The UK C-130


General Information
Specialized data base
Datasets in the FASTEX Central Archive
Information on available data
Flights
Data selection page

General Information

  • Description
  • Name : C-130
  • Owner : UK Met. Office
  • Operator : Meteorological Research Flight (MRF)
  • Tail Number : XV208
  • In-air call sign : MET MAN59, MET MAN60
  • Location:
  • Home site : Boscombe Down, Wilts (UK)
  • Base during FASTEX: Lyneham/ Boscombe Down, Wilts
  • FASTEX Instruments
  • Flight level data
  • Dropsondes - Vaisala RD82 similar to RS80 with LORAN or GPS winds; descent time about 12 mins. Up to 5 may be used simultaneously
  • Aircraft characteristics and instrumentation


    • Specialized data base :

  • Meteorological Research Flight for in-situ aircraft data
  • Joint Center for Mesoscale Meteorology for high resolution dropsonde data


    • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Low resolution dropsonde data
  • High resolution dropsonde data
  • In-situ meteorological data (real time 60s data set and 1s processed data set)
  • Retrieved TEMP from hi. res dropsonde data


    • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive

  • Low and High resolution dropsounding data per hour
  • In-situ Meteorological Measurements


    • Miscellaneous information

  • UK C130 Flights during FASTEX:

    # IOPTake offBlock inFlight TrackDropsondes
    1 10 Jan 00:40Z 10 Jan 11:30Z X X
    2 12 Jan 10:00Z 12 Jan 19:50Z X X
    5 22 Jan 07:00Z 22 Jan 11:30Z
    		X
    7 25 Jan 21:00Z 26 Jan 04:00Z X X
    10 04 Feb 05:00Z 04 Feb 14:00Z X X
    11 05 Feb 17:54Z 06 Feb 04:00Z X X
    12 09 Feb 12:00Z 09 Feb 23:30Z X X
    15 15 Feb 06:00Z 15 Feb 17:00Z X X
    16 17 Feb 02:00Z 17 Feb 13:00Z X X
    17 19 Feb 03:00Z 19 Feb 12:00Z X X
    19 27 Feb 02:00Z 27 Feb 14:00Z
    		X
    • Updated : 2 sept 1999
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