Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Aerosol and chemical transport in tropical convection (ACTIVE): Aircraft Measurements and Ozonesondes Measurements

The ACTIVE (Aerosol and chemical transport in tropical convection) Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded consortium project, combined field measurements and a range of modelling tools at different scales to address questions related to the composition of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL).

Field measurements were conducted in Darwin, Australia in two phases: November-December 2005 (pre-monsoon convection), in collaboration with the SCOUT-O3 project funded by the European Commission, and January-February 2006 (monsoon convection), in collaboration with the US/Australian TWPICE project.

ACTIVE utilised the Australian Egrett aircraft operated by Airborne Research Australia (ARA) and the NERC Dornier 228 operated by the British Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF) to measure chemical species and aerosol in the inflow and outflow of tropical storms. Cloud-scale and large-scale modelling studies assisted in the interpretation of the measurements to distinguish the different contributions to the TTL composition. The dataset contains the before-mentioned aircraft measurement as well as ozonesondes.

Institutions involved in ACTIVE include

The University of Manchester, UK.

The University of Cambridge, UK.

The University of Wales at Aberystwyth, UK.

The University of York, UK.

The Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Germany.

The Forschungzentrum Julich (FZJ), Germany.

The York University, Canada.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), Australia.

The Airborne Research, Australia (ARA).

Date (Publication): 2005-12-10T03:19:19

Date (Creation): 2005-12-10T03:19:19

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	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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Keywords

NERC
ACTIVE
Aircraft
Ozonesondes

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2005-11-01T00:00:00

End date: 2006-02-28T00:00:00

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/e3a65c1b11972f7b291f1ed4397e77c8	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/geraint.vaughan/active/active.htm	ACTIVE Project website

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://dods.bom.gov.au/twpice/active/activepage.htm	ACTIVE project information

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.airborneresearch.org.au/	Airborne Research Australia

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://ara.es.flinders.edu.au/aircraft.htm	Airborne Research Australia Aircraft

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://arsf.nerc.ac.uk/	NERC Airborne Research & Survey Facility

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://arsf.nerc.ac.uk/aircraft/	NERC The Dornier 228: G-ENVR

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007JD008706/full	Allen, G., Vaughan, G., Bower, K., et al.: Aerosol and trace-gas measurements in the Darwin area during the wet season, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06306, doi:10.1029/2007JD008706.

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-12-04T03:26:48

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

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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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