Citation:

PANGAEA.919223

Name: Aircraft measurements of the katabatic boundary layer structure over Greenland, flight KABEG_0511_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: 65.947000 * Longitude: -41.153000

Date/Time Start: 1997-05-11T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1997-05-11T06:00:00

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

Event(s):

KABEG_0511_P1 * Latitude: 65.947000 * Longitude: -41.153000 * Date/Time: 1997-05-11T06:00:00 * Campaign: (Katabatic wind and boundary-layer front experiment around Greenland) * Basis: POLAR 2 * Method/Device: Aircraft (AC) * Comment: Pa

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:

289 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							0
35	-1.72	0.475	4.080	-15.46	16.00	-14.8	10	0.29	0.029	0.51	-14.8	1.0
45	-0.61	0.526	3.667	-16.58	17.00	-12.5	6	0.46	0.043	0.57	-12.5	1.4
55	0.84	0.619	2.740	-17.80	18.02	-8.8	5	0.74	0.032	0.27	-8.8	1.2
65	2.01	0.718	1.500	-18.48	18.54	-4.6	5	0.91	0.031	0.09	-4.6	1.4
75	3.46	0.812	0.200	-18.68	18.68	-0.6	4	0.89	0.026	0.05	-0.6	1.3
85	4.60	0.896	-1.000	-18.55	18.60	3.1	4	0.92	0.024	0.08	3.0	1.2
95	6.06	0.984	-2.000	-18.23	18.35	6.3	4	1.00	0.037	0.13	6.3	1.2
105	6.84	1.059	-2.933	-17.68	17.92	9.4	6	1.15	0.051	0.23	9.4	1.4
115	7.70	1.123	-3.350	-17.13	17.46	11.1	10	0.75	0.038	0.20	11.1	0.9
125	7.98	1.130	-2.817	-16.88	17.13	9.5	6	0.54	0.023	0.18	9.4	0.8
135	8.03	1.113	-2.360	-16.60	16.78	8.1	5	0.60	0.011	0.32	8.0	1.6
145	8.49	1.100	-1.650	-16.18	16.27	5.8	4	0.45	0.012	0.31	5.8	2.3
155	8.63	1.089	-1.440	-15.90	15.96	5.2	5	0.42	0.026	0.38	5.1	2.9
165	8.88	1.075	-1.033	-15.60	15.63	3.8	3	0.35	0.035	0.32	3.7	3.0
175	8.99	1.069	-0.920	-15.42	15.44	3.4	5	0.25	0.034	0.25	3.4	2.6
185	9.10	1.066	-0.850	-15.28	15.32	3.2	4	0.14	0.032	0.15	3.1	2.0
195	9.23	1.061	-0.700	-15.18	15.18	2.6	5	0.05	0.023	0.08	2.6	1.2
210	9.38	1.061	-0.385	-15.20	15.21	1.4	13	0.08	0.018	0.09	1.4	0.6
230	9.45	1.068	-0.278	-15.17	15.18	1.0	9	0.09	0.029	0.15	1.1	0.6
250	9.52	1.064	-0.427	-15.03	15.05	1.6	11	0.08	0.031	0.11	1.5	0.4
270	9.79	1.050	-0.425	-14.67	14.68	1.7	12	0.14	0.032	0.30	1.6	0.2
290	10.11	1.036	-0.560	-13.90	13.95	2.3	10	0.28	0.047	0.73	2.3	0.6
310	10.33	1.009	-0.878	-13.21	13.29	3.8	9	0.37	0.059	1.02	3.8	0.7
330	10.53	0.980	-1.100	-12.59	12.63	5.0	9	0.33	0.058	0.98	5.0	0.5