Project #2001-161 EPIC 2001

Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System

Principal Investigators: David Raymond, et al.

NSF/NCAR EC-130Q Hercules (N130AR)

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Documentation Summary

This site has the final documentation for the airborne measurements obtained from the NSF/NCAR Research Aviation Facility (RAF) EC-130Q Hercules aircraft (Tail Number N130AR) during the EPIC 2001 project which took place from 3 September to 10 October 2001.

The standard, low-rate (LRT), 1 sample per second (sps) data set for all flights is now available via 'ftp' or on magnetic tape, upon request. Access is also possible through individual science accounts with the NCAR Scientific Computing Division. Software is available at RAF to view these data in a summary format.

High-rate (HRT, 25 sps) data for selected flights are now available. Additional HRT data can be made available on a flight-by-flight basis in response to individual requests by the project participants.

Both the raw and production output data have been archived to the NCAR/SCD Mass Store System (MSS) which has proven to be extremely reliable. However, we strongly urge data recipients to make their own archival copies to protect against damage or loss.

As you proceed with analysis of your data, you may have questions, encounter problems, or uncover discrepancies or other aspects of the data set that may be of interest to the RAF and to other users. We ask that you bring these issues to the attention of the project managers or the RAF Manager:

Allen Schanot, (303)497-1063
Jeffrey L. Stith, Ph.D, (303)497-1032, Research Aviation Facility Manager
FAX phone number: (303)497-1092
Mail address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research
EOL/Research Aviation Facility
P. O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
U. S. A.

We are pleased to serve as major providers of information to the EPIC 2001 program, as it was an exciting project. We look forward to assisting you and the other investigators as the analysis of those data proceeds. If I can be of further help, please do not hesitate to call.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey L. Stith, Ph.D.
Manager, Research Aviation Facility

• Updated Pages on this web site
  This page has a summary of updates to this project's web site since its official release on 14 February 2002. Next to each link in the page is the date of its most recent change.
• Flight Summary Information Matrix
• Data Logs
  • EC-130Q Flight-Level Low-Rate Data Catalog
  • EC-130Q Flight-Level High-Rate Data Catalog
  • EC-130Q Flight-Level Raw PMS-2D Data Catalog
  • Raw Aircraft (ADS) Data Summary
  • SCD Mass Store System Bitfile List (/RAF path)
  • SCD Mass Store System Bitfile List (/ATD/DATA path)
  • Video Tape Log
• Output Data Format
  • Example Production Output netCDF File Header (Low-Rate)
  • Example Production Output netCDF File Header (High-Rate)
  • netCDF Information
• Reports
  • Project Managers' Data Quality Report
  • Section I: General Discussion
  • Section II: Flight-by-Flight Summary
  • Research Flight Reports
• Research Instrumentation
  • RAF-Supplied Instrumentation
  • Output Data File Measurement Lists
  • Categorized RAF Variable List
  • Variable List from Production netCDF File (Low-Rate)
  • Variable List from Production netCDF File (High-Rate)
  • Calibration Summary
  • Inertial Reference Unit Performance Summary
• Project Photos
• RAF Bulletins
  • RAF Bulletin No. 9 Standard Output Data Products
  • RAF Bulletin No. 23 Measurement Techniques: Air Motion Sensing
  • RAF Bulletin No. 24 Airborne Measurements for Cloud Microphysics
  • RAF Bulletin No. 25 Passive Broadband and Spectral Radiometric Measurements Available on NSF/NCAR Research Aircraft
• Project Support Information
  • RAF Software Product Guide