In liaison with the UFAM community the BADC has established a file-naming convention for UFAM data. This page provides a list names (and codes) commonly used in UFAM file names. If you have additions to make to list then please e-mail them to BADC Support.
The categories below are being devised as more names (and codes) are collected. More may be added in the course of time:
ada | Airborne Droplet Analyser (TSI Inc.). | |
aerolaser-co | Aerolaser CO analyser. | |
aerosol-tof-ms | TSI3800 Aerosol Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer. | |
ams | Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Aerodyne Research Inc.). | |
asaspx | To be added... | |
bcr-spectrometer | Broadband cavity ringdown spectrometer. | |
bham-moudi | Birmingham Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor (MOUDI). | |
canister-sampler | Canister sampling. | |
cloud-camera | Cloud camera. | |
d-calm-aircraft | To be added... | |
dc-gc-fid1 | Perkin Elmer Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 1. | |
dc-gc-fid2 | Perkin Elmer Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 2. | |
dc-gc-fid3 | Perkin Elmer Dual Column Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 3. | |
disdrometer | Disdrometer. | |
dmps | Differential Mobility Particle Sizer (UMIST). | |
doas | Differential Optical Absorption Spectrometer. | |
fage | Fluorecence Assay by Gas Expansion. | |
gc-fid1 | Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 1. | |
gc-fid2 | Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 2. | |
gc-fid3 | Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector 3. | |
gc-fid-ads | Gas Chromatograph-Flame Ionisation Detector and Adsorption-Desorption System. | |
gc-ms | Gas Chromatograph - Mass Spectrometer. | |
gc-nici-ms | Gas Chromotography Negative Ion Chemical Ioisation Mass Spectrometer. | |
gps-position | Global Positioning System. | |
grimm | Grimm particle spectrometer. | |
hp6890 | Hewlett Packard 6890 Gas Chromatograph. | |
hplc-pcd | High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Post Column Derivatisation. | |
htdma | Hygroscopicity Tandem Differential Mobility Analyser (UMIST). | |
leeds-cpc | Optical particle counter. | |
leeds-fssp | Forward Scattering spectrometer probe. | |
leeds-gc-hcho | Leeds Gas Chromatograph (home-built). | |
leeds-peroxide | High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). | |
leic-fr-jno2 | To be added... | |
leic-fr-jo1d-a | To be added... | |
leic-fr-jo1d-b | To be added... | |
leic-relativehumidity | To be added... | |
leic-sr-ch3cho | To be added... | |
leic-sr-ch3coch3 | To be added... | |
leic-sr-flux | To be added... | |
leic-sr-jhcho-nr | To be added... | |
leic-sr-jhcho-r | To be added... | |
leic-sr-jhono | To be added... | |
leic-sr-jno2 | To be added... | |
leic-sr-jo1d | To be added... | |
leic-temperature | To be added... | |
lidar-ct75k | Chilbolton 905 nm lidar ceilometer. | |
lidar-uv | UV lidar. | |
macehead-core | Core chemistry species at Mace Head, Ireland. | |
mcmv3-box-model | MCMv3 box model. | |
met | To be added... | |
met-sensors | Meteorological sensors. | |
multiple-raingauges | Multiple raingauges. | |
oap | To be added... | |
perca | PEroxy Radical Chemical Amplification technique. | |
photochem-box-model | Photochemical box model. | |
radar-1290mhz | Aberystwyth 1290MHz Wind Profiler. | |
radar-acrobat | Chilbolton 1275 MHz radar. | |
radar-camra | Chilbolton 3 GHz radar. | |
radar-copernicus | Chilbolton 35 GHz radar. | |
radar-galileo | Chilbolton 94 GHz radar. | |
radar-mst | MST (Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere) radar. | |
radiometer-infra-red | Infra-red radiometer. | |
radiometers-microwave | Microwave radiometers. | |
radiometer-visible | Visible spectrum radiometer. | |
raingauge | Raingauge. | |
salford-lidar-dop-1 | Salford Doppler Lidar. | |
smps | Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (TSI Inc.). | |
sodar | Scintec MFAS Sodar. | |
solarimeter | Solarimeter. | |
south-wonston-38ghz | South Wonston - Sparsholt 38 GHz Vertically polarised link. | |
south-wonston-54ghz | South Wonston - Sparsholt 54 GHz Vertically polarised link. | |
south-wonston-56ghz | South Wonston - Sparsholt 56 GHz Vertically polarised link. | |
stage-impactor | MOUDI 8 stage impactor. | |
teco-o3-analyser | TECO Ozone analyser. | |
thermal-ppter | Thermal precipitator. | |
uea-hcho | To be added... | |
uea-noxy | To be added... | |
uea-pan | To be added... | |
uea-peroxides | To be added... | |
ugamp-ecprof | UGAMP interpolated profiles of ECMWF analyses. | |
ugamp-traj | UGAMP Offline trajectory model. | |
umist-cpc | Condensation Particle Counter (TSI Inc.). | |
umist-fssp | Forward Scattering Spectroscopy Probe (PMS Inc.). | |
umist-sonic-1 | To be added... | |
umist-sonic-2 | To be added... | |
umist-sonic-3 | To be added... | |
umist-sonic-4 | To be added... | |
vol | To be added... | |
weekly-hi-vol | Weekly high volume particle composition data. | |
wind-sensors | Wind-measuring instruments. | |
zenith-doas | DOAS Vertical Columns of NO3 during Sunrise. |
Location names may be used in the location section of the file name but can also be included as part of the instrument/model section of the name.
alumwell | Walsall Alumwell, Birmingham | |
bas | British Antarctic Survey | |
bel | Belbroughton, Hereford & Worcester | |
bham | Birmingham City or Birmingham University | |
birk | Birkbeck College | |
bri | Bristol University | |
cam | University of Cambridge | |
capel-dewi | Capel Dewi near Aberystwyth (site of the NERC MST radar). | |
car | University of Cardiff | |
ceh | Centre for Ecology and Hydrology | |
chilbolton | Chilbolton. | |
coventry | Coventry, West Midlands | |
dod | Dodford, Hereford & Worcester | |
firtree | Fir Tree Drive, Birmingham | |
fox | Fox Hollies Road, Birmingham | |
fradley | Fradley Park, Staffordshire | |
frankley | Frankley Reservoir, Birmingham | |
froles | Frolesworth, Leicestershire | |
frongoch | University of Wales Aberystwyth Frongoch Farm field site (used, for example, for radiosonde launches). | |
greens | Greensforge, Hereford & Worcester | |
halfp | Halfpenny Green Airport, Staffordshire | |
hodge | Hodge Hill, Birmingham | |
kidder | Kidderminster, Hereford & Worcester | |
leeds | University of Leeds | |
leic | Leicester University | |
loughton | Loughton | |
macehead | Mace Head. | |
moreton | Moreton Morrell, Warwickshire | |
oxford | University of Oxford | |
pritch | Pritchatts Road, Birmingham | |
read | Reading University | |
rowley | Rowley Regis, Birmingham | |
sal | University of Salford | |
soi | Scripps Oceanographic Institute | |
solihull | Solihull, Birmingham | |
sparsholt | Sparsholt. | |
spring | Springfield, Birmingham | |
stretton | Stretton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire | |
sur | University of Surrey | |
tamworth | Tamworth, Warwickshire | |
turners | Turner's Hill, Birmingham | |
ucl | University College London | |
uea | University of East Anglia | |
ukmo | Met Office | |
umist | University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology | |
wenlock | Wenlock | |
westbrom | West Bromwich, Birmingham | |
willenhall | Willenhall, Birmingham | |
withy | Withybrook Equestrian Centre, Warwickshire | |
wolver | Wolverhampton, Birmingham |
d-calm-aircraft | NERC Dornier 228-101 D-CALM research aircraft |
.nc | NetCDF file format. | |
.na | NASA Ames file format. | |
.tar | Tar file (will contain other formats). | |
.jpg | JPEG image format. | |
.png | Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format. | |
.gif | GIF image format. |
This list provides standards for use with chemical and particulate data.
c | Carbon | |
co | Carbon monoxide | |
co2 | Carbon dioxide | |
hc | Hydrocarbons | |
hno2 | Nitrous acid | |
hno3 | Nitric acid | |
nh3 | Ammonium | |
no | Nitrogen monoxide | |
nox | NO + NO2 | |
no2 | Nitrogen dioxide | |
n2o | Nitrous oxide | |
o3 | Ozone | |
pm | Particulate matter | |
pm1 | PM1 | |
pm10 | PM10 | |
pm2p5 | PM2.5 | |
pmch | Perfluoromethylcyclohexane C7F14 | |
pmcp | Perfluoromethylcyclopentane C6F12 | |
so2 | Sulfur dioxide |
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