MIDAS: UK Soil Temperature Data
Dataset
Update Frequency: Monthly
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-07-27
DOI Publication Date: No DOI
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Abstract
The UK soil temperature data describes daily and hourly values of soil temperatures at depths of 5, 10, 20, 30, 50, and 100 centimetres. The measurements are recorded by observation stations across the UK and transmitted within NCM or DLY3208 messages. The data spans from 1900 to present.
Citable as: Met Office (2006): MIDAS: UK Soil Temperature Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/8dc05f6ecc6065a5d10fc7b8829589ec
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, soil temperatures
In support of:
Dataset is part of:
Dataset Collection: Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land a... 
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_c8a889f0-d7c2-11e1-b3c6-00163e251233
Access rules:
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Abbreviation:
Not defined
Data lineage:
Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.
Data Quality:
Data undergo quality checking by the Met Office. State of the data in the quality control process and level of data quality are indicated using version numbers and quality control flagging with the data. See documentation about how to use the quality control flagging and version numbers.
There are also some known data from commissioning trials in the data, which are given a src_id of 99999. These should be ignored by the user.
File Format:
Data are ASCII formatted
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
Deployed on: NCM (National Climate Message) Station Network
Deployed on: HCM (Hourly Climate Messages) Station Network
Output Description
None
10CMSOILTEMPERATURE
15CMSOILTEMPERATURE
20CMSOILTEMPERATURE
25CMSOILTEMPERATURE
30CMSOILTEMPERATURE
50CMSOILTEMPERATURE
5CMSOILTEMPERATURE
SOILTEMPERATURE
SOILTEMPERATURELEVEL1
SOILTEMPERATURELEVEL2
SOILTEMPERATURELEVEL3
SOILTEMPERATURELEVEL4
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Temporal Range
1900-01-01T00:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
| 60.7592° | ||||
| -5.5424° | 1.7400° | |||
| 50.1172° |
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