North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer EXperiment (NAMBLEX)

General Info

Title:	North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer EXperiment (NAMBLEX)
Type:	Data Entity
Sub-Type:	Measurement
Abbreviation:	namblex
Publication State:	published
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URI:	http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dataent_namblex

Summary
A brief description of the data.

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.

Content
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Introduction

The North Atlantic Marine Boundary Layer EXperiment (NAMBLEX 2002) was an atmospheric composition campaign carried out in July-September 2002. The campaign had a major contribution from UFAM instruments.

The aims of the campaign were to study the oxidation processes, atmospheric chemistry and composition of a number of species primarily in the Marine Boundary Layer.

Participating Institutions were the Universities of Leeds, York, East Anglia, Leicester, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, UMIST, Lancaster and Cambridge.

Campaign objectives were:

To test quantitatively our basic understanding of oxidation processes in clean and moderately polluted air using observed correlations and comparisons of measured and model-predicted behaviour.
To study extensively the chemistry of halogen species in the marine boundary layer through observation of reactive intermediates and their sources and sinks.
A study of the reactive nitrogen budget over the Atlantic Ocean.
To examine the origins and role of reactive hydrocarbons in the MBL, and carbon budget reconciliation using comprehensive chromatography.
To investigate the size-distributed composition, internal mixing and Cloud Condensation Nucleus (CCN) activity of aerosols and the processes involved in new particle creation.

A further campaign overview is available along with a list of Data Products generated by NAMBLEX and their location in the BADC archive.

Access to data

Data collected during this project has now been submitted to the BADC and is located in the NAMBLEX archive. This data is now publicly available.

Please note that some data files in the NAMBLEX archive are accompanied by 00README files. These files contain information relevant to the data files in the same directory.

Links to further information and references

NAMBLEX Workspace for use by NAMBLEX participants.

The BADC NAMBLEX pages include a:

Campaign overview.
List of Data Products generated by NAMBLEX and their location in the BADC archive.
List of publications generated by NAMBLEX research.
Summary of the Research Achievements of NAMBLEX.
Help on NetCDF and NASA Ames formats.

Citation

Date of citation

Who to contact

If you have queries about these pages or about obtaining the NAMBLEX data from the BADC then you should contact BADC Support. Your query should be answered within one working day. When follow-up work is required, the BADC support will carry out the work as quickly and efficiently as possible, and in any case, the user will be kept informed of progress.

For further information about the data or the NAMBLEX field campaign please contact the Principal Investigator Dr Dwayne Heard.

Lineage
Summary of the origins of the dataset, e.g.: "Dataset produced from NASA MODIS instrument on Terra and collected at the University of York's groundstation 1999-2003 and a copy provided to NEODC in June 2007".

Data provided as is by the NAMBLEX campaign participants.

Quality Statement
Description of the relative quality of the dataset.

Research data

Author
The principal author of the actual underlying data. Only one author can be specified per atom; if there are multiple authors, these should be specified as 'contributors'. NB, an atom MUST have an author specified.

Name	email
Dr Dwayne Heard, PI, University of Leeds

Online References
Online references with a specific relationship to the data being described here. NB, if links are supplied they must be valid and include the transport protocol - e.g. 'http://blah.co.uk'. Also, note, three online references can be added at once; after these are added a further three may be specified - and so on.

Relation	Title
Download	NAMBLEX Data Directory
Logo	UFAM Logo
Documentation	BADC Doc: NAMBLEX Data - Species, Datasets and Locations
Documentation	BADC Doc: Research Achievements of the NAMBLEX Experiment
Documentation	BADC Doc: NAMBLEX List of Publications

Parent Data Entity
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No data specified at present

Sub Data Entities
Lists all entities which have the current entity as their parent.

None

Associated Deployments

Parameters - summary

UZONALWINDSPEED	UPPERLEVELWINDS	ATMOSPHERICWINDS	ATMOSPHERE
EARTH SCIENCE	NULL	VERTICALPROFILEOFAIRTEMPERATURE	AIRTEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE	TRAJECTORYLONGITUDE	STREAMFUNCTIONS	J(O1D)
PHOTOLYSISRATES	ATMOSPHERICCHEMISTRY	WINDSPEED	TRAJECTORYPRESSURE
VERTICALWINDSPEED	VERTICALWINDMOTION	WINDDIRECTION	SURFACEWINDS
AEROSOLSIZEDISTRIBUTION	AEROSOLPARTICLEPROPERTIES	AEROSOLS	TEMPERATURE
TURBULENCEPARAMETERS	TURBULENCE	RELATIVEHUMIDITY	HUMIDITY
ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR	PARTICLENUMBERCONCENTRATION	SULPHURDIOXIDE	SULFUROXIDES
AIRQUALITY	BLACKCARBONSOOT	PARTICULATEMATTER	VMERIDIONALWINDSPEED
TRAJECTORYLATITUDE	J(NO2)	VERTICALVELOCITY	EXTINCTIONAT1MICRON
AEROSOLEXTINCTION	AEROSOLCOMPOSITION	TOTALRADIATION	SOLARRADIATION
ATMOSPHERICRADIATION	HONO	TRACESPECIES	TRACEGASES
RH	DMS	ORGANICPEROXIDE	BRO
H2	CO	TERPENES	SO42-
ORGANICNITROGRENCOMPOUNDS	CH3OOH	NH4+	IO
OH	ALDEHYDES	IBR	NMHC
OIO	RO2+HO2	ALCOHOLS	CO2
ISOPRENE	PEROXIDE	HO2	ALKYLNITRATES
ICL	CH4	OXYGENATEDVOCS	PEROXYACETYLNITRATE(PAN)
CN	CH2O	KETONES	N2O
ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE	NA	TRACEMETALS	TRACEELEMENTS
REACTIVEHALOCARBONS	HALOCARBONS	HALONSANDHALOGENS	LONGLIVEDHALOCARBONS
NOX	NITROGENOXIDES	NITROGENCOMPOUNDS	HNO3
NITRICACID	NO	NOY	NO3
OZONEMASSMIXINGRATIO	OZONE	OXYGENCOMPOUNDS

Parameters - details
Parameters to describe the data - with vocab URL and term IDs for further classification. Note, three parameters can be added at once; after these are added a further three may be specified - and so on.

Label	Vocab Term URL	Vocab Term ID
UZONALWINDSPEED	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
UPPERLEVELWINDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICWINDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
ATMOSPHERE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131	NULL
EARTH SCIENCE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P111	GCAT0001
NULL	general_units	0
VERTICALPROFILEOFAIRTEMPERATURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AIRTEMPERATURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
TRAJECTORYLONGITUDE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
STREAMFUNCTIONS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
J(O1D)	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
PHOTOLYSISRATES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICCHEMISTRY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
WINDSPEED	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRAJECTORYPRESSURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
VERTICALWINDSPEED	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
VERTICALWINDMOTION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
WINDDIRECTION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
SURFACEWINDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AEROSOLSIZEDISTRIBUTION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AEROSOLPARTICLEPROPERTIES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AEROSOLS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
TEMPERATURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TURBULENCEPARAMETERS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TURBULENCE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
RELATIVEHUMIDITY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
HUMIDITY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
PARTICLENUMBERCONCENTRATION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
SULPHURDIOXIDE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
SULFUROXIDES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AIRQUALITY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
BLACKCARBONSOOT	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
PARTICULATEMATTER	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
VMERIDIONALWINDSPEED	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRAJECTORYLATITUDE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
J(NO2)	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
VERTICALVELOCITY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
EXTINCTIONAT1MICRON	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AEROSOLEXTINCTION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
AEROSOLCOMPOSITION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TOTALRADIATION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
SOLARRADIATION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICRADIATION	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
HONO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRACESPECIES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRACEGASES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
RH	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
DMS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ORGANICPEROXIDE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
BRO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
H2	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TERPENES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
SO42-	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ORGANICNITROGRENCOMPOUNDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CH3OOH	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NH4+	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
IO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OH	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ALDEHYDES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
IBR	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NMHC	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OIO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
RO2+HO2	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ALCOHOLS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CO2	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ISOPRENE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
PEROXIDE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
HO2	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ALKYLNITRATES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ICL	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CH4	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OXYGENATEDVOCS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
PEROXYACETYLNITRATE(PAN)	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CN	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
CH2O	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
KETONES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
N2O	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141	NULL
NA	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRACEMETALS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
TRACEELEMENTS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
REACTIVEHALOCARBONS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
HALOCARBONS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
HALONSANDHALOGENS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
LONGLIVEDHALOCARBONS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NOX	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NITROGENOXIDES	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NITROGENCOMPOUNDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
HNO3	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NITRICACID	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NOY	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
NO3	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OZONEMASSMIXINGRATIO	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OZONE	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL
OXYGENCOMPOUNDS	http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/null	NULL

Data Coverage
Summary of the temporal and spatial data coverage for the data.

Spatial coverage
Max Y: 53.853
Min X: -15.707	Max X -8.704
Min Y 53.185

Temporal coverage
Start Date:	2002-07-24
End Date:	2002-09-03

Spatial resolution

No spatial resoultion information available.

Vertical extent

No vertical extent information available.

Responsible Parties
Parties responsible for the metadata - e.g. data curator. Responsible parties can have a role specified to make their function clearer. Multiple responsible parties can be specified.

Role	Name	URI
Data Curator	badc.nerc.ac.uk	http://badc.nerc.ac.uk

Other Info
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Dataset language

English

Update frequency

notPlanned

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