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MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Long Period Surface Average Values

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2010-03-16
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-07-26
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 2 Files | 381KB
Abstract

The global CLIMAT upper air long period surfaces average values data describe the normal monthly means of pressure, air temperature, and dew point, as well as standard deviations of these elements. The measurements are attained by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within CLM (CLIMAT) upper air normal messages. The data span from 1971 to 1990.

Citable as:  Met Office (2006): MIDAS: Global CLIMAT Upper Air Long Period Surface Average Values. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/bef3d059255a0feaa14eb78c77d7bc48
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, CLIMAT, upper air, averages

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_21e7e872-d736-11e1-b7de-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.
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

Related Documents

 MIDAS Quick Start User Guide
 Link to column headings in comma separated text file
 Link to column headings in Excel file
 MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
 Global CLIMAT upper air long period surfaces average values (CUNS) Table details
 Information on versioning in MIDAS data
  Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None
  • long_name: 24 Hour Rainfall
  • names: 24 Hour Rainfall
  • long_name: Day Of Snow
  • names: Day Of Snow
  • long_name: Day Of Thunder
  • names: Day Of Thunder
  • long_name: Diffuse Solar Irradiation Amount
  • names: Diffuse Solar Irradiation Amount
  • long_name: Direct Solar Irradiation Amount
  • names: Direct Solar Irradiation Amount
  • long_name: Duration Of Rain
  • names: Duration Of Rain
  • long_name: Fresh Snow Depth
  • names: Fresh Snow Depth
  • long_name: Global Solar Irradiation Amount
  • names: Global Solar Irradiation Amount
  • long_name: Hourly Sunshine
  • names: Hourly Sunshine
  • long_name: Ice
  • names: Ice
  • long_name: Lightning
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G171
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G171, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Electricity > Lightning
  • long_name: Rain
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G288
  • long_name: Snow
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G290, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
  • long_name: Snow Cover
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0766
  • gcmd_keyword: Snow Cover
  • names: Snow Cover, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0766
  • long_name: Snow Depth
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
  • gcmd_keyword: Snow Depth
  • names: Snow Depth, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0768
  • long_name: Snow Lying
  • names: Snow Lying
  • long_name: Solar Irradiance
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0809
  • gcmd_keyword: Solar Irradiance
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0809, Solar Irradiance
  • long_name: Sunshine
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G217
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Sunshine
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Sunshine, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G217
  • long_name: Sunshine Amount
  • names: Sunshine Amount

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1970-12-31T23:00:00
End time:
1990-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
  
-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
Related parties
Authors (1)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)