FENNEC: surface meteorological and in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft

Fennec -The Saharan Climate System was a NERC consortium project 2010-2012 lead by the University of Oxford and involving the Universities of Leeds, Reading, Sussex and the Met Office.

The aim of Fennec was to quantify and model boundary layer and aerosol processes over the Saharan 'heat low' region, the greatest dust region during summer. This is the most ambitious project ever to observe the Saharan climate system and the role of dust aerosols. This collection includes surface measurements from eight automatic weather station (AWS) installed across the Sahara - four of which were installed in remote locations in the central desert where no previous meteorological observations had previously existed - and an aircraft field campaign with the FAAM BAe-146.

Date (Publication): 2016-01-12T10:17:36

Date (Creation): 2016-01-12T10:17:36

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/69835240982f4aee9f9038a6414e02c1

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 69835240982f4aee9f9038a6414e02c1

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM)		unknown	Author
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Met Office		enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	Author
Unavailable	Roberts, Alexander	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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FENNEC
FAAM
airborne
atmospheric measurments
AWS

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atmospheric conditions

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2011-02-15T12:58:53

End date: 2013-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-12-04T03:27:15

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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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