Cabin Temperature

• Full Name: Cabin Temperature at ADS Rack Location

• Short Name or Acronym: TCAB

• Measurements Provided: Cabin temperature at the location of the "ADS" (Airborne Data System) rack (in the GV, normally at the rear starboard location)

• Manufacturer or Builder of the Instrument:

• Operational Status:

  • requestable, ready for deployment

• General Description:

  • The temperature in the cabin of research aircraft operated by the NCAR/EOL Research Aviation Facility is controlled by heaters and air conditioners to maintain comfortable conditions for passengers. Within limits, this temperature is under the control of the flight crew, so the temperature may vary during flights and in different projects. As an aid in detecting problems with instruments associated with the temperature of those instruments, the temperature in the cabin is measured using an analog sensor with calibration coefficients (recorded in the data files and records), but that measurement is not a very good representation of the condition of various instruments because the temperature usually varies significantly in different parts of the cabin.

• Measurement Characteristics:

  • Overall estimate of uncertainty: Can be several degrees because of variations in the cabin.
  • Response time:
  • Precision:
  • Other measurement characteristics (comments on signal/noise, bias limits, etc):

• Lead Contact: Kurt Zrubek

Documentation

• Descriptive Publications
• Documentation of the Processing Algorithm(s): See the Technical Note on Processing Algorithms at this URL (fix when available)