FAAM User Guide

• What is the FAAM Airborne Laboratory?
• User Services FAAM Provides
  • Science Measurement Capability
  • Maintaining Infrastructure
  • Flying Operations
  • Providing Data
  • Project Planning and Travel
  • Training
• Applying to Use the Facility
  • Overview of Access Routes
  • Access Routes
    • NERC Research Grants
      • Costs
    • Operational Partnerships
    • Full Economic Cost
    • Testing Hours
      • Process
      • Costs
    • Research Runway
• Specifying Your Requirements
  • The FAAM Application Form
  • Cost Estimates
• Safe Working at the Facility
  • Health and Safety Policy
  • FAAM Expectations
    • FAAM’s Stakeholder Enterprise
    • FAAM’s Users
  • Risk Assessments and Safe Working Procedures
  • Fieldwork
  • Incident Reporting
  • FAAM Support and Training
• Visiting the Facility
  • Notifying in Advance of Your Visit
  • How to Find Us
  • Signing in and Passes
  • Visitor Facilities
• Accessibility
  • Accessibility in the FAAM Building
  • Accessibility in the FAAM labs and hangar
  • Visiting and flying on the FAAM aircraft
    • Access and seating
    • Toilet
    • Sound and headsets
    • Lighting
    • Looking at data
    • Food, drink, and medication
    • Timings
  • Working away from Cranfield
  • Remote participation
• Aircraft Capability
  • Height and Altitude
  • Distance and Speed
  • Manoeuvres
• Guide to a Flying Project
  • Roles in a Campaign
  • Planning Flights
  • Guide to a Flying Day
  • Planning Timeline
  • The Campaign Itself
    • Campaigns Based at Cranfield
    • Campaigns based away from Cranfield
  • Feedback Process
• Measurements
  • Measurements made on every flight
  • User-selectable measurements
  • Detailed information about measurements
  • Specifying your measurement requirements
• Installing new equipment
• Getting Data in Real Time
  • What data will be available?
  • How to view data on the aircraft
  • Flight folder
  • How to look at live data on the ground
  • Aircraft position and mapping tools
  • Communication between aircraft and ground
    • IRC instructions
    • Exchange folder instructions
  • Preliminary data
  • Quicklook tool
  • Appendix 1
• Working with Processed Data
  • Quality Controlled Data
  • The CEDA Archive
    • What Data Files to Expect on CEDA
    • Version and Revision Numbers
  • NetCDF File Format
  • Documentation
  • Flagging
  • Metadata
  • Data Tools
  • Acknowledging, referencing and listing co-authors for FAAM associated science
• Feedback
  • Sharing Feedback
  • Response to Feedback
• Training and resources
  • Introduction to FAAM
  • FAAM data user introduction
  • Mission scientist training
  • Bespoke chemistry laboratory training
  • Flyer Induction
  • New Flyer Workshop
• Glossary