Global Attributes

This dataset provides the following global attributes:

  • Conventions: CF-1.9 ACDD-1.3 - The conventions followed by this data

  • acknowledgement: Airborne data was obtained using the BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research Aircraft [ARA] flown by Airtask Ltd and managed by FAAM Airborne Laboratory, jointly operated by UKRI and the University of Leeds - The acknowledgement for use of this data. Should read: Airborne data was obtained using the BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research Aircraft [ARA] flown by Airtask Ltd and managed by FAAM Airborne Laboratory, jointly operated by UKRI and the University of Leeds for FAAM data.

  • comment: <str: derived_from_file optional> - Comment about data

  • creator_address: Building 146, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford. MK43 0AL. UK. - The address of the FAAM offices. Should read: Building 146, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedford. MK43 0AL. UK. for FAAM data.

  • creator_email: <str: derived_from_file> - The email address of the data creator, or a generic FAAM email.

  • creator_institution: FAAM Airborne Laboratory - The institute responsible for the creation of the data. Should read: FAAM Airborne Laboratory for FAAM data

  • creator_name: <str: derived_from_file> - The name of the person or institute responsible for this data

  • creator_type: institution - The type of creator. Should be one of person, institution, position

  • date: <str: derived_from_file> - Date of the flight

  • date_created: <str: derived_from_file> - ISO:8601 date/time file created, ideally yyyy-mm-ddTHH:MM:SSZ. Equivalent to revision_date.

  • flight_date: <str: derived_from_file> - Date of the flight

  • flight_number: <str: derived_from_file> - The flight number

  • geospatial_bounds: <str: derived_from_file> - A well-known text representation of the flight envelope

  • geospatial_bounds_crs: EPSG:4979 - Coordinate reference system for geospatial attributes.

  • geospatial_lat_min: <float32: derived_from_file> - Minimum latitude of the flight.

  • geospatial_lat_units: degree_north - The units for geospatial_lat_* attributes

  • geospatial_lat_max: <float32: derived_from_file> - Maximum latitude of the flight.

  • geospatial_lon_min: <float32: derived_from_file> - Minimum longitude of the flight

  • geospatial_lon_max: <float32: derived_from_file> - Maximum longitude of the flight

  • geospatial_lon_units: degree_east - The units for geospatial_lon_* attributes

  • geospatial_vertical_min: <float32: derived_from_file> - The minimum altitude of the flight

  • geospatial_vertical_max: <float32: derived_from_file> - The maximum altitude of the flight

  • geospatial_vertical_units: m - Vertical units associated with geospatial_vertical_* attributes

  • geospatial_vertical_positive: up - Positive direction of geospatial_vertical_* attributes

  • id: <str: derived_from_file> - filename without extension, needs to be globally unique w/ naming_authority

  • institution: FAAM Airborne Laboratory - The institute responsible for the creation of this data. Should read: FAAM Airborne Laboratory for FAAM data.

  • keywords: <str: derived_from_file> - A comma separated list of keywords from the GCMD

  • keywords_vocabulary: Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) - Controlled vocabulary for keywords. Should read Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

  • license: UK Government Open Licence agreement - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence - The license for this data. Should read: UK Government Open Licence agreement - http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

  • metadata_link: <str: derived_from_file> - A link to a release of a controlled vocabulary of metadata attributes

  • naming_authority: uk.ac.faam - The authority responsible for naming this data. Should read uk.ac.faam

  • platform: FAAM BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research Aircraft - Platform name of the FAAM aircraft. Should read: FAAM BAe-146-301 Atmospheric Research Aircraft

  • platform_type: aircraft - Platform type: aircraft

  • project: <str: derived_from_file> - The project a flight was for. Expected to be of the form <project_acronym> - <project_name>

  • publisher_email: support@ceda.ac.uk - The email address of the data publisher

  • publisher_institution: CEDA - The institution responsible for publishing data. Should read: CEDA

  • publisher_type: institution - Type of entity responsible for publishing data. Should be institution

  • publisher_url: https://www.ceda.ac.uk - The URL of the data publisher. Should be https://www.ceda.ac.uk

  • references: <str: derived_from_file> - A list of references relevant to the file

  • revision_date: <str: derived_from_file> - The date this revision created. Analogous to date_created

  • revision_number: <int32: derived_from_file> - The revision number of the dataset. Starts at 0, increments by 1 for each revision

  • source: <str: derived_from_file> - A description of the source of the data. An instrument where this makes sense, otherwise a description of how data obtained

  • standard_name_vocabulary: <str: derived_from_file> - A vocabulary of standard names. Expected to be a CF standard name table, e.g. CF Standard Name Table v78

  • summary: <str: derived_from_file> - A brief summary of the data

  • time_coverage_duration: <str: derived_from_file> - The duration of the data, in ISO8601 duration format

  • time_coverage_start: <str: derived_from_file> - The start time of the data in the file, in ISO8601 format

  • time_coverage_end: <str: derived_from_file> - The end time of the data in the file, in ISO8601 format

  • title: <str: derived_from_file> - A brief title for the dataset

  • uuid: <str: derived_from_file> - V3 UUID: MD5 hash of id+date_created

  • constants_file: <str: derived_from_file> - Name of external file providing input to processing software

  • creator_url: <str: derived_from_file optional> - Institutional URL or researcher ORCID URL

  • processing_software_commit: <str: derived_from_file> - Commit hash for processing software in vcs

  • processing_software_url: https://github.com/FAAM-146/decades-ppandas - URL pointing to processing software source code, if available

  • processing_software_version: <str: derived_from_file> - Version of processing software

  • processing_software_doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5711136 - DOI of the processing doftware release, if available

  • project_name: <str: derived_from_file> - Full project name

  • project_acronym: <str: derived_from_file> - Project acronym

  • project_principal_investigator: <str: derived_from_file optional> - Name(s) of project PIs. Comma separated if more than one

  • project_principal_investigator_email: <str: derived_from_file optional> - Email address(es) of project PIs. Comma separated if more than one

  • project_principal_investigator_url: <str: derived_from_file optional> - ORCID URL(s) of project PIs. Comma separated if more than one