cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84
English
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
8ee156b6ed41b153e85dbf02a4134513
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
pointOfContact
2024-03-28T09:04:01
UK GEMINI
2.3
WGS 84
Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) Messages, Part of the Met Office MetDB System
2008-08-08T14:01:18
publication
2008-08-08T14:01:18
creation
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84
cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) messages data describe hourly observations from around 120 stations distributed globally. The observations, which are later transmitted in reports, give measurements of parameters such as wind speed, and temperature. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the RASS message.
Data are extracted daily at around 00 UT from the Met Office's MetDB system for the previous day's coverage.
The dataset contains measurements of the following parameters:
- Station height (in m)
- Virtual temperature (in Kelvin)
- Wind w velocity component (in m/s)
- Signal to noise ratio
See linked documentation for general information about surface station readings can be obtained from the abridged version of "MIDAS Data Users Guide", provided by the Met Office. This document describes the meteorological surface data in the Met Office Database - MIDAS. This guide is rich in information and is aimed at those with little familiarity with observing methods or instrumentation. Details of the WMO Meteorological codes used at weather observing stations (daily and hourly weather) explain the codes used in this dataset further are also linked to on this record.
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
continual
dataset
Met Office
MetDB
RASS
profile
meteorology
temperature
wind speed
wind direction
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
-180.0
180.0
-90.0
90.0
2009-04-30T23:00:00
Data are BADC-CSV formatted
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
distributor
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84
CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
information
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-metdb/data/rass
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https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-metdb/rass.html
Further information on the RASS message
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information
https://zenodo.org/record/7357325
MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
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information
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html
WMO Meteorological codes
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information
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 are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible.