77bef4103ec2426281a5e74ccc0ba5c7 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 5487380511084413a502c4b229273bc6 dataset NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-08-12T03:11:25 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Met Office Cardington: vertical wind profiles and backscatter measurements from Halo Doppler Lidar unit 35, 2012-2024 2025-04-26T08:12:15 publication 2025-04-26T08:12:15 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/77bef4103ec2426281a5e74ccc0ba5c7 77bef4103ec2426281a5e74ccc0ba5c7 NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis 10.5285/77bef4103ec2426281a5e74ccc0ba5c7 doi The Met Office Observation-based research Boundary Layer Facility, at the semi-rural field site (18 Ha) of Cardington (52° 06′ N, 00° 25′ W, 29 m ± 1 m amsl) in central-southern England between 2004 and 2024, operated three Halo Photonics Streamline Doppler lidars, denoted by unit numbers 01, 30 and 35. This dataset covers data from unit 35. All three Halo systems were based on a 1565 nm laser emitting linearly polarized pulsed light through an 8 cm diameter lens with a heterodyne detector. Laser beam returns from the atmosphere are range-gated velocity and back-scattered power. The Halo systems are capable of full hemispheric scanning of the backscatter coefficient and radial velocity as a function of beam range. The usual operation at Cardington was vertical stares (zenith angle=0°) with periodic wind scans that invoked various options of off-axis views. Wind profiles performed every 30 min was the default operation for wind scans. Most profiles of horizontal wind within the dataset are based on DBS (Doppler beam swinging) scans which use a tri-axis azimuthally orthogonal technique using the single lidar beam to retrieve horizontal mean wind components. This scan was chosen for the bulk of the time because it only takes about 21 s to complete, which leaves 98% of the available time to vertical stares if one wind scan is completed every 30 min. More recent scans in the dataset have used multi-axis VAD (velocity azimuth display) scans, which are a more involved version of the DBS scans and use 6 or 12 point off-zenith views. The vertical stares, DBS and VAD wind scans produced separate archived netCDF files. Although depolarisation capability was possible with #35, this was only switched on occasionally during certain weather conditions. A full list of NetCDF variables can be found in "Continuous meteorological surface and soil records (2004-2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK." Osborne et al. ESSD (2025). This paper should be referenced in any research/publications pertaining to this dataset. To ensure optimal traceability and transparency of data, comprehensive metadata is included. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author McGregor, James Unavailable author Unavailable author Kerr-Munslow, Amanda Unavailable author Unavailable author Price, Jeremy Unavailable author Unavailable author Osborne, Simon Unavailable author Unavailable author Brooke, Jennifer Unavailable author Unavailable author NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis custodian 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis distributor 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Brooke, Jennifer Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Price, Jeremy Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis point_of_contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis publisher 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset Doppler lidar vertical stares wind scans measurement Cardington Met Office atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any and attribution required use. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -0.42161 -0.42161 52.10469 52.10469 2012-04-02T17:26:04 2024-12-25T23:59:59 Data are NetCDF formatted NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis Data Center Contact 01235446432 RAL Space STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus Didcot OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/77bef4103ec2426281a5e74ccc0ba5c7 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-cardington/data/complete-collection/lidar/halo-lidar-35 DOWNLOAD Download Data download 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 were collected by the Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington, during its operational period. These data have been standardised for the production of this dataset, following similar file metadata conventions for all associated datasets within the continuous hydro-meteorological record (2004-2024) at the Met Office surface site of Cardington, UK Dataset Collection, as described more fully within Osborne et al., (2025). This standardisation approach addressed, where possible, any known data and metadata issues. Data were then deposited at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long-term archival.