UK Meteorological Office (UKMO) - Meteorological Research Flight (MRF)

The Met. Research Flight (MRF) is a UK Met. Office facility, which flies a well instrumented C-130 Hercules aircraft for research purposes. Flight time is made available to the UK academic community through the NERC Airborne Research Support Facility (ARSF). The BADC holds data from NERC funded flights, such as those made during ACSOE and UTLS. The basic set of measurement include ozone, nitrogen oxides, water vapour, aerosols, wind, position and temperature. These are often supplimented by project spacific measurements. The aircraft has a maximum working altitude of 10km and a flight time of 12hours. Link to the data set home page: "http://www.badc.rl.ac.uk/data/mrf/" [Summary Extracted from the BADC Home Page]