Dataset
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Direct Visible Radiometer Data
Update Frequency: Monthly
Latest Data Update: 2019-02-14
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2003-10-01
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 2.12K Files | 216MB
Abstract
Data were collected by the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Direct Visible Radiometer from 27th Februrary 2013 to the present at Chilbolton, Hampshire. The dataset contains measurements of high accuracy direct solar radiation measurement research on a plane/level surface.
Citable as: Science and Technology Facilities Council; Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research; Wrench, C.L.; Agnew, J. (2003): Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Direct Visible Radiometer Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/504312b7a9f4e905181c8484f8a3c405/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: radiometer, direct, visible, irradiance, CFARR
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_80b96678-2ac8-11e3-8573-00163e251233
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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: |
Data are acquired by the Chilbolton Facility directly from the instrument before manual checking and release for archiving with the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis on a monthly basis. |
| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted. Images are PNG 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) Direct Visible radiometer | Deployed on: NCAS Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- var_id: height
- long_name: height of ground level above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
- units: W m-2
- long_name: pyrheliometer
- var_id: rhc
- units: K
- long_name: pyrheliometer body temperature
- var_id: rhc_T
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-02-27T00:00:00
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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