605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 series series NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-27T02:27:44 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Met Office Met. Research Flight C-130: Airborne atmospheric measurements 2006-12-10T03:09:18 publication 2006-12-10T03:09:18 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4 605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) The Met. Research Flight (MRF) was a Met Office facility, which operated a well instrumented C-130 Hercules (also referred to as Mk.2 Hercules) aircraft for research purposes. The C-130 was in service from 1972 to 2001 and flew over 1800 research sorties. The large capacity and long endurance of this platform made it ideal for atmospheric research in the areas of cloud physics, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric chemistry, satellite activities, mesoscale meteorology and boundary layer studies. The BADC holds data collected by the C-130 during NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded flights, such as those made during ACSOE (Atmospheric Chemistry Studies in the Oceanic Environment) and UTLS (Upper Troposphere - Lower Stratosphere) projects. The basic set of measurements include ozone, nitrogen oxides, water vapour, aerosols, wind, position and temperature. These are often supplemented by project specific measurements. The aircraft was able to operate scientifically throughout the troposphere from a minimum altitude of 15 m (50 ft) where permitted, up to a maximum of 10 km. The aircraft had a maximum working flight time of 12 hours. The C-130 was taken out of service in March 2001 and a new joint NERC-Met Office Facility for Airborne Aircraft Measurements (FAAM) was established operating a BAe-146-301 aircraft. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author Tiddeman, David Unavailable author Unavailable author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher unknown series Met Office atmosphere chemistry airborne C-130 atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Please contact the data centre for assistance on accessing data from this dataset collection. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 1993-05-17T07:29:54 2001-03-26T23:00:00 Contact data centre for format details. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/605b99a139b1162de6a1096a11b0a8b4 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://arsf.nerc.ac.uk/ Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF) No further details. information http://www.faam.ac.uk/ Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements No further details. information http://arsf.nerc.ac.uk/index.asp?cookieConsent=A NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7356578 Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) A258, 259, 260 No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7356584 Meteorological Research Flight (MRF) - Flight reports A257-A260 No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/mrf/mrf_help.html MRF Background information by BADC No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/mrf/Summary_of_Capability.html MRF Mk.2 HERCULES Summary of Capability No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7356618 TIGER Meteorological Research Flight - May/June 1993 - Winds No further details. information series 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 2010-12-08 Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.