Co-ordinated Airborne Studies in the Tropics (CAST): In-situ airborne, ozonesonde and ground based and atmospheric chemistry measurements

The CAST dataset contains data produced by the the NERC Co-ordinated Airborne Studies in the Tropics (CAST) project. CAST was a collaborative initiative with NASA's Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX) programme to study the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) over the Pacific Ocean and South East Asia.

This data collection includes airborne measurements made by the FAAM (Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements) BAe-146 aircraft whilst deployed in Guam in Jan/Feb 2014 during coordinated flights with NASA's Global Hawk making corresponding in situ measurements in the TTL over the West Pacific. In addition to these in situ aircraft measurements, the dataset comprises balloon-based measurements of ozone and ground-based ozone, CO2, CH4, CO and very short-lived halogen species. A complementary group of regional high resolution models, global composition models and a global cirrus model will also be used to address fundamental questions related to atmospheric composition, radiation and transport.

Date (Publication): 2014-01-13T16:32:08

Date (Creation): 2014-01-13T16:32:08

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/565b6bb5a0535b438ad2fae4c852e1b3

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 565b6bb5a0535b438ad2fae4c852e1b3

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Braesicke, Peter	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Harris, Neil	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Pyle, John A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Robinson, Andrew	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Vaughan, Geraint	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

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Update scope: Series

Keywords

CAST
FAAM
Ground based
Ozondesonde
Chemistry

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2013-12-10T09:44:27

End date: 2014-02-18T08:57:40

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/565b6bb5a0535b438ad2fae4c852e1b3	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.faam.ac.uk/index.php/current-future-campaigns/384-cast-2014-co-ordinated-airborne-studies-in-the-tropics	CAST FAAM Campaign details

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www-cast.ch.cam.ac.uk/	CAST Project site - Cambridge University

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/graphics/logos/CAST_logo_small.gif	CAST Logo

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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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Metadata language: English

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Date stamp: 2025-06-15T02:26:52

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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