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The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type Variable Name Attribute Name Data Type Value
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_data_type String Trajectory
attribute NC_GLOBAL cdm_trajectory_variables String trajectory_id
attribute NC_GLOBAL comment String Radon:
The PMEL radon instrument is a "dual flow loop, two filtered radon detector". The general features of the instrument are described in Whittlestone and Zahorowski, Baseline radon detectors for shipboard use: Development and deployment in the First Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE1), J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16,743-16,751, 1998. The instrument response is due to radon gas, not radon daughters (all of the existing radon daughters are filtered out before entering the decay/counting tank). The instrument registers the total number of decay counts per 30 minute interval on a filter (wire screen) arising from the decay of radon in the tank. The volume of the decay/counting tank was 905 l and the sample flow rate into and out of the tank was typically 70 l/min. The response time of the radon instrument is limited to about 30 minutes by the radiological decay time constants of the radon daughters on the wire screen filter. Thus, the start time given in the data file is 15 minutes prior to the midpoint of the counting interval. The instrument was calibrated with a known radon source in Seattle before the cruise and a second calibration was performed after the instrument was shipped back to PMEL. Radon concentrations are given in mBq m-3.
attribute NC_GLOBAL contributor_name String Coffman, Derek/NOAA-PMEL/Address: 7600 Sand Pt. Wy. NE,Seattle,WA 98115 /email: derek.coffman@noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL Conventions String COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3, NCCSV-1.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_email String derek.coffman at noaa.gov
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_name String Coffman, Derek
attribute NC_GLOBAL creator_url String https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/ (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL dimensions String time=1692
attribute NC_GLOBAL Easternmost_Easting double -50.9295
attribute NC_GLOBAL featureType String Trajectory
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_max double 15.8647
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_min double 12.8039
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lat_units String degrees_north
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_max double -50.9295
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_min double -59.6542
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_lon_units String degrees_east
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_max double 18.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_min double 18.0
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_positive String up
attribute NC_GLOBAL geospatial_vertical_units String m
attribute NC_GLOBAL infoUrl String https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/acg/data/index.html (external link)
attribute NC_GLOBAL institution String NOAA
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords String 222rn, above, air, altitude, atmosphere, atmospheric, atomic, chemistry, concentration, data, datetime, duration, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height, environmental, height, identifier, laboratory, latitude, level, longitude, marine, mean, noaa, pacific, pmel, radioactivity, radioactivity_concentration_of_222rn_in_air, radon, science, sea, station, time, trajectory, trajectory_id
attribute NC_GLOBAL keywords_vocabulary String GCMD Science Keywords
attribute NC_GLOBAL license String These data were produced by NOAA and are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. NOAA waives any potential copyright and related rights in these data worldwide through the Creative Commons Zero 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (CC0-1.0).
attribute NC_GLOBAL Northernmost_Northing double 15.8647
attribute NC_GLOBAL platform String RHBrown
attribute NC_GLOBAL product_version String 0
attribute NC_GLOBAL project String ATOMIC
attribute NC_GLOBAL sourceUrl String (local files)
attribute NC_GLOBAL Southernmost_Northing double 12.8039
attribute NC_GLOBAL standard_name_vocabulary String CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute NC_GLOBAL subsetVariables String trajectory_id, duration, altitude
attribute NC_GLOBAL summary String From early January through mid-February 2020, NOAA is partnering with several universities and other programs to lead the Atlantic Tradewind Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Interaction Campaign (ATOMIC). The field study will take place in the tropical North Atlantic east of Barbados and investigate cloud and air-sea interaction processes with the goal of advancing understanding and prediction of U.S. weather and climate. ATOMIC is the U.S. complement to the European field campaign called EUREC4A. This collaborative effort involves a unique combination of ships, piloted and remotely-controlled aircraft, and remotely-controlled ocean vehicles to characterize ocean and atmospheric properties. A suite of instruments will be deployed from NOAA's research ship Ronald H. Brown and WP-3D Orion "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft, and on land.

The focus area of ATOMIC is in the heart of the trade winds and representative of other regions across the global ocean with shallow convective clouds. Some of the Earth's largest ocean eddies (circular currents) also shed into this region from the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers. Conducting the study during winter allows researchers to observe the ocean, air, and clouds in near isolation from hurricane impacts, and to gain better insight into the ocean's involvement in making clouds that affect larger weather and climate patterns.

Improved understanding of air-sea interactions in this region will help advance representations of these processes in NOAA's model forecast systems. This effort will also improve the numerical guidance used to predict weather and climate extremes.
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_end String 2020-02-11T23:30:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL time_coverage_start String 2020-01-07T18:00:00Z
attribute NC_GLOBAL title String PMEL Atmospheric Chemistry ATOMIC Radon data
attribute NC_GLOBAL Westernmost_Easting double -59.6542
variable time   double  
attribute time _CoordinateAxisType String Time
attribute time actual_range double 1.57842E9, 1.5814638E9
attribute time axis String T
attribute time comment String Start of sampling period
attribute time coords String time
attribute time ioos_category String Time
attribute time long_name String Datetime UTC
attribute time source_name String datetime_utc
attribute time standard_name String time
attribute time time_origin String 01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute time time_precision String 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute time units String seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable trajectory_id   String  
attribute trajectory_id cf_role String trajectory_id
attribute trajectory_id coords String time
attribute trajectory_id ioos_category String Identifier
attribute trajectory_id long_name String Trajectory ID
variable duration   int  
attribute duration _FillValue int 2147483647
attribute duration actual_range int 1800, 1800
attribute duration coords String time
attribute duration ioos_category String Time
attribute duration long_name String Duration
attribute duration units String second
variable latitude   double  
attribute latitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lat
attribute latitude actual_range double 12.8039, 15.8647
attribute latitude axis String Y
attribute latitude colorBarMaximum double 90.0
attribute latitude colorBarMinimum double -90.0
attribute latitude coords String time
attribute latitude instrument String GPS
attribute latitude ioos_category String Location
attribute latitude long_name String Latitude
attribute latitude source String surface observation
attribute latitude standard_name String latitude
attribute latitude units String degrees_north
attribute latitude valid_max double 90.0
attribute latitude valid_min double -90.0
variable longitude   double  
attribute longitude _CoordinateAxisType String Lon
attribute longitude actual_range double -59.6542, -50.9295
attribute longitude axis String X
attribute longitude colorBarMaximum double 180.0
attribute longitude colorBarMinimum double -180.0
attribute longitude coords String time
attribute longitude instrument String GPS
attribute longitude ioos_category String Location
attribute longitude long_name String Longitude
attribute longitude source String surface observation
attribute longitude standard_name String longitude
attribute longitude units String degrees_east
attribute longitude valid_max double 180.0
attribute longitude valid_min double -180.0
variable altitude   double  
attribute altitude _CoordinateAxisType String Height
attribute altitude _CoordinateZisPositive String up
attribute altitude actual_range double 18.0, 18.0
attribute altitude axis String Z
attribute altitude colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute altitude coords String time
attribute altitude ioos_category String Location
attribute altitude long_name String height above mean sea level
attribute altitude positive String up
attribute altitude standard_name String altitude
attribute altitude units String m
attribute altitude valid_min double 0.0
variable radon   double  
attribute radon actual_range double -102.0, 5025.0
attribute radon colorBarMaximum double 40000.0
attribute radon colorBarMinimum double 0.0
attribute radon coords String time
attribute radon instrument String Dual flow loop
attribute radon ioos_category String Unknown
attribute radon long_name String Radon
attribute radon source String surface observation
attribute radon standard_name String radioactivity_concentration_of_222rn_in_air
attribute radon units String mBq m-3
attribute radon valid_max double 30000.0
attribute radon valid_min double 0.0

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