Dataset
Met Office: Vaisala Radian LAP3000 915MHz vertical wind profiler measurements at Isle of Man, UK (2005 - 2012)
Abstract
The Met Office installed a Vaisala Radian LAP3000 915 MHz wind profiler near Meary Veg close to the Ronaldsway Aiport on the Isle of Man in 2005, relocating the instrument from its former deployment on South Uist which itself followed a deployment at the MST radar site at Capel Dewi near Aberystwyth. The deployment on the Isle of Man was an integral part of the Met Office's UK "Operational Upper Air Network." Operating at 915 Mhz, it provides high resolution wind information from just above the surface (around 300m) up to a maximum of 8 km, depending on the atmospheric conditions. The site is located at 54.26 N, 4.37 W and a height of 55 m above mean sea-level and has a WMO id of 03203. The instrument's hight resolution is 60/200 m depending on the operational mode. It has a beam angle of 15.0 degrees and is operated with an averaging period of 30 minutes.
This dataset contains vertical wind profiles from the Vaisala Radian LAP3000 915MHz wind profiler located at the Isle of Man.
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11636932019611451
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| Access rules: |
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Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data collected at various sites around the UK by the Met Office as part of the operational upper air network. A copy of the Met Office wind profiler data were then prepared and sent through to the BADC for use by the wider research community. |
| Data Quality: |
Data are from the Met Office's operational upper air network
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| File Format: |
Data are ASCII formatted
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Related Documents
| BADC Doc: Wind Profiler file format |
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Isle of Man: Met Office Wind profiler 915MHz (Previously Capel Dewi and South Uist) | Deployed on: Isle of Man, Met Office site |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Upper Level Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909
- gcmd_keyword: Upper Level Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909, Upper Level Winds
- long_name: Wind Direction
- names: Wind Direction
- long_name: Windspeed
- names: Windspeed
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2005-10-02T23:00:00
2012-08-15T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
54.2600° |
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-4.3700° |
-4.3700° |
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54.2600° |