International Transport of Ozone and Precursors (ITOP-UK): Atmospheric Chemical Measurements and Analyses

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 was a component of the International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (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, referred to as ITOP-UK, was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through the Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere (UTLS)-Ozone Directed Research Programme.

The ITOP-UK dataset includes trajectories and other forecast products calculated by John Methven (University of Reading), based on European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) forecast wind fields, to support ICARTT flight planning, near-real-time chemical analyses produced by the University of Cambridge, and data collected aboard the FAAM Bae-146 aircraft in July and August 2004.

Date (Publication): 2004-12-10T03:18:37

Date (Creation): 2004-12-10T03:18:37

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2e7282eb1a9f4c2a0e171d3f1590bfab

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 2e7282eb1a9f4c2a0e171d3f1590bfab

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)		unknown	Author
NERC UTLS-OZONE ITOP-UK campaign participants		unknown	Author
University of Cambridge		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Lewis, Alastair C.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

ITOP-UK
FAAM
Chemistry

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atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2004-07-11T23:00:00

End date: 2004-08-03T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2e7282eb1a9f4c2a0e171d3f1590bfab	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/ICARTT/	ICARTT website at NOAA

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/projects/icartt/	International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/itop/traject/	Forecasts by ITOP-UK

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/itop/flight_data.html	BADC doc: ITOP Flight data

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-12-04T03:26:39

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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