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Published October 28, 2024 | Version 2024.10.28
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IAGOS-CARIBIC MS files collection (v2024.10.28)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. KIT
  • 2. KNMI
  • 3. CNRS
  • 4. DLR
  • 5. FZJ
  • 6. MPI-BGC
  • 7. MPI-C
  • 8. TROPOS
  • 9. ROR icon Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Description

Content

IAGOS-CARIBIC_MS_files_collection_20241028.zip contains merged IAGOS-CARIBIC (CARIBIC-1 and CARIBIC-2; <https://www.caribic-atmospheric.com/>) data, on a 10s grid. There is one file per IAGOS-CARIBIC flight. netCDF files were generated from NASA Ames 1001. For detailed content information, see global and variable attributes. Global attribute `na_file_header` contains the original NASA Ames file header as an array of strings.

Data Coverage

The data set covers 22 years of CARIBIC data from 1997 to 2020, flight numbers 1 to 591. There is no data available after 2020. Also, there is no data available for the following flight numbers within the [1, 591] range:

  • CARIBIC-1, 1997-2002, 1-97: 4, 5, 6, 21, 28, 30, 31, 32, 38, 39, 73, 81, 83, 91, 95
  • 98 to 109 do not exist
  • CARIBIC-2, 2005-2020, 110-591: 217, 276, 277, 318, 320, 410, 411, 412, 425, 426, 427, 428, 434, 435 436

Authors and Parameters Info

See `_CARIBIC-MS_files_collection_*_Info.csv` in the zip archive.

Data Availability

This dataset is also available via our THREDDS server at KIT, <https://thredds.atmohub.kit.edu/dataset/iagos-caribic>.

Primary Contact

  • Andreas Zahn, IAGOS-CARIBIC Coordinator , <andreas.zahn@kit.edu>
  • Florian Obersteiner, IAGOS-CARIBIC Data Management, <florian.obersteiner@kit.edu>

Changelog

  • `2024.10.28`: revise CARIBIC-1 data, all flights (note on lat/lon inaccuracy, range checks for static pressure and temperature). CARIBIC-2 data unchanged.
  • `2024.07.17`: revise ozone data for flights 294 to 591
  • `2024.01.12`: revise naming convention of (nc attributes), add POF IV funding reference (zenodo)
  • `2023.11.15`: add CARIBIC-1 data, revise variable long names
  • `2023.10.17`: remove duplicate flights ("MSA" is "MAA"), add previously missing flights (200, 201)
  • `2023.09.26`: extend data; include soot photometer measurements
  • `2023.07.26`: initial upload

Files

IAGOS-CARIBIC_MS_files_collection_20241028.zip

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Additional details

Related works

Has metadata
Publication: 10.5194/acp-7-4953-2007 (DOI)

Funding

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Long-term trends of global atmospheric composition 12.11.13 (POF IV)

Software

Repository URL
https://gitlab.kit.edu/FObersteiner/Caribic2dp
Programming language
Python
Development Status
Active