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Armagh Observatory: Air Temperature observations from 1844-2004

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2006-11-14
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-03-19
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 6 Files | 946KB
Abstract

Atmospheric temperature observations from the Armagh Observatory, founded in 1790 by Archbishop Richard Robinson. As well as astronomical observations various meteorological parameters have been recorded since 1794. If users wish to find data from other areas of work undertaken by the observatory they should visit the Armagh Observatory website.

Citable as:  Armagh Observatory (2007): Armagh Observatory: Air Temperature observations from 1844-2004. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/41cc0455ec154e289ad8db189f80aaa2
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Armagh, Air temperature

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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 are collected at the Armagh Observatory and obtained by the BADC for use by the research community.
Data Quality:
Some instruments undergo calibration see Armagh Observatory website for further details: http://climate.arm.ac.uk/aws2/aws2.html
File Format:
Data are stored in a bespoke ASCII format. See linked documentation for further details.

Related Documents

 Armagh Observatory Website
 AIR TEMPERATURES AT ARMAGH OBSERVATORY, NORTHERN IRELAND, FROM 1796 TO 2002 C. J. BUTLER,* A. M. GARC´IA SUAREZ, A. D. S. COUGHLIN and C. MORRELL
 Meteorological Data recorded at Armagh Observatory: Vol 2 - Daily, Mean Monthly, Seasonal and Annual, Maximum and Minimum Temperatures, 1844-2004 C.J. Butler, A. M. Garc´ıa-Su´arez, A. D. S. Coughlin and D. Cardwell

Process overview

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

None
  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
  • gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
  • names: Air Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1844-01-01T00:01:15
End time:
2004-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
54.3523°
  
-6.6487°
  
-6.6487°
 
54.3523°
  
Related parties
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Publishers (1)
Principal Investigators (1)