D global fields for selected periods of time in the 1990s and is produced as part of the "Assimilation of Remote-sensed Data for Applications in the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences" (ARDAAOS) NERC thematic programme.
	ARDAAOS - The Cambridge Chemical Assimilation Data
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	Chemical assimilation data from multiple sources. This data has been processed into a common file format making it easy to compare data from the various field campaigns and satellite missions.The Cambridge Chemical Assimilation Data were produced in the framework of the Enhanced atmospheric constituents data assimilation project (PI: David Lary) under the Assimilation of Remote-sensed Data for Applications in the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences (ARDAAOS) NERC thematic programme.
	Berlin Stratospheric Data Series
	Details
	This is a copy of The Berlin Stratospheric Data Series provided to the BADC by K. Labitzke and her collaborators (2002) as a CD from the Meteorological Institute, Free University Berlin. This data set contains temperature and geopotential height data on the 100, 50, 30, 10 mb pressure surfaces produced at the Meteorological Institute, Free University of Berlin, from radiosonde data and rocket observations. This data series also contains summer, winter and annual trends and variability of the data, climatological monthly mean temperature and geopotential height at 30 mb, and intercomparisons with other data series. There are also sections on the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) and the global signal of the 11-year sunspot cycle in the stratosphere.
	Bolton Experiment
	Details
	An Experimental Test of the use of microvave attenuation to Improve Rainfall estimates in urban areas, and hence to enhance flood warning. This experiment, funded by NERC with matching funds from industry, is a collaboration between the University of Essex (Propagation and Remote Sensing Group), the University of Salford (Telford Research Institute), and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Radiocommunications Research Unit). The industrial partners are North West Water plc and Norweb Communications, both companies of United Utilities, the UK Meteorological Office, the Environment Agency and Crown Castle International.
	British Antarctic Survey - High Resolution Radiosonde Data
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	High resolution radiosonde data from the British Antarctic stations Halley and Rothera.
	Cascade - Scale interactions in the tropical atmosphere.
	Details
	Cascade is a NERC funded consortium project to study organized convection in the tropical atmosphere using large domain cloud system resolving model simulations.
	Chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer and the Interface with Snow (CHABLIS)
	Details
	CHABLIS is a NERC-AFI funded project, aimed at studying the chemistry of the Antarctic Boundary Layer in greater detail, and for a longer duration, than has previously been attempted. Field measurements were carried out at the British Antarctic Survey station, Halley, at the Clean Air Sector Laboratory (CASLab). Year-round measurements began in February 2004, with a focus on NOy partitioning, air-snow exchange, and a spring-time halogen/ozone depletion intensive. A summer campaign focussing on oxidants ran during January/February 2005, after which CHABLIS fieldwork ended. Access to this dataset is now public.
	Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)
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	The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) facility at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire (51.1445N, 1.4270W) is the home of many observation systems for meteorological and atmospheric science research. There are 4 radar systems designed to study precipitation, clouds and clear air, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa) on the 25 m dish. There are also 4 lidar systems providing data on elastic backscattering, Doppler velocity, water vapour profiles and depolarisation. A wide range of meteorological and multiple raingauge data are available from both Chilbolton and the nearby Sparsholt field site. There is a wide range of radiometers at the site: microwave (for water vapour and liquid water measurements) and downwelling infra-red and visible detectors for radiation budget measurements. This dataset holds attenuation time-series data from vertically polarised 5 km links from South Wonston to Sparsholt. Cloud camera data from the Chilbolton site are available to provide visual information on weather conditions.
	Climate Impacts LINK Project
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	This dataset contains output data from a number of models from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre which was processed into text files at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. The data extraction was intended for use by the Climate Impacts Community (and was funded by the UK Departement of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Defra). Output from each model is stored in a separate directory in the BADC archive, and the majority of the data comes from experiments performed using the HadCM3 model.
	Climateprediction.net
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	The Climateprediction.net project is harnessing the spare CPU cycles of tens of thousands of individual users' PCs to run a massive ensemble of climate simulations using the Met Office's Unified Model. A multi-thousand member ensemble of simulation results from the perturbed physics climate sensitivity experiment is available for research purposes.
	Climatic Research Unit Data
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	Climatology Interdisciplinary Data Collection (CIDC)
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	This CD set contains over 70 physical, monthly mean climate parameters from disciplines dealing with the atmosphere, land surface, ocean, cryosphere, biosphere, remote sensing science and the Sun. They have been gathered into one place and, where practicable, presented in a common format (monthly means with a 1 degree x 1 degree world grid, or commensurable resolution and 4-byte IEEE floating point words). Some small files are in ASCII. Twenty-five separate data sets are represented. Twelve of the datasets cover ten or more years. Greenhouse gases and global temperature variation data span over 100 years.
	Cloud and Water Vapour Experiment for Model Comparisons at Chilbolton (CWAVE)
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	CWAVE is a measurement campaign at the CCLRC-Chilbolton Observatory; it is supporting activities associated with two EC FP5 projects, CLOUDMAP2 and CLOUDNET. A wide range of satellite and ground based instruments will measure a variety of atmospheric properties ranging from cloud parameters to water vapour. In addition the measurements will coincide with the results from a reduced resolution Unified Model (UM) run by the Met Office. Access to such a data set will allow unprecedented comparisons between observed and modelled data.
	Cloud Archive User Service data (CLAUS)
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	Global Brightness Temperature imagery from the Cloud Archive User Service project. This project produced a long time-series of global thermal infra-red imagery of the Earth using data from operational meteorological satellites, which was used in validating atmospheric General Circulation Models
	CLoud, Aerosol Characterisation Experiment in the Free Troposphere (CLACE)
	Details
	NERC funded project led by the University of Manchester to measure aerosol cloud interactions on the Jungfraujoch to investigate aerosol cloud interactions in mixed phase clouds. The aim was also to develop parameterisations of the effects of aerosols on mixed phase clouds and perform model simulations of the above. The experiments were carried out during the winter of 2004 and 2005.
	CLOUDMAP2 ATSR cloud products
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	This data is the result of a contract to Eumetsat for application to SEVIRI and partly under CLOUMAP2 a European framework 5 project. The data are cloud parameters, cloud top pressure , height, phase, fraction, effective radius and optical depth derived using a variational analysis method applied to ATSR-2 data for the European area.
	Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS)
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	The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) is an international field campaign initiated by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The objective is to identify the physical and chemical processes responsible for the deficiences in quantitative precipitation forecasting (QPF) over low-mountain regions with the goal of improving their model representation, and thus improve forecasts. For the field experiment, a region in southwestern Germany/eastern France has been selected, where, on the one hand, severe thunderstorm activity is frequent in summer with significant amounts of precipitation and risk of flash flood events. On the other hand, the skill of numerical weather forecasts in the region is particularly low.
	Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP)
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	The Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP) aims to further the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the initiation of precipitating convection in the martime, environment of southern England; i.e. to understand why convective clouds form and develop into precipitating clouds in a particular location. The project will be centred on the 3 GHz (CAMRa) and 1275 clear-air (ACROBAT) radars at Chilbolton and will use a number of the new UK Universities' Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM) mobile instruments.
	CORRAL - UK COLONIAL REGISTERS AND ROYAL NAVY LOGBOOKS
	Details
	This project uses late 18th to early 20th century archive material to enhance the global coverage of daily to sub-daily weather observations. These are essential for current research that requires an enhancement in the quality and quantity of past data in order to assess better the full nature of medium- to long-term climate variability and change. Three distinct but complimentary and hitherto untapped sources will be used, two are based on Royal Navy ship's logbooks (from ships of voyages of scientific discovery and those in the service of the Hydrographic Survey), the third being the coastal and island records contained in UK Colonial documents. The former of the three categories constitute documents of national and historical importance, with a corresponding need to make them freely available through managed websites. In all three instances, the instrumental data (mostly of air pressure and temperature) are of singular importance in representing marine conditions; this being an area that is traditionally under-represented in the climate record despite it occupying over two-thirds of the planet's surface. All these data will be abstracted, verified and made available to the scientific community through the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) website. The documents have been identified and subjected to preliminary scrutiny. Most are to be found in The National Archives (Kew), the latter organisation having also been consulted during the preparation of this bid document.
	Cospar International Reference Atmosphere (CIRA-86)
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	A global climatology of atmospheric temperature, zonal velocity and geopotential height derived from a combination of satellite, radiosonde and ground-based measurements. The reference atmosphere extends from pole to pole and 0-120 km. The majority of the data are on a 5 degree latitude grid and approximately 2 km vertical resolution. This dataset is public.
	Coupled Ocean Atmosphere and European Climate (COAPEC)
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	COAPEC is a NERC thematic programme designed to examine the variability of the Earth's climate. The goal of COAPEC is to determine the impact on climate, especially European climate, of the coupling between the Atlantic Ocean and the atmosphere. The BADC is the primary distribution data centre for COAPEC. Data sets available under COAPEC include HadCM3 data from the Hadley Centre and the BADC Beowulf cluster, as well as data from Southampton Oceanographic Centre and ECMWF.
	CRU Datasets - CRU TS 3.0 Time-Series
	Details
	The BADC holds the preliminary Climate Research Unit (CRU) TS3.0 datasets for the period 1901-2006. TS (time-series) datasets are month-by-month variation in climate over the last century or so. These are high-resolution (0.5x0.5 degree) grids. They allow the comparison of variations in climate with variations in other phenomena.
	Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer (CLAES L3)
	Details
	An instrument on board the UARS satellite which measured global temperature, pressure, O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, NO, NO2, N2O5, HNO3, ClONO2, CFCl3, CF2Cl2 and aerosol extinction. Data are level 3A product (gridded in time and latitude along the satellite track) between 80N - 80S, 10-60 Km, October 1991 - May 1993. Data are version 8 and 9. This dataset is public.
	CRYOspheric STudies of Atmospheric Trends (CRYOSTAT)
	Details
	The CRYOspheric STudies of Atmospheric Trends in stratospherically and radiatively important gases (CRYOSTAT) will undertake the first combined measurements of virtually all significant Greenhouse gases (GHGs). GHGs (other than water vapour), ozone-depleting substances (ODSs), and related trace gases in contiguous firn and ice profiles, spanning as much as 200 years, from both the northern and southern polar ice caps. CRYOSTAT is an evolution of the FIRETRACC/100 project, the data from which is also held at BADC.
	CWVC - Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa) data
	Details
	These data are part of the NERC Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) programme. With a diameter of 25 metres the 3 GHz CAMRa at Chilbolton Observatory (UK) is the largest steerable meteorological radar in the world. Polarisation and Doppler data are stored in netCDF format for 30 March 1999, 9 June 2000, 20 October 2000, 21 November 2000, and 28 February 2001. Quicklook images are also available.
	CWVC - Egrett Microphysics Experiment, with Radiation, Lidar and Dynamics campaigns (EMERALD-1 and EMERALD-2)
	Details
	The EMERALD projects were airborne measurement campaigns designed to study dynamical, microphysical and infra-red radiative properties of cirrus clouds, using both in-situ and remote measurement techniques. These data are part of the NERC Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) programme.
	CWVC - Global Retrieval of ATSR Cloud Parameters and Evaluation (GRAPE)
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	The aim of the GRAPE project was to produce a global cloud and aerosol dataset using a state-of-the-art physical retrieval of the entire duration of the Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR-2) mission (aboard ERS-2). This dataset will be compared and contrasted with existing climatologies (based on different instruments and very different retrieval algorithms). The GRAPE project was funded through the Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) Programme, a five-year NERC directed research programme. An email list has been set up at BADC to distribute information/updates about and other GRAPE related issues to users.
	CWVC - HITRAN water vapour absorbtion
	Details
	The files contain spectral line parameters derived from laboratory measurements on pure water vapour, and mixtures of water vapour and air. The measurements were made at CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Molecular Spectroscopy Facility, and the line fitting was carried out by the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading. The spectral line parameters are displayed in HITRAN format. Water vapour lines were fitted to the laboratory data in the spectral range 5037 to 5585 cm-1.
	Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)
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	The ERBE instrument aboard ERBS, launched from the Space Shuttle Challenger in October 1984 (STS-41G), had the main aim to provide accurate measurements of incoming solar energy and shortwave and longwave radiation reflected or emitted from the Earth back into space. This CD-ROM contains data and colour images from scanning radiometers on the three ERBE satellites and for combined satellite cases. The CD-ROM is written using the ISO-9660 standard. Monthly average values are included for the time periods during which the scanners were operational. This dataset is public.
	ECMWF 15-year re-analysis data (ERA-15)
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	Global analyses from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-15 Re-analysis project. The ERA-15 project produced a long time-series (January 1979 - February 1994) of consistent meteorological analyses using a single version of the ECMWF model. Data held at the BADC include both initialised and uninitialised T106 spectral upper air data (approximately 1 degree resolution) on model levels and standard pressure levels. Corresponding surface parameters are held on a reduced gaussian N80 grid. Regular 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree gridded data is also stored on standard pressure levels and at the surface.
	ECMWF 40-year re-analysis data (ERA-40)
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	The ECMWF ERA-40 Re-Analysis Project consists of a number of climate datasets spanning the period mid-1957 to August 2002 using a consistent model. The data overlaps with the earlier ECMWF ERA-15 Re-analysis project (1979-1993).
	ECMWF ERA-Interim re-analysis data (ERA-Interim)
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	ERA-Interim is the latest ECMWF global atmospheric reanalysis of the period 1989 to present. This follows on from the ERA-15 and ERA-40 re-analysis projects. NetCSD data which includes data on surface, PV, potential temperature and pressure surfaces are now available through the BADC. Model level data will be available as GRIB formatted data in 2010. Model level data will be on spectral and reduced Gaussian grids.
	ECMWF Operational Analyses
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	Global analyses from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) from 1994 - present. This dataset follows on from the ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-15 and ERA-40) datasets with the same parameters at identical resolutions. Data is available in a number of resolutions and vertical level types. Some Monthly means and Seasonal Forecast data (1987-present) is also available.
	ECMWF Trajectories
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	5 day back trajectories run routinely at ECMWF from 1992 onwards. Includes global multi-level trajectories, 3 lat-long launch grids covering the UK, the mid-Atlantic storm track region and the eastern USA, plus back trajectories form field campaign instrument sites. A Trajectory Web service (http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/community/trajectory/) is also available. This service allows you to run and plot your own trajectories.
	Effective Atmospheric Angular Momentum (EAAM)
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	Data from the Met Office and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) models. Data are 3 angular momentum components of the mass and wind terms at 12 or 24 hourly intervals. ECMWF data available 1979-93. Met Office data available 1983-1997. This dataset is public.
	European Arctic Stratospheric Ozone Experiment (EASOE)
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	An EC measurement campaign undertaken in the Northern Hemisphere winter of 1991-92 to study ozone chemistry and dynamics. Contains measurements of chemical constituents and meteorological parameters from European ground stations and balloon and aircraft flights. Includes data from the ground-based ozone monitoring network. This dataset is public.
	European eXport of Precursors and Ozone by long-Range Transport (EXPORT)
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	The primary objective of EXPORT is to characterise and quantify the photochemical air pollution both forming over Europe and being exported eastwards from Europe. The data held at BADC was collected during a co-ordinated 3 aircraft flying campaign in August 2000 based at Oberpfaffenhofen in Southern Germany. Measurements were made of many photochemical parameters including ozone, its precursors, other oxidants and both gas phase and particulate tracers in the air over Europe and that being transported eastwards out of Europe.
	European Space Agency (ESA) - Measurement of H2O Absorption Cross-Sections
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	This data set is the main result of an ESA-funded study entitled 'Measurement of H2O Absorption Cross-Sections for the Exploitation of GOME'. The GOME instruments are downward-viewing satellite-borne spectrometers. Vertical profiles of atmospheric chemical species (in particular ozone) can be determined from the observations. Water vapour is of particular significance because it dominates the energy balance of the atmosphere. Also the spectrum of water vapour must be adequately understood and accounted for when deriving the concentration or distribution of trace atmospheric species. This dataset is public.
	FAAM - Aerosol Direct Radiative Impact Experiment (ADRIEX)
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	A joint UK Met Office/NERC/UK Royal Society/University of Oslo project aiming at improving our understanding of the radiative effects of anthropogenic aerosol and gases (ozone and methane) in the troposphere. The project is based on an airborne field campaign (August-September 2004) using the FAAM aircraft. The flights were based in Treviso (Italy) and covered areas over Northern Italy, the Adriatic Sea and between Northern Italy and the West coast of the Black Sea. The ADRIEX archive includes forecast trajectories and other products to support ADRIEX flight plans (computed using ECMWF wind fields) and data collected aboard the FAAM Bae-146 aircraft in August and September 2004.
	FAAM - Autumn and Winter Experiments (AUTEX / WINTEX)
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	Cloud physics and radiation dataset collected on board the FAAM aircraft during the Autumn and Winter Experiments (October 2004 to February 2007).
	FAAM - Cirrus and Anvils: European Satellite and Airborne Radiation measurements (CAESAR)
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	The CAESAR project aims to investigate the radiative properties of cirrus cloud over a wide range of wavelengths in combination with airborne in situ measurements of cirrus microphysical properties. Flights using the FAAM BAE-146 will observe frontal and anvil cirrus co-incident with the CloudSat Aqua-train and AATSR satellites over the Chilbolton cloud radars and lidars as well as ocean/sea surrounding the UK. Aircraft measurements will be used to obtain vertical and horizontal distribution of ice crystal size, shape and IWC during summer and winter periods.
	FAAM - Continuum Absorption in the Visible and Infrared and its Atmospheric Relevance (CAVIAR)
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	The CAVIAR campaign will use instruments on board the FAAM BAe-146 aircraft to determine the strength and temperature dependence of the water vapour continuum over a range of wavelengths. In doing so, the aim is to determine whether water vapour dimers, or the far wings of monomer lines, or a combination of both, are responsible for the continuum absorption, and put the continuum on a more secure theoretical footing.
	FAAM - Contrail Forecast Verification Experiment (COVEX)
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	This Met Office experiment is to validate the new contrail forecasting techniques based on engine parameters and environmental conditions. It is based on a one-flight experiment on board the FAAM aircraft, that took place in December 2004.
	FAAM - Dust and Biomass EXperiment (DABEX)
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	The Dust And Biomass EXperiment, (DABEX), based in Niamey, Niger in early 2006, investigates the radiative effect of dust and biomass aerosols emitted from the Sahara/Sahelian regions.
	FAAM - European AQUA Thermodynamic Experiment (EAQUATE)
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	A study of the atmosphere, the land surface and the ocean surface by means of a range of airborne high resolution souders, in conjunction with observations from the Aqua and Aura satellites. The EAQUATE archive held at the BADC includes data collected aboard the FAAM Bae 146 aircraft based at Cranfield, UK, during four flights in September 2004.
	FAAM - Flux Experiment (FLUXEX)
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	An experiment to establish the fluxes of many ozone depleting gases (CFCs, HCFCs, halons) and greenhouse gases (HFCs, PFCs, SF6) from the UK. Its aim is to assess regional emission inventories of these gases. Attempts will also be made to measure for the first time "new" ozone depleting gases, such as n-propyl bromide and hexachlorobutadiene, and to estimate UK emissions. The FAAM aircraft, fitted with air sampling bottles, is flown in the boundary layer upwind and downwind of the UK. The airborne campaign is taking place in the Summer of 2005.
	FAAM - Ice and Precipitation Initiation in Cumulus (ICEPIC)
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	A research project to understand and quantify the formation and growth of ice particles in cumulus congestus clouds by combining airborne measurements in cumulus congestus clouds with Doppler radar measurements. The FAAM aircraft will be flown through cumulus clouds in the vicinity of the dual-polarisation Doppler radar at Chilbolton (Spring 2005).
	FAAM - Ice Nuclearisation in Wave Clouds (NU-WAVE)
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	Data from a Met Office project to study ice crystal nucleation in orographic wave clouds. It is based on a 2-flight campaign (November 2004) on board the FAAM aircraft.
	FAAM - Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEX)
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	The IASI instrument was launched on the Metop satellite in October 2006. (Delayed from April 2006). Eumetsat is providing funds for the BAe146 to be involved in validation of IASI radiative transfer and some level 2 products. Flights will be flown over oceans to coincide with METOP satellite overpasses. Further flights will be flown low level over specific land calibration sites to characterise land surface emissivity. There may also be co-incident flights with other platforms including US ER-2 or Proteus aircraft and French high altitude balloon.
	FAAM - MICROwave investigation of MIXed phase cloud (MICROMIX)
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	FAAM Campaign in late 2005, beginning of 2006, which aimed at testing and improving the representation of mixed phase clouds in radiative transfer models.
	FAAM - NEON Infra-Red Camera
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	This project is a trial to test the operation of the NEON Infra-Red camera mounted on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft. The camera is used to detect the contrast between a runway and surrounding grass areas.
	FAAM - Production of Ozone of South-east England (POSE)
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	This project investigated the factors governing ozone chemistry during summer periods in the UK. In particular, the relative sources of ozone i.e general background, regionally produced products and local/in situ generation. Measurements were made using the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft throughout the troposphere in the locality of the TORCH field campaign in Writtle, Essex to determine the influence of regional transport and local chemistry on ozone concentrations.
	FAAM - Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO)
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	A US-led international project to study trade wind cumulus clouds in the Caribbean. The main objective is to characterise and understand the properties of trade wind cumulus at all scales, with particular emphasis on understanding the warm rain process and determining its importance. The field campaign took place near Antigua and Barbuda from the 17th of November 2004 to the 24th of January 2005. The UK participation to RICO involved ground-based measurements and the use of the FAAM aircraft based at Antigua, from the 5th to the 28th of January 2005.
	FAAM - Terrain-induced Rotor EXperiment (T-REX)
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	This joint American/European project will use the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft to take measurements of strong gravity wave activity and associated rotor activity beneath the waves in the lee of the Sierra Nevada mountains, California, USA. Motivated by aviation safety issues, the main objectives are to improve the understanding of the atmospheric conditions conducive to strong gravity wave activity, wave induced rotors and gravity wave breaking.
	FAAM - VOCALS-UK - VAMOS (Variability of the American Monsoon System) Ocean Cloud Atmosphere Land Study Regional Experiment
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	The VOCALS campaign - VAMOS (Variability of the American Monsoon System) Ocean Cloud Atmosphere Land Study Regional Experiment -is a large multi-national field campaign that is being established to investigate the coupled processes that control the climate of the SE Pacific region. This includes the variety of interactions between the ocean surface, the overlying atmosphere and the neighbouring land. A particular focus for the FAAM aircraft studies will be the sources of natural and anthropogenic aerosol and an understanding of their physical and chemical properties and a study of the interactions of this aerosol with the persistent stratocumulus cloud in the maritime atmospheric boundary layer. The campaign will use instruments on board the FAAM BAe-146 aircraft to determine the strength and temperature dependence.
	FAAM CCOntrails Spreading into Cirrus (COSIC)
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	Air travel and its associated emissions are growing faster than other sectors. These emissions are predicted to contribute a significant warming of climate over the coming century. One of aviation?s largest effects is likely to be that due to contrails and especially aviation induced cirrus, but these effects remain more-or-less unquantified (Forster et al., 2007). The two previous estimates have relied on correlating air traffic with cirrus coverage and have both large uncertainties and methodological problems. The ultimate aim of this project is, for the first time, to build a physically based parameterization of aviation induced cirrus to determine its role in climate change. The project aims to conduct studies of water vapour, ice crystal habit, turbulence and radiative properties of contrail as it either spreads into cirrus or dissipates. Boundary conditions for LEM studies of contrail lifecycles will be delivered and Measurements of radiative forcing from spreading contrail taken for comparison to other cases. Case studies for testing later contrail cirrus parameterization in the Unified Model will be also be considered.
	Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM)
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	The FAAM is a large atmospheric research BAE-146 aircraft, run jointly by the NERC and the UK Met Office. It has been in operation since March 2004 and is at the scientists' disposal through a scheme of project selection. The FAAM archive includes core data, provided by the FAAM as a support to all flight campaigns, and non-core data, the nature of which depends on the scientific goal of the campaign. Apart from some exceptions, access to processed core data is public but requires application (application is granted automatically after agreement with the FAAM Conditions of Use). Access to non-core data is ruled by the relevant protocols in force.
	Firn Record of Trace Gases Relevant to Atmospheric Chemical Change over 100 yrs (FIRETRACC/100)
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	This data was collected as a result of the FIRETRACC/100 project conducted in 1998 and 1999. The FIRETRACC project aimed to determine the history of numerous trace gases of both human (pollution) and natural origin over the 20th century in the global atmosphere. This was achieved by pumping old air out of deep unconsolidated snow (known as firn) that accumulates to depths of around 50 to 100 m on the polar ice caps of both hemispheres. The resulting firn air samples from the Arctic and Antarctic were returned to Europe and the US for multiple gas and isotope analysis in a number of research laboratories. The firn air samples were analysed for well over eighty separate trace gases (halocarbons, non-methane hydrocarbons, alkyl nitrates, sulphur species, etc.), and thirteen different isotopic measurements of CO2, CH4, CO and permanent gases (O2, N2, Ar, Kr).
	FREE - A data-driven exploratory study of extreme events based on joint probability analysis
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	The A data-driven exploratory study of extreme events based on joint probability analysis project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/F001037/1 - Duration October 2007 - October 2010) led by Dr Cecilia Svensson, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). Only metadata are expected to be produced. A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - A hybrid model for predicting the probablity of very extreme rainfall
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	A hybrid model for predicting the probablity of very extreme rainfall project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/F011822/1 - Duration January 2008 - January 2010) led by Prof Ralf Toumi, Imperial College London. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability
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	The Changing coastlines: data assimilation for morphodynamic prediction and predictability project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002048/1 - Duration January 2007 - October 2010) led by Dr S. Dance, University of Reading. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the British Oceanographic Data Centre. A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE)
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	The Coastal Flooding by Extreme Events (CoFEE) project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002471/1 - Duration April 2007 - May 2010) led by Prof. Jon Williams, University of Plymouth. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the British Oceanographic Data Centre. A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Ensemble Prediction of Innundation Risk and Uncertainty arising from Scour (EPIRUS)
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	The Ensemble Prediction of Innundation Risk and Uncertainty arising from Scour (EPIRUS) Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002129/1 - Duration January 2007 - January 2011) led by Dr Qingping Zou, University of Plymouth. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the British Oceanographic Data Centre. A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Exploitation of new data sources, data assimilation and ensemble techniques for storm and flood forecasting
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	The Exploitation of new data sources, data assimilation and ensemble techniques for storm and flood forecasting Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002137/1 - Duration January 2007 - April 2010) led by Prof AJ Illingworth, University of Reading. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - FLoAT - Responding to the June/July Flood Events in the UK
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	This project is intended to collate a variety of data collected during the June and July 2007 Flood events in the UK. This project is funded by NERC - project Ref. R8/H12/69 - through the Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) NERC directed mode programme.
	FREE - FRACAS: a next generation national Flood Risk Assessment under climate ChAnge Scenarios Project
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	The FRACAS: a next generation national Flood Risk Assessment under climate ChAnge Scenarios Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002420/1 - Duration January 2007 - March 2011) led by Mr Nick Reynard of the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). The data and metadata from this project will be stored at NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Identification of changing precipitation extremes and attribution to atmospheric, oceanic and climatic changes
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	The Identification of changing precipitation extremes and attribution to atmospheric, oceanic and climatic changes Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002412/1 - Duration Febraury 2007 - January 2009) led by Dr Tim Osborn, University of East Anglia (UEA). The metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Land Use Management Effects in Extreme Floods
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	The Land Use Management Effects in Extreme Floods project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/F001134/1 - Duration December 2007 - March 2011) led by Prof PE O'Connell, Newcastle University. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Local flood forecasting capability for fluvial and estuarine floods: Use of GridStix for constraining uncertainty in predictive models
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	The Local flood forecasting capability for fluvial and estuarine floods: Use of GridStix for constraining uncertainty in predictive models Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002439/1 - Duration October 2007 - October 2009) led by Prof Keith Beven, Lancaster University. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC, British Oceanographic Data Centre and NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology as appropriate. A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Modelling groundwater flood risk in the Chalk aquifer from future extreme rainfall events
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	The Modelling groundwater flood risk in the Chalk aquifer from future extreme rainfall events Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002307/1 - Duration April 2007 - April 2010) led by Prof Howard Wheater, Imperial College London. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the NERC Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Quantifying Flood Risk of Extreme Events using Density Forecasts Based on a New Digital Archive and Weather Ensemble Predictions
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	The Quantifying Flood Risk of Extreme Events using Density Forecasts Based on a New Digital Archive and Weather Ensemble Predictions Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002013/1 - Duration January 2007 - December 2008) led by Dr Patrick McSharry, University of Oxford. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the BADC.
	FREE - Uncertainty Assessments of Flood Inundation Impacts: Using spatial climate change scenarios to drive ensembles of distributed models for extremes
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	The Uncertainty Assessments of Flood Inundation Impacts: Using spatial climate change scenarios to drive ensembles of distributed models for extremes Project is a NERC Flood Risk for Extreme Events (FREE) Research Programme project (Round 1 - NE/E002242/1 - Duration December 2006 - Septembre 2010) led by Prof Glenn McGregor, King's College London. The data and metadata from this project will be stored at the NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). A copy of the metadata will be stored at the BADC.
	Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (GERB)
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	The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument makes accurate measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget. It is specifically designed to be mounted on a geostationary satellite and is carried onboard the Meteosat Second Generation satellite operated by EUMETSAT. The first GERB instrument, GERB-2, was onboard Meteosat Second Generation satellite, MSG-1, and began transmitting data on 12th December 2002. GERB-1 was launched onboard MSG-2 on 21st December 2005 and is now operational. Future GERB sensors units are planned for MSG-3 and MSG-4.
	Global Ocean Surface Temperature Atlas Plus (GOSTAplus)
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	Measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) and related parameters, climatologies and anomalies, Night Marine air temperature and Sea Ice coverage spanning the period 1851-1995. Dataset includes gridded, global SSTs from 1951-1990 and Sea Ice coverage from 1903 to 1994. The data are provided by the Met Office. Updated version of some data also available on request.
	Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME)
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	Ozone profiles derived by the remote sensing group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory from radiances measured by the Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) onboard ERS-2. The dataset also includes total column ozone, column BrO, and column NO2. Cloud heights derived from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) are included to aid interpretation of the ozone profiles.
	Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS)
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	The Global Sea Level Observing System (GLOSS) is an international programme co-ordinated by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) for the establishment of high quality global and regional sea level networks for application to climate, oceanographic and coastal sea level research. The programme became known as GLOSS as it provides data for deriving the 'Global Level Of the Sea Surface'; a smooth level after averaging out waves, tides and short-period meteorological events. The main component of GLOSS is the Global Core Network (GCN) of 308 sea level stations around the world, which are maintained by 87 countries. This dataset is public.
	Greenhouse Effect Detection Experiment (GEDEX)
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	Collection of 60+ global climate change datasets assembled on a NASA CD-ROM. Data include surface, upper air and satellite measurements of temperature, solar irradiance, clouds, greenhouse gases, fluxes, albedos, ozone and water vapour plus Southern Oscillation indices and QBO statistics. Specific datasets include ERBE, AVHRR, SAGE, TOVS, VISSR and ISCCP. Resolution and timespan varies with dataset. This dataset is public.
	Greenland Flow Distortion EXperiment (GFDex)
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	The Greenland Flow Distortion EXperiment, based in Keflavik, Iceland, took place during February and March 2007. Using in situ observations of high-impact weather systems and their associated air-sea fluxes in the coastal seas of Greenland, its aim was to improve our understanding and ability to predict interactions between the atmospheric circulation and the topography of the region, both locally and downstream over Western Europe.
	HadCM3 Control Run Model Data
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	Numerical model data from the Hadley Centre coupled model (HadCM3) Control Run.
	Halogen Occultation Experiment (HALOE L2 and L3 Version 19)
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	Instrument on board the UARS satellite which used solar occultation technique to measure global stratospheric and mesospheric profiles of pressure, temperature, O3, HCl, HF, CH4, H2O, NO, NO2 and aerosol extinction. Approx. 30 sunset and sunrise profiles per day between 80S and 80N. October 1991 to 1994. Data are level 2 products i.e. profiles at actual measurement location and not interpolated in horizontal. Data are version 19. Access permission required for Level 2 data so that PI can monitor usage of data. Level 3 data is public.
	HiGEM - High Resolution Global Environmental Modelling
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	HiGEM is a NERC - Met Office consortium developing a high resolution earth system model.
	High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder (HIRDLS)
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	HIRDLS is an infrared limb-scanning radiometer designed to sound the upper troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere to determine temperature; the concentrations of O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, NO2, HNO3, N2O5, ClONO2, CFCl2, CFCl3, and aerosols; and the locations of polar stratospheric clouds and cloud tops. HIRDLS is carried on the Aura mission, part of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS).
	Hydrological Radar Experiment (HYREX)
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	HYREX was a NERC special topic running from May 1993 to April 1997. Field experiments with an emphasis on radar, plus related interpretation and modelling, were carried out to investigate the short term forecasting and hydrological implications of precipitation. A special purpose-built dense rainguage network was established in Somerset as part of the project. Rainguage, radar and related meteorological data plus forecast data from the Met Office Unified Model are available through BADC.
	Impact of combined iodine and bromine release on the Arctic atmosphere (COBRA)
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	COBRA is a UK IPY consortium that aims to investigate the release mechanisms of iodine in the Arctic and the potential combined effects of iodine and bromine on its atmosphere. The team will measure reactive inorganic halogens (BrO, IO, OIO, I2), O3, Hg, HOx, HCHO, NOx, VOCs and reactive halocarbons from temporary laboratories located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, north of Kuujjuarapik, during February-March 2008. Met balloons and O3 sondes will be launched daily. COBRA will set up an ice camp and flux chamber experiments ~500 m into the bay to directly measure halogen emissions and ozone deposition, and will measure physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the sea-ice (and potentially of frost flowers) at different depths. The project is linked with OOTI, which is carrying out a simultaneous field experiment at Kuujjuarapik.
	Improved Air Quality Forecasting (ISB52)
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	The aim of the project was to develop a better understanding of air flow within the atmospheric boundary layer by gathering 3-dimensional air flow information using two identical Doppler lidars. The project compared parameters derived from the dual Doppler lidar measurements with inputs used in the UK Met Office air quality forecasting model. Field experiments were undertaken in March 2003 at Malvern and in July 2003 at RAF Northolt, West London, UK.
	Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS L2)
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	Instrument on board the UARS satellite which measured global stratospheric and mesospheric temperature, CO, H2O, CH4, O3, HNO3, N2O5, NO2, N2O and aerosol extinction. Gridded, global measurements between 80S and 80N, October 1991 - July 1992. Data include level 2 product (profiles at actual measurement locations). Data are version 9/10.
	Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder (ISAMS L3)
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	Instrument on board the UARS satellite which measured global stratospheric and mesospheric temperature, CO, H2O, CH4, O3, HNO3, N2O5, NO2, N2O and aerosol extinction. Gridded, global measurements between 80S and 80N, October 1991 - July 1992. Data include level 3A product (gridded in time or latitude along the satellite track). Data are version 9/10. ISAMS level 3 is public.
	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project C2 dataset (ISCCP-C2)
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	Global monthly cloud products as produced for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. The data on this CD-ROM are the ISCCP Stage C2 data (ISCCP-C2), at 280 km spatial resolution. There are 72 variables contained within the dataset, which are available at monthly and three-hourly monthly resolution. The data available at the time of publication begin in July 1983 and extend through December 1990. This dataset is public.
	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project D1 dataset (ISCCP-D1)
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	Global three-hourly cloud products as produced for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. The data on are the ISCCP Stage D1 data (ISCCP-D1), at 280 km spatial resolution. There are 202 variables contained within the dataset, which is at three-hourly temporal resolution. The data available at the time of publication begin in July 1983 and extend through to December 1999. This dataset is public.
	International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project D2 dataset (ISCCP-D2)
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	Global monthly cloud products as produced for the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York. The data on are the ISCCP Stage D2 data (ISCCP-D2), at 280 km spatial resolution. There are 130 variables contained within the dataset, which has both monthly means as well as means for three hourly time intervals. The data available at the time of publication begin in July 1983 and extend through to December 1999. This dataset is public.
	International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project - Initiative I data collection (ISLSCP I)
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	This CD-ROM set contains the Initiative I data collection. The datasets on this CD set cover four areas (land cover, hydrometeorology, radiation, and soils), span the 24 month period, 1987-1988, and all but one are mapped to a common spatial resolution and grid (1 degree x 1 degree). Temporal resolution for most datasets is monthly; however, a few are at a finer resolution (e.g., 6-hourly). The data within the four areas are organized into five groups on this CD set: vegetation, Hydrology and Soils, Snow, Ice and Oceans, Radiation and Clouds, and Near-Surface Meteorology. This dataset is public.
	International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project, Initiative II (ISLSCP II)
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	ISLSCP II has comprehensive data sets over the 10 year period from 1986 to 1995, from the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP). The ISLSCP II datasets are compiled in four key areas: land cover, hydrometeorlolgy, radiation and soils. They are mapped to consistent grids (0.5 x 0.5 degrees for topography, 1 x 1 degrees for meteorological parameters). Some data have a grid size of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees. The temporal resolution for most data sets is monthly (however a few are at finer resolution - 3 hourly). This dataset is public.
	IPCC Data Distribution Centre
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	IUPAC Evaluated Gas Kinetic and Photochemical Data
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	This dataset, held at the Centre for Atmospheric Science in Cambridge, is a compiled list of current up-to-date evaluated atmospheric gas kinetic rates recommended by the IUPAC Subcommittee on Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation.
	JET2000
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	The African Easterly Jet (AEJ) is part of a climatic system which is of critical importance to African and global weather and climate, but is poorly observed and not well represented in model analyses. The Met Office Met Research flight (MRF) aircraft performed four flights, involving transects along and across the jet and the baroclinic zone, to make observations of unprecedented resolution for this part of the world. 110 dropsondes were dropped along the fight path.
	Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS)
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	Infrared radiances from the Limb Infrared Monitor of the Stratosphere (LIMS) instrument, mounted on the Nimbus-7 satellite, were stored on a Radiance Archive Tape (RAT). RAT data was used to derive a series of products, two of which are held here. Firstly, the LIMS Inverted Profile Archival Tape (LAIPAT). This dataset contains radiances (from RAT), which are used to derive daily inverted profiles of temperature, and mixing ratios, water vapour, nitric acid, and nitrogen dioxide. Profiles are geolocated. Secondly, the LIMS Map Archival Tape (LAMAT). This dataset is processed to create daily maps in the form of Fourier coefficients for each parameter at 18 pressure levels (from 0.05 to 100 mbar). Data are organised into 38 4 deg. latitude bands. Data for the daily maps are interpolated to the two synoptic time (0000 GMT for night and 1200 GMT for day). Also included is the day/night combined (averaged) data. This dataset is public. Please note that a major reprocessing of the Nimbus 7 LIMS data has recently been completed. The purpose of this activity is to take advantage of the changes in the spectral line parameters that have occurred since the original archived version was created and to generate a data version that is compatible with the UARS data sets. Improvements in the algorithm have also been made. More information is available from the LIMS homepage at http://lims.gats-inc.com/ and version 6 data can be downloaded from GES DAAC.
	Met Office - Cardington Data
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	The research group at Cardington study boundary-layer meteorology and surface processes to help with the development of numerical weather prediction methods. The effectiveness of these methods is critically dependent on access to and analysis of high-quality observational data sets. These are used in a number of ways including the development of physical parameterisation schemes. The dataset contains recorded surface measurements timed at 1, 10 and 30 minute intervals.
	Met Office - European Synoptic stations data (1990 - 1996)
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	Hourly Surface data from 141 European stations for the period 1990-1996. Parameters include temperature, wind, rainfall, cloud cover etc.
	Met Office - GISST/MOHMATN4/MOHSST6 - Global Ice coverage and SST (1856-2006)
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	Measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) and also global sea ice coverage (GICE2.3b). Dataset include monthly mean gridded, global SSTs from 1870 to February 2003 and Sea Ice coverage from 1870 to February 2003. This dataset is an updated version of GISST2.2 available on the GOSTAplus CD-Rom. Also included in this dataset are The MOHMATN4 and MOHSST6 datasets. MOHMATN4 is of monthly night marine air temperature anomalies, and the MOHSST6 dataset is of monthly SST anomalies. MOHMATN4 and MOHSST6 are both represented on 5 deg. grids from 1856-August 2006. Relative climatological datasets for 1961-1990 are also included. The data are provided by the Met Office.
	Met Office - Global Mean Sea-Level Pressure datasets (GMSLP and HadSLP1)
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	The GMSLP is a fully global mean sea-level pressure (GMSLP) dataset, developed in collaboration with CSIRO (Scientific and Industrial Research for Australia), Australia and NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research), New Zealand. It is an historical, 5 deg. x 5 deg. gridded monthly dataset covering the period 1871-1994. The Met Office Hadley Centre recently produced the HadSLP1 dataset which replaces the Global Mean Sea Level Pressure (GMSLP) data sets, and is a unique combination of monthly globally-complete fields of land and sea pressure observations a 5 degree latitude-longitude grid from 1871 to 1998.
	Met Office - Global Radiosonde Data
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	Standard resolution radiosonde data from worldwide upper air stations over the period 1997 - present (Some European stations are available from 1990). The data consists of vertical profiles oftemperature, dew-point temperature, wind speed and wind direction from the surface to approximately 20-30 km. Data are reported up to four times daily. The data are provided by the Met Office.
	Met Office - Global Radiosonde Gridded Temperature Anomalies (1958-Jul.2004) - HadRT
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	The HADRT data are global radiosonde gridded temperature anomalies at standard levels in the troposphere and in the lower stratosphere from 1958 to July 2004. The data are degree Celsius anomalies from 1970-1990 means. Anomalies are calculated for each of about 200 sonde stations worldwide and grid values derived from these. This dataset has been superseded by the HadAT dataset (1958 to present) also available from BADC.
	Met Office - Globally gridded radiosonde temperature anomalies (1958 to present) - HadAT
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	The HadAT data are global radiosonde gridded temperature anomalies at standard levels in the troposphere and in the lower stratosphere from 1958 to present. This dataset supersedes the HadRT dataset. All values are anomalies relative to the monthly 1966-95 climatology.
	Met Office - HadISST 1.1 - Global sea-Ice coverage and SST (1870-Present)
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	Measurements of sea surface temperature (SST) and also global sea ice coverage (HadISST1.1). Dataset include monthly mean gridded, global SSTs from 1870 to present and Sea Ice coverage from 1870 to present. This is a new data product replacing the GISST/GICE data sets ended in February 2003. The data are provided by the Hadley centre (Met Office).
	Met Office - HadSST2 - uninterpolated sea surface temperature (1850-present)
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	The Met Office Hadley Centre's sea surface temperature data set, HadSST2, replaces the Met Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature dataset (MOHSST6) and is a monthly global field of SST on a 5 deg latitude by 5 deg longitude grid from 1850 to date. The data are neither interpolated nor variance adjusted.
	Met Office - Historical Central England Temperature (CET) Data
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	The longest available instrumental record of temperature in the world is now available at the BADC. The monthly series of temperature begins in 1659 and the daily data starts in 1772. These historical temperature series are representative of the Midlands region in England, UK. The data set is compiled by the Met Office .
	Met Office - Land Surface Stations data (1900-2000)
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	Historic land surface observations data from the Met Office station network. Data are available for the period 1900 to 1999 for daily measurements. Hourly observations are for now available back to January 1985. The dataset comprises daily and hourly weather measurements, hourly wind parameters, max and min air temperatures, soil temperatures, sunshine duration and radiation measurements and hourly and daily rain measurements. This dataset has been superseded by the new MIDAS Land Surface Stations data (1853-current) (http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/ukmo-midas/). It has been retained for reference purposes. Users with access to the MIDAS Land surface stations dataset automatically have access to this dataset as well.
	Met Office - Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) Charts
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	UK Met Office charts analyses pertaining to Mean Surface Level Pressure and 24 hour Weather Frontal Forecasting for the UK and Western Europe. The charts cover a period from June 1999 to the present.
	Met Office - MIDAS Land Surface Stations data (1853-current)
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	Land surface observations data from the Met Office station network as stored in the Met Office MIDAS database. Data are available for the period 1853 to present. The dataset comprises daily and hourly weather measurements, hourly wind parameters, max and min air temperatures, soil temperatures, sunshine duration and radiation measurements and daily, hourly and sub-hourly rain measurements.
	Met Office - Northern Hemisphere Geopotential Height (1945-2005)
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	This dataset holds Northern Hemisphere (north of 15 deg. N) daily and monthly series of 500 hPa geopotential height fields and also daily and monthly series of 1000-500 hPa thickness fields. The data is available for the period 1945 to 2005. The data is supplied by the Met Office, Hadley Centre.
	Met Office - Northern Hemisphere Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) fields (1873-2005)
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	This dataset holds Northern Hemisphere (north of 15N) daily and monthly series of Mean Sea Level Pressure fields. The data is available for the period 1873 to 2005. The data is supplied by the Met Office, Hadley Centre.
	Met Office - Rain radar products (NIMROD)
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	Nimrod is a fully automated system for weather analysis and nowcasting based around a network of C-band rainfall radars. This dataset has the fine-resolution analyses of rain rate for the UK and Europe.
	Met Office - Stratospheric Assimilated Data
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	Sets of global meteorological analyses comprising 3-dimensional fields of temperature, geopotential height and wind components at 2.5 x 3.75 degree resolution from the ground to 0.3 hPa (for the period 1991 to 2006-03-13) and on a smaller grid size 0.5625 degree x 0.375 degree on 27 (or 26 depending on variable) pressure levels, not UARS, for the period 2006-03-03 to present day. Data were originally produced by the Met office primarily to provide independent correlative data for instruments on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) and are generated using data from operational meteorological observations. Timespan of dataset is October 1991 - present day. Software provided for deriving potential vorticity. CD-ROM set available containing whole dataset. GIF plot files of temperature, geopotential height and PV on standard levels also available. Access permission required so that PI can monitor usage of data.
	Met Office - TOVS Stratospheric Analyses
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	Sets of global objective analyses produced by the Met Office from the three instruments (MSU, SSU, HIRS) which together form the Tiros Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS). Daily radiance and geopotential height data are available on a 5 degree latitude / longitude global grid from December 1978 to April 1997. Software is provided to derive potential vorticity. Access permission required so that PI can monitor usage of data.
	Met Office - UK High Resolution Radiosonde Data
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	High resolution radiosonde data from UK stations and also from Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falklands.. The data consists of vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, humidity mixing ratio, sonde position, wind speed and wind direction. Measurements are taken at 2 second intervals and the ascents extend to heights of approximately 20-30 km. The archive has around 10 stations with data from the 1990's. Data from Aberporth is also available from April 1990 - April 2000. Generally there are 4 ascents per day from each station.
	Met Office -Operational NWP Data Products (UM)
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	Operational NWP output from the Met Office Unified Model. These data are from both the Global and the Mesoscale Model part of the model. The Mesoscale model runs on a grid centred around the UK. Analyses and intermediate forecast steps are stored to give a time resolution of 6 hours for the global and 3 hours for the mesoscale. An ancillary file generation service is also available - http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/community/ancillary/.
	Met Office Hadley Centre HadCM3 model integrations
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	Numerical model data from various Hadley Centre coupled model 3 (HadCM3) experiments.
	Met Office Hadley Centre HadCM3-C model integrations
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	Met Office Hadley Centre HadGEM1 model integrations
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	Part of the the UK Met Office Hadley Centre's contributions to the fourth assessment report of the IPCCC was based on the HadGEM1 model. This dataset provides all the available data from the control integration (run with preindustrial levels of CO2 and other forcings) as well as output from a number of climate change experiments. The data is provided in the Met Office PP format, but tools are available to extract subsets in NetCDF and other formats.
	Met Office Hadley Centre HadRM3 PPE model integrations
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	Met Office Met. Research Flight C-130 data
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	The Met. Research Flight (MRF) was a Met Office facility, which flew a well instrumented C-130 Hercules aircraft for research purposes. The BADC holds data collected by the C-130 during NERC funded flights, such as those made during ACSOE and UTLS. The basic set of measurement include ozone, nitrogen oxides, water vapour, aerosols, wind, position and temperature. These are often supplemented by project specific measurements.
	Met Office Wind Profiler data (1998-onwards)
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	Wind profiler data is provided from five UK Met Office wind profiler instruments from the period of 1998 onwards. The profilers are located at the sites Camborne (Cornwall), Dunkeswell (Devon), Wattisham (Suffolk), South UIST and Isle of Man.
	Meteosat Images of Europe
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	Visible and infra-red images of the North Atlantic Ocean, Europe and North Africa from the Meteosat geostationary satellite. Images are archived from 11th November 1999 to June 2006. These images are public.
	Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
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	Images and LRIT data from Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite's SEVIRI instrument.
	Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) prototype water vapour data
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	Prototype water vapour profiles from the MLS data, retrieved at the University of Edinburgh. Data generally cover wider altitude range than "official" MLS version 4 retrievals and are available at a higher vertical resolution. Coverage is from September 1991 to April 1993.
	modis MCD12Q1 land cover type
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	The MODIS Land Cover Type product contains multiple classification schemes, which describe land cover properties derived from observations spanning a year���s input of Terra and Aqua data. The primary land cover scheme identifies 17 land cover classes defined by the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP), which includes 11 natural vegetation classes, three developed and mosiacked land classes, and three non-vegetated land classes. The MODIS Terra + Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid product incorporates five different land cover classification schemes, derived through a supervised decision-tree classification method: Land Cover Type 1: IGBP global vegetation classification scheme Land Cover Type 2: University of Maryland (UMD) scheme Land Cover Type 3: MODIS-derived LAI/fPAR scheme Land Cover Type 4: MODIS-derived Net Primary Production (NPP) scheme Land Cover Type 5: Plant Functional Type (PFT) scheme MOD12 Collection 5 products are under evaluation. Further status updates are anticipated by the end of calendar year 2008.
	NCAS Facility for Ground based Atmospheric Measurements (FGAM)
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	The Facility for Ground based Atmospheric Measurements (FGAM) is a National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) facility consisting of a distributed set of ground-based and specialised airborne (FAAM) instruments in the UK that are designed to make measurements of small-scale and meso-scale physical and chemical features in the atmosphere. FGAM is closely linked to NCAS weather, NCAS composition and to the Met Office. Formerly the Universties' Facility for Atmospheric Measurements (UFAM)
	Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC formerly known as NDSC)
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	The Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC), formely known as the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC), is a set of high quality, remote-sounding research stations for observing and understanding the physical and chemical state of the stratosphere. These stations, where ozone and key ozone-related parameters are measured, are complemented by both secondary stations and satellite measurements. The NDACC is a major component of the international upper atmosphere research effort and has been endorsed by national and international scientific agencies, including the International Ozone Commission, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Following five years of planning, instrument design and implementation, the NDACC began network operations in January 1991.
	North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer EXperiment (NAMBLEX)
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	The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer Experiment (NAMBLEX) campaign was conducted at Mace Head in Ireland from 24 July 2002 to 3 September 2002. The data consists of chemical and meteorological atmospheric measurements, model data and trajectories from a number of instruments, including several from the Universities Facility for Atmospheric Measurements (UFAM). The BADC is the primary archiving and distribution data centre for NAMBLEX.
	Oxidant and Particle Photochemical Processes above a South-East Asian tropical rain forest (OP3)
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	The objectives of the OP3 project are (i) to understand how emissions of reactive trace gases from a tropical rain forest mediate the production and processing of oxidants and particles in the troposphere, and (ii) to better understand the impact of these processes on local, regional and global scale atmospheric composition, chemistry and climate.
	PML ocean properties from SeaWiFS/SeaStar (QUEST/CASIX, 2009)
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	Ocean properties estimated for 1998-2007 from SeaWiFS/SeaStar Level 3 data.
	Polluted Troposphere - AMPEP
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	Aircraft Measurement of Chemical Processing and Export fluxes of Pollutants over the UK (AMPEP) is NERC Polluted Troposphere Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00152 - Duration 2002 - 2005) led by Prof. D Fowler, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
	Polluted Troposphere - CLOPAP
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	CLOud Processing of regional Air Pollution advecting over land and sea (CLOPAP) is a NERC Polluted Troposphere Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00147 - Duration 2002 - 2005) led by Prof. Tom Choularton, University of Manchester.
	Polluted Troposphere - Ionisation as a precursor to aerosol formation
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	Ionisation as a precursor to aerosol formation is a NERC Polluted Troposphere Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00150 - Duration 2002 - 2005) and is led by Dr RG Harrison, University of Reading.
	Polluted Troposphere - OVOCS and NMHCs in the polluted troposphere
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	Advanced GC-MS technology for observing OVOCs and NMHCs in the polluted troposphere is NERC Polluted Troposphere Research project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00151 - Duration 2002 - 2005) and is led by DR D Shallcross, University of Bristol
	Polluted Troposphere - TORCH
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	Tropospheric ORganic CHemistry Experiment (TORCH) is a NERC Polluted Troposphere Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00145. Duration 2002 - 2005) led by A. Lewis, University of York.
	Polluted Troposphere - Tranport and mixing in fronts
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	Transport and mixing in fronts is a NERC Polluted Troposphere Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00149 - Duration 2002 - 2005) and is led by DR SL Gray, University of Reading.
	QUEST - Quantifying ecosystem roles in the carbon cycle (QUERCC)
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	QUERCC (Quantifying ecosystem roles in the carbon cycle) QUEST Project comes under QUEST Theme 1 (The contemporary carbon cycle and its interactions with climate and atmospheric chemistry).The Principal Investigator in this project is Prof Ian Woodward from University of Sheffield, with 11 co-investigators at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), the Forestry Commission's Forest Research, the Agriculture and the Environment Division at Rothamsted Research and the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Leeds, York, Oxford and Southampton.
	QUEST - Climate-carbon modelling, assimilation and prediction (CCMAP)
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	The CCMAP (Climate-carbon modelling, assimilation and prediction) QUEST Project comes under QUEST Theme 1 (The contemporary carbon cycle and its interactions with climate and atmospheric chemistry). The Principal Investigator will be Dr. Eleanor Blyth at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at Wallingford, with subcontracts to the Universities of Bristol (Dr. Wolfgang Knorr, Earth Sciences and QUEST; Andy Ridgwell, School of Geography) and Oxford (Physical Oceanography, Prof. David Marshall).
	QUEST - Deglaciation
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	The QUEST Deglaciation Project comes under QUEST Theme 2 (The natural regulation of atmospheric composition on glacial-interglacial and longer time scales). This project will study Climate and biogeochemical cycles during the last deglaciation. QUEST Deglaciation is headed by Prof Paul Valdes at the University of Bristol, with contributions from 13 co-investigators at the Universities of Southampton, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Swansea and Oxford, Imperial College London, University College London, UEA and the British Antarctic Survey.
	QUEST - Dynamics of the Earth System and the Ice-Core Record (DESIRE)
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	The QUEST Dynamics of the Earth System and the Ice-Core Record (DESIRE) project comes under QUEST Theme 2 (The natural regulation of atmospheric composition on glacial-interglacial and longer time scales). Funded PIs and Co-Is are at 6 UK universities and institutes, and at 2 French institutes. A number of other UK and French universities are also involved as partners in the project. Dr. Eric Wolff (British Antarctic Survey) is the UK Principal Investigator.
	QUEST - Dynamics of the PETM (PETM)
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	Dynamics of the PETM (Relevance of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) to future global change) QUEST Project comes under QUEST Theme 2 (The natural regulation of atmospheric composition on glacial-interglacial and longer time scales). Prof Mark Maslin (University College London) is the Principal Investigator for this project. The project includes academics from Bristol, Southampton and Leeds, but will be co-ordinated at UCL.
	QUEST - Fire Modelling and Forecasting System (FireMAFS)
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	FireMAFS (Fire Modelling and Forecasting System) QUEST Project comes under QUEST Theme 3 (The implications of global environmental changes for the sustainable use of resources). FireMAFS is led by Prof Martin Wooster (Kings College, London) with 9 co-investigators from UCL, University of Leister, University of Reading, ESSC, University of Bristol and CEH.
	QUEST - Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST (MarQUEST)
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	The Marine Biogeochemistry and Initiative in QUEST (MarQUEST) project comes under QUEST Theme 1 (The contemporary carbon cycle and its interactions with climate and atmospheric chemistry). MarQUEST is led by Prof Andrew Watson (UEA), with 15 co-investigators at UEA/BAS, the Universities of Southampton, Essex, and Reading, and from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory.
	QUEST - Quantifying the influence of biogeochemical feedbacks on climate change (Feedbacks QUEST)
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	Quantifying the influence of biogeochemical feedbacks on climate change or so-called Feedbacks QUEST project comes under QUEST Theme 1 (The contemporary carbon cycle and its interactions with climate and atmospheric chemistry). Prof Tim Lenton (University of East Anglia) is the principal investigator (PI) for this project.
	QUEST - Quantifying the potential of terrestrial biomass to mitigate climate change (QUATERMASS)
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	Quantifying the potential of terrestrial biomass to mitigate climate change or the so-called QUEST QUATERMASS project comes under QUEST Theme 3 (The implications of global environmental changes for the sustainable use of resources). QUATERMASS is led by Dr Jeremy Woods (Imperial College London) with 13 co-investigators from Imperial College London, Forest Research, University of Aberdeen, IIASA and the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM).
	QUEST - Quaternary QUEST
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	Regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide on glacial-interglacial timescales and its coupling to climate change or so-called QUATERNARY QUEST project comes under QUEST Theme 2 (The natural regulation of atmospheric composition on glacial-interglacial and longer time scales). Quaternary QUEST is led by Prof Tim Lenton at UEA, with a team of 10 co-investigators at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Leeds, Bristol and Southampton and at UEA.
	QUEST - QUEST Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry (QUAAC)
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	The QUAAC (QUEST Atmospheric Aerosols and Chemistry) Project comes under QUEST Theme 1 (The contemporary carbon cycle and its interactions with climate and atmospheric chemistry). Prof John Pyle (University of Cambridge), with 11 co-investigators at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds, York, Lancaster and Manchester, and from CEH lead this project.
	QUEST - QUEST Fish
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	Predicting impacts and consequences of climate change on fisheries or so-called QUEST Fish project comes under QUEST Theme 3 (The implications of global environmental changes for the sustainable use of resources). QUEST Fish is led by Dr Manuel Barange (PML) with 18 co-investigators from POL, PML, CEFAS, University of Plymouth, University of Portsmouth, CSIC (Spain), UEA, WorldFish Centre, IPSL, ICES (Denmark), Met Office, IRD (Paris) and University of North Carolina.
	QUEST - QUEST Global- scale impacts of climate change (GSI)
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	Global- scale impacts of climate change: an integrated multi-sectoral assessment or so-called QUEST GSI project comes under QUEST Theme 3 (The implications of global environmental changes for the sustainable use of resources). QUEST GSI is led by Nigel Arnell (University of Reading) with co-investigators from the Universities of Aberdeen, Leeds, UEA, Edinburgh, Southampton, UCL, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, CEH and CEFAS.
	QUEST - Using palaeodata to reduce uncertainties in climate prediction (PalaeoQUMP)
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	Using palaeodata to reduce uncertainties in climate prediction or so-called PalaeoQUMP QUEST project comes under QUEST Theme 2 (The natural regulation of atmospheric composition on glacial-interglacial and longer time scales). PalaeoQUMP is headed by Prof Sandy Harrison of the University of Bristol, with co-investigators at the University of Southampton and Durham University.
	RAL Molecular Spectroscopy Facility (MSF)
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	This data is held by the BADC for the NERC Molecular Spectroscopy Facility (MSF). MSF provides world-class scientific equipment and support for infrared (IR),visible, and ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy. The MSF laboratories are used by many UK and international customers in a wide range of research and development programmes. The data are spectra of various atmospheric gases. The data are public.
	RAPID - ISOMAP UK
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	The ISOMAP UK: a combined data-modelling investigation of water isotopes and their interpretation during rapid climate change events project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00460 - Duration 1 May 2003 - 30 Apr 2008) led by Prof J.A. Holmes of the University College London, with co-investigators at the University of Southampton, University of Liverpool, University of Manchester, University of Bristol and the NERC British Antarctic Survey. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Arctic regulation of the thermohaline circulation (ARTHER)
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	The Arctic regulation of the thermohaline circulation (ARTHER) project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509307/1 - Duration 12 Apr 2005 - 25 Sep 2008) led by Dr Sheldon Bacon of the National Oceanography Centre, with co-investigators at the National Oceanography Centre, University College London and the University of East Anglia. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Assimilation in ocean and coupled models to determine the thermohaline circulation
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	The Assimilation in ocean and coupled models to determine the thermohaline circulation project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509058/1 - Duration 1 Sep 2005 - 30 Sep 2009) led by Prof Keith Haines of the University of Reading, with co-investigators at the National Oceanography Centre. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Attribution of ocean climate change signals in the Atlantic
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	The Attribution of ocean climate change signals in the Atlantic project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509266/1 - Duration 1 Sep 2005 - 28 Feb 2009) led by Prof David Marshall of the University of Oxford, with co-investigators at the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, and the University of Liverpool. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Can Younger Dryas atmospheric 14C concentration be attributed to North Atlantic surface ocean ventilation?
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	Can Younger Dryas atmospheric 14C concentration be attributed to North Atlantic surface ocean ventilation? project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C000137/1 - Duration 1 Apr 2005 - 30 Sep 2007) led by Dr William Austin of the University of St Andrews, with co-investigators at the NERC Radiocarbon Laboratory. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Circulation, overflow, and deep convection studies in the Nordic Seas using tracers and models
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	The Circulation, overflow, and deep convection studies in the Nordic Seas using tracers and models project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00446 - Duration 1 Aug 2003 - 31 Oct 2006 ) led by Prof Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia, also with co-investigators at the University of East Anglia. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Impact of changing freshwater flows on the thermohaline circulation and European climate - analysis and modelling of the last deglaciation
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	The Impact of changing freshwater flows on the thermohaline circulation and European climate - analysis and modelling of the last deglaciation project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Joint International Round - NE/C509558/1 - Duration 25 Aug 2005 - 24 Aug 2009) led by Prof Sandy Harrison of the University of Bristol, with co-investigators at the University of Bergen, Norway, the Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, and the Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Improving our ability to predict rapid changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation climatic phenomenon
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	Improving our ability to predict rapid changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation climatic phenomenon project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00443 - Duration 1 Jan 2004 - 30 Sep 2007) led by Prof Alexander Tudhope of the University of Edinburgh, with co-investigators at the Scottish Universities Env Research Cen, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, and the University of Reading. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Mass balance and freshwater contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a combined modelling and observational approach
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	The Mass balance and freshwater contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a combined modelling and observational approach project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Joint International Round - NE/C51631X/1 - Duration 1 Jun 2005 - 30 Nov 2008) led Prof Jonathan Bamber of the University of Bristol, with co-investigators at the Nansen Environmental & Remote Sensing Center, Norway,the Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute and Dr MR van den Broeke, University of Utrecht, Netherlands. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Predictability of rapid climate change associated with the Atlantic thermohaline circulation
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	The Predictability of rapid climate change associated with the Atlantic thermohaline circulation project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509174/1 - Duration 1 Jan 2005 - 18 Sep 2008) led by Prof Rowan Sutton of the University of Reading, with co-investigators at the University of Oxford and at the National Oceanography Centre. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Processes controlling dense water formation and transport on Arctic continental shelves
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	The Processes controlling dense water formation and transport on Arctic continental shelves project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00425 - Duration 1 Oct 2003 - 12 Jan 2007) led by Prof Andrew Willmott of the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, with co-investigators at the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory and Keele University. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Punctuated disintegration of the NW European Ice Sheet and rapid climate change
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	The Punctuated disintegration of the NW European Ice Sheet and rapid climate change project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Joint International Round - NE/C509523/1 - Duration 1 Jul 2005 - 30 Jun 2008) led by Prof Grant Bigg of the University of Sheffield, with co-investigators also at the University of Sheffield and the University of Bergen, Norway. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Quantitative applications of high-resolution late Holocene proxy data sets: estimating climate sensitivity and thermohaline circulation influences
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	The Quantitative applications of high-resolution late Holocene proxy data sets: estimating climate sensitivity and thermohaline circulation influences project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00440 - Duration 1 Jul 2003 - 30 Jun 2008) led by Prof Keith Briffa of the University of East Anglia, with co-investigators at the University of East Anglia. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The atmospheric water vapour budget and its relevance to the thermohaline circulation
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	The atmospheric water vapour budget and its relevance to the thermohaline circulation project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00441 - Duration 1 Nov 2003 - 31 Oct 2006) led by Prof Sir Brian Hoskins of Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, with co-investigators at the University of Reading. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The impact of climate change on the North Atlantic and European storm-track and blocking
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	The impact of climate change on the North Atlantic and European storm-track and blocking project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509115/1 - Duration 14 Mar 2005 - 13 Mar 2008) led by Prof Sir Brian Hoskins of Imperial College London, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, with co-investigators also at the University of Reading. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The Probability of Rapid Climate Change
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	The Probability of Rapid Climate Change project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00450 - Duration 1 Jan 2004 - 31 Dec 2007) led by Mr Peter Challenor, National Oceanographic Centre, with co-investigators at the National Oceanographic Centre, Durham University and the University of Sheffield. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
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	The Role of Air-Sea Forcing in Causing Rapid Changes in the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00427 - Duration 16 Feb 2004 - 15 Oct 2007) led by Dr Simon Josey of National Ocenaography Centre, with co-investigators also at the National Oceanography Centre. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The role of salinity in ocean circulation and climate response to greenhouse gas forcing
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	The role of salinity in ocean circulation and climate response to greenhouse gas forcing project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00442 - Duration 1 Oct 2003 - 30 Sep 2006) led by Dr E Guilyardi of the University of Reading, with co-investigators at the University of Reading also. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The role of sloping topography in the overturning circulation of the North Atlantic
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	The role of sloping topography in the overturning circulation of the North Atlantic project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00439 - Duration 1 Jan 2004 - 30 Jun 2008) led by Prof R Williams of the University of Liverpool, with co-investigators at the Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - The role of the cryosphere on modulating the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic
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	The role of the cryosphere on modulating the thermohaline circulation of the North Atlantic project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00462 - Duration 4 Aug 2003 - 3 Feb 2007) led by Prof Jonathan Bamber of the University of Bristol, with co-investigators at the University of Bristol, the University of Southampton and the Scottish Crop Research Institute. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - To what extent was the Little Ice Age a result of a change in the thermohaline circulation?
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	To what extent was the Little Ice Age a result of a change in the thermohaline circulation? project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Joint International Round - NE/C509507/1 - Duration 1 Aug 2005 - 31 Jul 2008) led by Dr Tim Osborn of the University of East Anglia, with co-investigators at the University of East Anglia and Royal Netherlands Meteorology Institute. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID - Understanding uncertainty in simulations of THC-related rapid climate change
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	The Understanding uncertainty in simulations of THC-related rapid climate change project is a NERC RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509366/1 - Duration 20 Jun 2005 - 19 Apr 2011) led by Prof Jonathan Gregory of the University of Reading. Access to this dataset is restricted to participants only.
	RAPID-WATCH - Change in the Atlantic Atmosphere-Ocean System (ChAAOS)
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	ChAAOS will utilise the huge computing resources made available via the climateprediction.net initiative to adjust, many hundreds of thousands of times, two fully-coupled ocean-atmosphere climate models and identify versions that best reproduce the historical state of the ocean-climate system. The best-performing versions will then be re-run either for the last 20 years, or the whole of the 20th century, with a variety of natural and anthropogenic environmental conditions imposed on them. By investigating the range of AMOC behaviour in each experiment, and comparing thse with estimates of the real world AMOC for the corresponding time periods, we will increase our understanding of the drivers of recent change, and our understanding of the future risk.
	RAPID-WATCH - Meridional Overturning circulation at 26N and the North Atlantic heat COntent (MONACO)
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	The main goal of MONACO is to understand the links between the MOC and the meridional heat transport (MHT) from the RAPID-WATCH observing system, and the subannual to interannual variability of oceanic heat content (HC) and sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the North Atlantic inferred from Argo floats.
	RAPID-WATCH - Risk Assessment, Probability and Impacts Team (RAPID-RAPIT)
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	RAPID-WATCH - The Value of the RAPID array for climate predictions (VALOR)
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	VALOR will investigate how the inclusion of RAPID-WATCH observations into the 'initial conditions', used to start climate model simulations, can refine predictions of the future climate and, particularly, the future state of the AMOC. The project will develop ways to assimilate the RAPID-WATCH and other ocean observations into ocean models which will then be used to produce ocean 'syntheses' - complete data sets of our best guess of past ocean state. Similar syntheses will also be produced which exclude the RAPID-WATCH observations.Both of these sytheses will then be used to start prediction experiments in climate models. By comparing the climate model simulations starting with and without the RAPID-WATCH observations, the impact of the the RAPID-WATCH array observations on climate predictions, and the climate model AMOC can be found.
	RAPID-WATCH - What are the roles of natural and human drivers in historical changes in the Atlantic Overturning Circulation?
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	This project will use ocean observations and model estimates of recent variability in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to help identify whether human or natural causes are responsible for recent changes. Estimated patterns of change in the strength of the AMOC and ocean heat content will be compared with the output of climate model simulations for the last few decades. We will use the model simulations carried out for the 4th assessment report of the IPCC. We will consider cases where the climate model is run with both natural and man-made (i.e. greenhouse gas) forcings, and with natural forcings only (i.e. volcanoes and solar irradiance changes). The project will also help validate the RAPID-WATCH observational moorings by extracting equivalent observations from the model reconstructions and, through a 'perfect' model study, estimate how much difference, if any, they'd have made to our ability to detect changes in the AMOC.
	ROle of Nighttime chemistry in controlling the Oxidising Capacity of the AtmOsphere (RONOCO)
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	The overall objective of this consortium project is to advance substantially our understanding of night-time chemical processes and their impacts on the troposphere through a combined programme of instrument development, airborne measurements and numerical modelling.
	Sea Surface Temperatures from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR-1) - 1991-1995
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	An infra-red radiometer capable of measuring sea surface temperature to better than 0.3K. The cd-rom dataset consists of two data products: (a) Spatially averaged sea surface temperatures (ASSTs) and (b) Time averaged global maps. The ASSTs are provided daily in half-degree cells together with temporal and positional information. The data cover the period August 1991 to July 1995. This dataset is public.
	Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment 2 (SOAPEX-2)
	Details
	SOAPEX-2 is primarily an experiment to study atmospheric cleansing by free radicals in extremely clean and slightly perturbed tropospheric air and focuses on a field campaign carried out at Cape Grim, Tasmania in January-February 1999.
	Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange Project (STEP)
	Details
	NASA/NOAA aircraft campaign based in Darwin, Australia in January and February 1987. Designed to investigate mechanisms of equatorial stratosphere-troposphere exchange. Measurements include trace gases and aerosol in cloud free and cloud dominated conditions. This dataset is public.
	Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II)
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	SAGE II is an instrument on board the ERBS satellite which used the solar occultation technique to measure global profiles of aerosol extinction, temperature, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and water vapour in the stratosphere and upper troposphere. Version 1 of the data set consists of monthly mean global image maps and associated gridded data for the period 1985-1993. Version 6.1 contains INDEX and SPEC files for the period October 1984 to July 2000. Version 6.2 is available for the period October 1984 to August 2005. Access to this dataset is partially restricted.
	Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III)
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	SAGE III was successfully launched onboard a Meteor-3M spacecraft on December 10, 2001. The satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit with an ascending node time of about 9 AM. Routine measurement operations began in March 2002 until the SAGE III mission was terminated in March 2006. The specific measurement objectives of SAGE III provide 1 km vertical resolution profiles of: aerosols and clouds at seven wavelengths from the mid-troposphere into the stratosphere and where appropriate, the mesosphere; O3 from the mid-troposphere to 85 km; H2O from the planetary boundary layer to 50 km; NO2 from the tropopause to 45 km; NO3 from 20 to 55 km; OClO from 15 to 25 km; and, O2 from the mid-troposphere to 70 km.
	Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement II (SAM II)
	Details
	Instrument on board the NIMBUS 7 satellite which measured profiles of aerosol extinction (km^-1) and extinction ratio. NMC temperatures, pressure and equivalent altitudes also provided. Daily data for sunsets and sunrises are available for a 14 year period 1978-93. SAM2 is a public dataset.
	Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE)
	Details
	Data from a NASA aircraft campaign based at NASA Ames during 1992 and 1993. Data include measurements of meteorological parameters, atmospheric composition, aerosol and cloud plus GOES imagery, TOMS column ozone and photochemical model data. This dataset is public.
	Surface Ocean / Lower Atmosphere Study (UK SOLAS)
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	The overall aim of UK SOLAS is to advance understanding of environmentally significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean, focusing on material exchanges that involve ocean productivity, atmospheric composition and climate. The knowledge obtained will improve the predictability of climate change and give insights into the distribution and fate of persistent pollutants.
	Surface Radiation Budget (SRB)
	Details
	The Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) dataset comprises estimates of surface downward and net irradiances, surface albedo, downward direct / diffuse ratio, surface cloud forcing, daylight cloud fraction. Data are derived from ISCCP and ERBE satellite projects. Various other radiation, cloud, meteorological and other diagnostic parameters are also provided. Data cover period March 1985 - December 1988. This dataset is public.
	The Armagh Observatory Climate Data
	Details
	The Armagh Observatory was founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson and as well as astronomical observations various meteorological parameters have been recorded since 1794. The data held at the BADC are daily, mean monthly and seasonal and annual maximum and minimum temperatures from 1844, the 1m and 30 cm depth soil temperatures since 1904, precipitation since 1838 and sunshine daily and mean data produced by Armagh Observatory. If users wish to find data from other areas of work undertaken by the observatory they should visit the Armagh Observatory website.
	The NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility at Aberystwyth
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	Data from the instruments at the NERC MST Radar Facility near Aberystwyth in West Wales. The principal measurements made by the MST radar are of the three dimensional wind vector over the altitude range 2 - 20 km. Other instruments at the facility include one of the Met Office's boundary layer wind profilers and a NERC climate data logger for measuring surface meteorological parameters. High resolution radiosonde data are available from a site approximately 45 km to the south-west of the radar site.
	The Polar Pathfinder Sampler: Combined AVHRR, SMMR-SSM/I and TOVS Time Series
	Details
	The Polar Pathfinder Sampler CD-ROM is an innovative assemblage of atmospheric and surface measurements from all three Pathfinders. Included is a two-year period of daily merged Pathfinder data sets at 100 km-resolution, placed in a multidimensional structure known as the "P-Cube." In addition, samples of full-resolution SSM/I, TOVS and AVHRR (both the 1.25 km and 5 km products) Polar Pathfinder data sets are included, also in EASE-Grid, making it easy to compare parameters at multiple resolutions. The new product provides data for a wide range of polar climate research applications, but is especially keyed to the needs of investigators dealing with large-scale atmospheric changes, surface heat and mass balance studies, and sea ice modelling. This dataset is public.
	Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) - CDs version 7
	Details
	The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) uses backscattered ultraviolet radiance to infer total column ozone measurements (gridded daily for the entire globe). These CD-ROM's (version 7) cover the operation of the TOMS instruments on the Meteor-3 and Nimbus-7 satellites, over the period November 1978 to December 1994. This dataset is public.
	Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)
	Details
	TOMS are a series of instruments on board the NASA NIMBUS 7, Meteor-3, Earth Probe and ADEOS satellites which measure column ozone. Gridded, global data available daily between November 1979 - December 1994 from NIMBUS and Meteor-3. Also available for this period are daily GIF files of hemispheric plots, video sequence of the GIFS showing the ozone hole development for educational purposes plus NASA CD-ROM of image data. Also available are data from the Earth-Probe and ADEOS satellites, launched in July and August 1996. TOMS data are available from November 1978 to December 2006. Following failure from EP TOMS, OMI Ozone data from the AURA spacecraft are now available from the BADC for the period August 2004 to present. These datasets are public.
	UARS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS L3)
	Details
	Instrument on board the UARS satellite which measured global ClO, O3, H2O, temperature and SO2. Data are version 4 and public (gridded in time or latitude along the satellite track) between 80S - 80N, approximately 10-60 km in the vertical, from October 1991 to June 1997.
	UGAMP Ozone Climatology
	Details
	A 4-dimensional climatology of ozone monthly means, combining various satellite observations and ozone sonde data. The data are global and cover the Years 1985 to 1989. The data are public.
	UK-Japan Climate Collaboration (UJCC)
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	Earth-system modelling data from the UK-Japan Climate Collaboration (UJCC). The project is a joint project between the Hadley Centre (DEFRA) and the NCAS-CGAM (Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling) at the University of Reading. UJCC makes use of a broad group of models in order to systematically explore the role and value of resolution in climate system research.
	Universities Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM)
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	The UFAM instruments have collected data during several measurement campaigns including NAMBLEX and the Polluted troposphere's TORCH project. This dataset contains other data collected by the UFAM instruments outside these programmes, in particular during the UFAM instrument intercomparison experiment, and the Shoeburyness experiment.
	URGENT - An Instrumented Aircraft Facility to Provide Vertical Profiles of Wind, Temperature, Turbulence, Sensible Heat, Aerosol and Trace-Gas Concentrations and Fluxes within the Urban Boundary Layer (PROFIL)
	Details
	An Instrumented Aircraft Facility to Provide Vertical Profiles of Wind, Temperature, Turbulence, Sensible Heat, Aerosol and Trace-Gas Concentrations and Fluxes t Urban Boundary Layer for PUMA Consortia Model Validation (PROFIL) is a NERC Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) Air project (GST/02/2225 - Duration: 1/04/1999 - 31/3/2002) led by Dr Martin Gallagher, University of Manchester.
	URGENT - Observation, Modelling And Management Of Urban Air Pollution (PUMA COnsortium - PUMACO)
	Details
	URGENT - Observation, Modelling And Management Of Urban Air Pollution (PUMA COnsortium - PUMACO) is a NERC Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) Air project (GST/02/1981 - Duration: 1/01/1998 - 30/09/2001) led by Prof. Roy M. Harrison, University of Birmingham.
	URGENT - PHYsicochemistry and TOXicity (PHYTOX)
	Details
	Airborne Particulate Pollutants: PHYsicochemistry and TOXicity (PHYTOX) is a NERC Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) Air project (GST/02/2222 - Duration: 1/10/1998 - 30/9/2001) led by Prof Roy Richards, University of Wales, Cardiff.
	URGENT - Tracers and Dispersion of GASeous POLlutants (GASPOL)
	Details
	Tracer and Dispersion of Gaseous Pollutants (GASPOL) is a NERC Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) Air project (GST/02/1974 - Duration: 2/9/1998 - 31/8/2001) led by Prof Peter Simmonds, University of Bristol. This project aims at characterising the dispersion of gaseous pollutants within and from cities. The methodology followed includes the determination of an effective experimental technology based on tracers release and monitoring (by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry).
	URGENT - Universities Weather Research Network (UWERN) Urban Meteorology Programme (URBMET)
	Details
	Universities Weather Research Network (UWERN) Urban Meteorology Programme (URBMET) is a NERC Urban Regeneration and the Environment (URGENT) Air project (GST/02/2231 - Duration: 1/01/1999 - 30/6/2002) led by Dr Stephen Belcher, University of Reading.
	UTLS - Anthropogenic influence on UTLS clouds and aerosol (CIRRUS)
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	Anthropogenic influence on UTLS clouds and aerosol (CIRRUS) UTLS round 5 project led by Prof. Tom Choularton.
	UTLS - Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport of Ozone in the UTLS (ACTO)
	Details
	Atmospheric Chemistry and Transport of Ozone in the UTLS (ACTO) UTLS round 2 project led by Prof. S.A. Penkett, Dr C.E. Reeves, Dr T. Green, Dr N. Brough, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, Dr J.A. Pyle, Dr K. Law, Dr R. Jones, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Dr P. Haynes, DAMPT, University of Cambridge, Prof. Brian J. Hoskins, Dr John Methven, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, Dr P.S. Monks, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Leicester, Dr. A.C. Lewis, Dr. J.M. McQuaid, Environment Centre, University of Leeds, Dr D. Brassington, Atmospheric Chemistry Research Unit, Imperial College, Dr Helen M. ApSimon, Air Pollution Group, T.H. Huxley School of the Environment, Imperial College.
	UTLS - Dynamics and chemistry of frontal zones, DCFZ
	Details
	The role of frontal shear zones in determining upper tropospheric chemical distributions (DCFZ) is a UTLS Round 1 research project lead by K. Browning, D. Chapman, University of Reading; G. Vaughan, W. Davis, Dept. of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth; K. Law, M. Evans, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Cambridge; Peter Haynes, Gavin Esler, DAMPT, University of Cambridge.
	UTLS - Evaluation of the ozone and water vapour datasets of the 40 year European re-analysis of the global atmosphere
	Details
	Evaluation of the Ozone and Water Vapour Datasets of the 40-Year European Re-analysis of the Global Atmosphere UTLS Round 2 project led by Prof. A. O Neill, Dr W. Lahoz and Prof. B. Hoskins, Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading.
	UTLS - Extension of THESEO balloon-borne measurements
	Details
	Extension of THESEO balloon-borne measurements of atmospheric tracers and chemically active gases in the mid-latitude lower stratosphere for tests of atmospheric transport UTLS Round 1 project led by Dr R.L.Jones, Dr J.A.Pyle and Dr Neil Harris, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, University of Cambridge and P.T.Woods, National Physical Laboratory.
	UTLS - International Transport of Ozone and Precursors (ITOP-UK)
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	Study of intercontinental transport of air pollutants by means of coordinated flights over the East coast of North America, the Azores and the West coast of Europe. ITOP is a component of ICARTT, an international initiative which coordinates the efforts of various American and European groups who have developed plans for field campaigns in the summer of 2004, with the aim of improving our understanding of the factors determining air quality over the two continents and over remote regions of the North Atlantic. The British contribution to ITOP is funded by NERC through the UTLS-Ozone Directed Research Programme. The ITOP-UK dataset includes forecast trajectories and other products to support ICARTT flight plans of the Summer 2004 (computed using ECMWF wind fields) and data collected aboard the FAAM Bae-146 aircraft in July and August 2004.
	UTLS - Ozone and water vapour measurements in the tropopause region
	Details
	Ozone and water vapour in the tropopause region UTLS Round 3 project led by Dr G. Vaughan, Dr J.A. Whiteway, Physics Department University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Dr R.L. Jones, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge.
	UTLS - SLIMCAT Reference Atmosphere for UTLS-Ozone
	Details
	A set of example output from the SLIMCAT chemical transport model (CTM). It includes three-dimensional global fields of stratospheric and tropospheric chemical (and sometimes meteorological) variables as computed for twelve dates in 1997, near the middle of each month.
	UTLS - The Aberystwyth Egrett experiment
	Details
	The Aberystwyth Egrett Experiment: Gravity Waves, Turbulence, Mixing and Filamentation in the Tropopause Region UTLS Round 2 project led by Dr J. Whiteway and Dr G. Vaughan, Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
	VIRTEM Validation of IASI Radiative Transfer: Experiments and Modelling
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	The new satellite instrument, IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer), is a moderate resolution (0.25cm^-1) Fourier Transform spectrometer which is scheduled for flight in 2002 on the European METOP satellite. IASI is expected to deliver vertical profiles of temperature and humidity data with a resolution of 1km. VIRTEM is an EU project to validate the instrumentation and retrieval methods to be used on IASI. Data in this data set include both aircraft based and lab based spectroscopic measurements.
	Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory
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	The Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO) is part of the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia (UEA). It is situated on the north Norfolk coast and is a world class facility for fundemental research, background atmospheric monitoring and teaching purposes. WAO operates a range of instruments in its measurement programme - the data from which is archived at the BADC. The WAO has also been the focus of many international experiments designed to into the chemistry of the planetary boundary layer and free troposphere.
	World Land Surface Temperature Atlas (WLSTA) (1992-1993)
	Details
	This CD-ROM is produced by the European Space Agency (ESA) and contains land surface temperature demonstration products as estimated from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensor onboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) series of polar orbiters. The data used are from the full resolution (1 km) composites (decade) data set processed in the framework of the "1 km AVHRR Global Land Data Set" collaborative project of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) EROS Data Centre (EDC), NOAA, NASA, ESA under the guidance of IGBP and CEOS. This CD-ROM contains excerpts from the full resolution land surface temperature (1 km pixel) data set over Europe, as well as so called world monthly "climatic values" (0.5 degree x 0.5 degree grid). The full processed data set runs from July 1992 to June 1993.

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