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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

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11902115171721175
Access rules:
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
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
File Format:
Images are jpeg formatted.

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Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
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°
 
-1.4270°
 
-1.4270°
 
51.1450°