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Dataset

 

Vertical wind profile data from 15th April to 19th April 2004 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2014-09-28
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2013-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 1 Files | 996B

Abstract

The UK's Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS) operates a suite of instrumentation to monitor the atmospheric dynamics and composition of the atmosphere. This dataset brings together all the long term routine observations made by NCAS instruments covering surface based instruments as well as remote sensing instruments such as radars and lidars. Some of the instruments may also be deployed elsehwere on field campaigns, for which the data will be available under the associated field campaign dataset. Links are also available to pages describing the instruments from which links to all data from that particular instrument can be found.

The dataset contains the following measurements:

Eastward wind velocity component
Northward wind velocity component
Upward air velocity
Direction the wind is from
Signal to noise ratio
Altitude of instrument above the ground
Longitude of instrument
Latitude of instrument
Spectral width

Citable as:  Norton, E.G. (2013): Vertical wind profile data from 15th April to 19th April 2004 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/1a4c08083b930e167ad9fba6d2087ee4
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NCAS, AMF, radar, wind profiler, boundary layer wind profiler, turbulence, thermals, boundary layer structure, radar wind profiler, Doppler radar, UHF radar, 'Clear' air radar, morning transition, convective boundary layer, mixed layer, entrainment zone, transitional boundary layer, nocturnal boundary layer, lower level jet, nocturnal jet, weather fronts, sting jets

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_fd0f7a46-61be-11e3-8169-00163e251233
Access rules:
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were collected by the wind profiler before being processed by the instrument scientist, Emily Norton, and then provided to the BADC for archiving.

File Format:
Data are netCDF formatted

Related Documents

 Open Government License

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • long_name: Atmospheric Winds
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
  • gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Winds
  • names: Atmospheric Winds, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
  • long_name: Spectral Width
  • names: Spectral Width
  • long_name: U Zonal Windspeed
  • names: U Zonal Windspeed
  • long_name: Upper Level Winds
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909
  • gcmd_keyword: Upper Level Winds
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909, Upper Level Winds
  • long_name: V Meridional Windspeed
  • names: V Meridional Windspeed
  • long_name: Vertical Wind Motion
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920
  • gcmd_keyword: Vertical Wind Motion
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920, Vertical Wind Motion
  • long_name: Vertical Windspeed
  • names: Vertical Windspeed
  • long_name: Wind Direction
  • names: Wind Direction
  • long_name: Windspeed
  • names: Windspeed

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2004-04-14T23:00:00
End time:
2004-04-18T23:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
52.1000°
 
0.4167°
 
0.4167°
 
52.1000°
 
Related parties
Authors (1)
Principal Investigators (1)
Co-Investigators (1)