Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an Instrument Container (CARIBIC): Atmospheric Chemical and Physical Processes Measured from Passenger Aircraft

The Civil Aircraft for the Regular Investigation of the atmosphere Based on an
Instrument Container (CARIBIC) is an aircraft based scientific project. Before
take-off a special air freight container filled with scientific equipment is
loaded into the cargo compartment of a passenger aircraft. The container is
connected to the outside air through a system of tubes. Instead of suitcases
this CARIBIC container contains scientific equipment. Whilst passengers enjoy
their flight, all the equipment automatically and quietly carries out thousands
of measurements.

Each flight is a complete experiment. The data records provided with a set of
self-explanatory header lines are stored into the database. Dataset-name and
-acronym contain a string _Vxx which stands for the version of revision - see
above. Version V02 has more convenient header layout and a few obvious mistakes
corrected in the data. Thus the highest version is recommended for download,
lower versions serve as collateral. Users must first register with CARIBIC to
download the data.

A more powerful package than the one deployed on the 1997-2002 flights, began
deployment in December 2004 on the Lufthansa German Airlines Airbus A340-600.

Data sets consists of:
Carbon Monoxide
Ozone
Gas chromotagraphy analysis of:
Carbon monoxide (CO)
Methane (VH4)
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6)
Ozone (O3)
Isotopes of CO and CO2
Non-Methane Hydrocarbons (NMHC)
Meteorological parameters including:
Temperature
Potential Vorticity
Potential Temperature
Equivalent Potential Temperature
Wind components: u, v
Wind Speed, Wind Direction
Water vapor volume mixing ratio
Water vapor (H2O)
Relative humidity
Specific Humidity
Cloud Cover
Cloud cover water content
Cloud cover ice content