Dataset
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): sky imagery from the AXIS 2100 Cloud Camera mounted at the Chilbolton Obseratory
Update Frequency: As Needed
Latest Data Update: 2016-09-28
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2003-09-19
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 7.0K Files | 550GB
Abstract
Data are of sky images collected by an AXIS 2100 digital camera over Chilbolton, Hampshire. The data collected are from 21st of January 2005 to the present and are available in avi movie files and tar files of jpeg images. Images are taken every 15 seconds.
Citable as: Science and Technology Facilities Council; Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research; Wrench, C.L. (2003): Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): sky imagery from the AXIS 2100 Cloud Camera mounted at the Chilbolton Obseratory. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/4bdf63d37669853f7783aa993335a45c
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CFARR, cloud camera
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11902115171721175
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| Access rules: |
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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: |
Images are automatically collected by the AXIS 2000 camera at the Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire. The images are then processed movie files by Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) staff prior to submission to CEDA for archiving. |
| Data Quality: |
Data are checked by CFARR staff prior to submission to BADC
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| File Format: |
Images are jpeg formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) AXIS2100 Cloud Camera | Deployed on: Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Cloud Amount
- names: Cloud Amount
- long_name: Cloud Images
- names: Cloud Images
- long_name: Wind Direction
- names: Wind Direction
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-01-21T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
51.1450° |
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-1.4270° |
-1.4270° |
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51.1450° |
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