The FAAM data archive is HERE.
– However, see the
"Access to data"
section below if you want to access the FAAM data for the first time. –
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For details of FAAM Campaigns and to apply for access please click HERE
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Further useful information for FAAM users/data providers is available HERE
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Introduction
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.
FAAM instruments provide four types of data:
- parameters required for aircraft navigation;
- meteorology;
- cloud physics;
- chemical composition.
The data are accompanied by extensive metadata, including flight logs. The FAAM apparatus includes a number of core instruments permanently onboard and operated by FAAM staff members, and a variety of other instruments, grouped into chemistry kit and cloud physics kit, that can be fitted onto the aircraft on demand.
FAAM is also a member of the EUropean Facility for Airborne Research (EUFAR) fleet of research aircraft.
Restricted Data Access
FAAM data are collected on a campaign-by-campaign basis. Access to the data also varies by campaign but generally :-
- Raw core data: and data from test and calibration flights, are restricted to the FAAM team.
- Processed core data: Generally public access but require formal online application including the agreement with the FAAM Conditions of Use. Apply In exceptional cases, some processed core data may be restricted to the project team for a maximum of 12 months.
- Non-core data (including Met-Office-non-core data): Access to these data are ruled by the various specific protocols in force, which usually make provision for some retention time period followed by the release of the data to the public domain.
To see campaign-specific conditions and to apply for access see the
table of FAAM projects
Data availability and file format
The FAAM flights schedule gives an overview
of the past campaigns and test flights and the
archive population table shows which data files are present for each flight.
To find out about core and non-core data, refer to the brief description of the different
types of FAAM data.
FAAM processed core data are stored in NetCDF.
Processed non-core data are stored in NetCDF, NASA Ames
or ICARTT formats.
Raw core data are stored in zipped files.
Some software to read, manipulate and convert these formats into each other are provided by the BADC (see "Documentation and Tools" section
below) or other agencies (see "Links" section below).
File names follow the FAAM File Name Convention.
In Summer 2007 a linux-based processing system was introduced for the core processed data. In this new system new descriptive names were used for the core and core-cloud-physics variables replacing the old PARAxxxx style names.
Documentation and Links to further information and references
Citation
FAAM, UK Meteorological Office, Natural Environment Research Council, [Smith, M.;Perry, A.; Gratton, G.]. Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM), [Internet]. British Atmospheric Data Centre, 2004-, Date of citation. Available from http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/data/faam/.
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