3ca88ef5aca50e29b257ffaff3a047ab
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8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
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dataset
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
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2024-03-29T11:32:17
UK GEMINI
2.3
WGS 84
Met Office: 64 MHz ST vertical wind profiler measurements at South Uist, UK (2004 - 2012)
2003-11-16T15:55:12
publication
2003-11-16T15:55:12
creation
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/3ca88ef5aca50e29b257ffaff3a047ab
3ca88ef5aca50e29b257ffaff3a047ab
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
The Met Office's 64 MHz ST (stratosphere-troposphere) wind profiler was installed at the Met Office South Uist range meteorological station, Hebrides, in May 2003. The radar complements the MST radar located near Abersywyth, providing greater vertical coverage than the other wind profiling radars in the Met Office's UK "Operational Upper Air Network." Operating at 64 Mhz, the South Uist 64 Mhz radar runs typically sounds from 1 to 13 km with a heigh resolution of either 150 or 400m, depending on the mode of operation. The site is located at 57.353 N, 7.375 W and at a height of 4 m above mean sea-level and has a WMO id of 03019. It had 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 64MHz wind profiler located at Camborne.
Met Office
author
0370 900 0100
Met Office
FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
custodian
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
distributor
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
distributor
Met Office
principal_investigator
0370 900 0100
Met Office
FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk
principalInvestigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
point_of_contact
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
publisher
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
publisher
unknown
dataset
Met Office
wind
atmospheric conditions
theme
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
2008-06-01
publication
otherRestrictions
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
otherRestrictions
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.
grid
English
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
-7.375
-7.375
57.353
57.353
2004-05-30T23:00:00
2012-05-10T23:59:59
Data availability and file format
These instruments make observations in two interlaced modes; the low mode covers the approximate altitude range 0.1 - 2.0 km at 0.1 km intervals, and the high mode covers the approximate altitude range 0.2 - 8.0 km at 0.2 km intervals. The useful altitude coverage varies with atmospheric conditions and only extends significantly above 2 km when precipitation is present. Although the cycle time for observations is of the order of a few minutes, the data used by the Met Office represent "consensus averages" over 30 minutes.
The data held at the BADC, are stored in a simple ASCII format (plain text and "human" readable). A detailed description of the file structure
is available.
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
Data Center Contact
+44(0)1235 446432
British Atmospheric Data Centre
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Harwell Oxford
OX11 0QX
UK
badc@rl.ac.uk
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http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/3ca88ef5aca50e29b257ffaff3a047ab
CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
information
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-wind-prof/data/south-uist64
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BADC Doc: Wind Profiler file format
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dataset
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
2010-12-08
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.