Citation:

PANGAEA.919223

Name: Aircraft measurements of the katabatic boundary layer structure over Greenland, flight KABEG_0502_P1
Creator: Günther Heinemann
Published: 2020-06-19
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: aircraft; Greenland; katabatic wind

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Keyword(s):

aircraft; Greenland; katabatic wind

Related to:

Heinemann, Günther (2020): Assessment of Regional Climate Model Simulations of the Katabatic Boundary Layer Structure over Greenland. Atmosphere, 11(6), 571, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11060571

Project(s):

Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS)

CATS - The Changing Arctic Transpolar System (CATS)

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0776D : Das arktische transpolare System im Wandel; Vorhaben: Veränderungen der Atmosphäre-Meereis-Ozean Interaktionen und deren Einfluß auf das transpolare System (TP 2)

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03F0831C : Vorhaben: Atmosphäre-Land-Meereis-Ozean Wechselwirkung

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant/award no. 03PL020F: Arctic Climate System Study

Coverage:

Latitude: 67.485000 * Longitude: -47.800000

Date/Time Start: 1997-05-02T06:10:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-02T06:10:00

Minimum HEIGHT above ground: 25 m * Maximum HEIGHT above ground: 330 m

Event(s):

KABEG_0502_P1 * Latitude: 67.485000 * Longitude: -47.800000 * Date/Time: 1997-05-02T06:10:00 * Campaign: (Katabatic wind and boundary-layer front experiment around Greenland) * Basis: POLAR 2 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC) * Comment: A4

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Method/Device	Comment
1	HEIGHT above ground	Height	m	Heinemann, Günther	Radar altimeter	Geocode
2	Temperature, air, potential	THETA	°C	Heinemann, Günther	Temperature sensor PT100 open wire
3	Humidity, specific	Humidity spec	g/kg	Heinemann, Günther	Lyman-α (AIR), Humicap, PT100 in Rosemount housing (Aerodata), and Dew point mirror (Gen. Eastern)
4	Wind velocity, west-east	U	m/s	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)
5	Wind velocity, south-north	V	m/s	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)
6	Wind speed	ff	m/s	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)
7	Wind direction	dd	deg	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)	from averaged wind components
8	Number of values averaged	N avg	#	Heinemann, Günther		in vertical bin
9	Temperature, air, potential, standard deviation	THETA std dev	±	Heinemann, Günther	Temperature sensor PT100 open wire
10	Humidity, specific, standard deviation	Humidity spec std dev	±	Heinemann, Günther	Lyman-α (AIR), Humicap, PT100 in Rosemount housing (Aerodata), and Dew point mirror (Gen. Eastern)
11	Wind speed, standard deviation	ff std	±	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)
12	Wind direction	dd	deg	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)	in ° from averaged wind directions
13	Wind direction, standard deviation	dd std dev	±	Heinemann, Günther	5-hole-probe (Rosemount)

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)

Size:

296 data points

Data

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1 Height [m] (Radar altimeter)	2 THETA [°C] (Temperature sensor PT100 open...)	3 Humidity spec [g/kg] (Lyman-α (AIR), Humicap, PT100...)	4 U [m/s] (5-hole-probe (Rosemount))	5 V [m/s] (5-hole-probe (Rosemount))	6 ff [m/s] (5-hole-probe (Rosemount))	7 dd [deg] (from averaged wind components...)	8 N avg [#] (in vertical bin)	9 THETA std dev [±] (Temperature sensor PT100 open...)	10 Humidity spec std dev [±] (Lyman-α (AIR), Humicap, PT100...)	11 ff std [±] (5-hole-probe (Rosemount))	12 dd [deg] (in ° from averaged wind direc...)	13 dd std dev [±] (5-hole-probe (Rosemount))
25	-5.90	0.297	-10.100	6.20	11.80	121.5	1				121.7
35	-4.41	0.362	-10.264	8.52	13.36	129.7	11	0.90	0.034	0.82	129.4	3.9
45	-3.94	0.389	-10.100	9.12	13.67	132.1	10	1.01	0.035	0.67	132.0	3.4
55	-3.02	0.445	-9.688	10.14	14.14	136.3	8	1.19	0.037	0.50	136.2	3.3
65	-2.01	0.512	-9.050	11.07	14.42	140.7	10	1.33	0.046	0.38	140.7	3.7
75	-1.29	0.569	-8.363	11.62	14.45	144.3	8	1.59	0.053	0.29	144.2	4.5
85	-0.83	0.615	-7.786	11.87	14.30	146.7	7	1.59	0.054	0.25	146.6	4.7
95	-0.36	0.671	-7.189	12.00	14.07	149.1	9	1.40	0.058	0.41	149.1	4.4
105	0.40	0.720	-6.386	12.01	13.66	152.0	7	1.17	0.062	0.46	152.1	4.0
115	0.94	0.756	-5.725	11.78	13.14	154.1	8	0.99	0.070	0.48	154.2	3.6
125	1.41	0.825	-5.000	11.23	12.34	156.0	10	0.93	0.080	0.51	156.2	4.0
135	1.85	0.918	-4.350	10.38	11.25	157.3	10	0.70	0.097	0.46	157.2	3.5
145	2.72	0.981	-3.389	9.54	10.10	160.5	9	0.37	0.113	0.48	160.3	3.8
155	3.20	1.018	-2.957	8.83	9.30	161.5	7	0.28	0.115	0.46	161.3	3.9
165	3.73	1.069	-2.511	8.20	8.59	163.0	9	0.26	0.090	0.43	162.9	4.1
175	4.17	1.136	-2.150	7.60	7.90	164.2	8	0.27	0.066	0.40	164.0	4.4
185	4.51	1.184	-1.929	7.20	7.46	165.0	7	0.27	0.051	0.37	164.8	4.6
195	4.80	1.210	-1.800	6.91	7.16	165.4	7	0.26	0.043	0.39	165.1	4.5
210	5.11	1.239	-1.744	6.65	6.88	165.3	16	0.22	0.036	0.45	165.1	4.1
230	5.40	1.256	-1.665	6.59	6.79	165.8	20	0.14	0.036	0.52	165.7	3.7
250	5.56	1.243	-1.676	6.65	6.88	165.8	17	0.10	0.034	0.47	165.7	3.3
270	5.72	1.201	-1.854	6.78	7.05	164.7	13	0.11	0.033	0.40	164.7	3.5
290	5.88	1.135	-2.077	6.77	7.08	162.9	13	0.13	0.034	0.37	162.8	3.7
310	6.10	1.049	-2.273	6.78	7.18	161.5	11	0.13	0.040	0.37	161.4	3.7
330	6.33	0.957	-2.391	6.78	7.22	160.6	11	0.13	0.050	0.37	160.5	3.3