MIDAS: UK Mean Wind Data
Dataset
Update Frequency: Monthly
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-07-26
DOI Publication Date: No DOI
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Abstract
The UK mean wind data describes the mean wind speed and direction, and the direction, speed and time of the maximum gust, all during 1 or more hours, ending at the stated time and date. The data is collected by observation stations across the UK and transmitted within the following message types: SYNOP, HCM, AWSHRLY, DLY3208, HWNDAUTO and HWND6910. The data spans from 1949 to present.
Citable as: Met Office (2006): MIDAS: UK Mean Wind Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a1f65a362c26c9fa667d98c431a1ad38
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, wind speed, wind direction, gust
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_f26bc4ac-d72a-11e1-b5aa-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.
Output Description
None
10-MINUTEMEANWINDSPEED
10METREUWIND
10METREVWIND
ATMOSPHERICWINDS
MEANHOURLYWINDDIRECTION
MEANHOURLYWINDSPEED
SURFACEWINDS
WINDDIRECTION
WINDGUSTSAT10M
WINDSPEED
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Temporal Range
1949-01-01T00:00:00
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
| 60.8562° | ||||
| -8.5636° | 1.7400° | |||
| 49.9140° |
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