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MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v201901

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2019-02-07
Status: Superseded
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2019-02-12
DOI Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 13.72K Files | 7GB
  Citations: 21
This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract

The UK mean wind data contain the mean wind speed and direction, and the direction, speed and time of the maximum gust, all during 1 or more hours, ending at the stated time and date. The data were collected by observation stations operated by the Met Office across the UK and transmitted within the following message types: SYNOP, HCM, AWSHRLY, DLY3208, HWNDAUTO and HWND6910. The data spans from 1949 to 2017. For further details on observing practice, including measurement accuracies for the message types, see relevant sections of the MIDAS User Guide linked from this record (e.g. section 3.3 details the wind network in the UK, section 5.5 covers wind measurements in general and section 4 details message type information).

This dataset is part of the Midas-open dataset collection made available by the Met Office under the UK Open Government Licence, containing only UK mainland land surface observations owned or operated by Met Office. It is a subset of the fuller, restricted Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations dataset, also available through the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - see the related dataset section on this record.

This dataset is part of a larger dataset, citable as:  Met Office (2006): MIDAS: UK Mean Wind Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a1f65a362c26c9fa667d98c431a1ad38
Cite this sub-set dataset as:  Met Office (2019): MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v201901. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 01 March 2019. doi:10.5285/11c15f2640f541d4847dafe9be1bb90a. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/11c15f2640f541d4847dafe9be1bb90a
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Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, MIDAS, UK, meteorology, wind speed, wind direction, gust

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
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Access rules:
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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 Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) approximately on a yearly basis.
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 BADC-CSV formatted.

Related Documents

 Information on versioning in MIDAS data
 MIDAS Open User Guide
 MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
 Weather observations over land (Factsheet 17)

Citations: 21

The following citations have been automatically harvested from external sources associated with this resource where DOI tracking is possible. As such some citations may be missing from this list whilst others may not be accurate. Please contact the helpdesk to raise any issues to help refine these citation trackings.

Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/A39ADD95A8DC49709F6E984C020C8DBC https://doi.org/10.5285/a39add95a8dc49709f6e984c020c8dbc
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/B37382E8C1E74B849831A5FA13AFDCAE https://doi.org/10.5285/b37382e8c1e74b849831a5fa13afdcae
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/0049795739E44310A4982E26D8E26748 https://doi.org/10.5285/0049795739e44310a4982e26d8e26748
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK daily weather observation data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/6AD6792F44C84C228651B01D182D9D73 https://doi.org/10.5285/6ad6792f44c84c228651b01d182d9d73
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/7AAA582FB00246B794DC85950F1BE265 https://doi.org/10.5285/7aaa582fb00246b794dc85950f1be265
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/A58B9C8A724E4EC795A40A74455462B7 https://doi.org/10.5285/a58b9c8a724e4ec795a40a74455462b7
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly solar radiation data, v201901. https://doi.org/10.5285/1E040656AE0A4646ACAFBEF6144B10F2 https://doi.org/10.5285/1e040656ae0a4646acafbef6144b10f2
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK hourly solar radiation data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/D6BBE115245042DC93EE68CAA253D60B https://doi.org/10.5285/d6bbe115245042dc93ee68caa253d60b
Met Office (2019) MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v201908. https://doi.org/10.5285/DDCFD8BB1FF44CD2855E81838B40B17C https://doi.org/10.5285/ddcfd8bb1ff44cd2855e81838b40b17c
Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/77187AC1E0A341CA993C3366F8C59C3C https://doi.org/10.5285/77187ac1e0a341ca993c3366f8c59c3c
Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK hourly solar radiation data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/1DC8578EB7434A7D8A661744D53EEDF9 https://doi.org/10.5285/1dc8578eb7434a7d8a661744d53eedf9
Met Office (2020) MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v202007. https://doi.org/10.5285/F7E09E89DE234C15964A4CC7A75F3F74 https://doi.org/10.5285/f7e09e89de234c15964a4cc7a75f3f74
Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/F7AE919F96B44A1C9695F40A9CF988DD https://doi.org/10.5285/f7ae919f96b44a1c9695f40a9cf988dd
Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK hourly solar radiation data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/625F5EA4DDAC4578A2AACF47BCF39657 https://doi.org/10.5285/625f5ea4ddac4578a2aacf47bcf39657
Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK hourly weather observation data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/3BD7221D4844435DAD2FA030F26AB5FD https://doi.org/10.5285/3bd7221d4844435dad2fa030f26ab5fd
Met Office (2021) MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v202107. https://doi.org/10.5285/4D48EFAAEB7F47A7963DF75D6D1DBDC5 https://doi.org/10.5285/4d48efaaeb7f47a7963df75d6d1dbdc5
Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK daily temperature data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/8BCF6925CDDC4681B96F94D424537B9E https://doi.org/10.5285/8bcf6925cddc4681b96f94d424537b9e
Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK hourly rainfall data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/64F5D7BE890A4AC08CB2B4E78EB5FCC1 https://doi.org/10.5285/64f5d7be890a4ac08cb2b4e78eb5fcc1
Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK hourly solar radiation data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/E3A7F3336FF8464F9AE6534A8E8676E5 https://doi.org/10.5285/e3a7f3336ff8464f9ae6534a8e8676e5
Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK hourly weather observation data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/6180FB7ED76A442EB1B8F3F152FD08D7 https://doi.org/10.5285/6180fb7ed76a442eb1b8f3f152fd08d7
Met Office (2022) MIDAS Open: UK mean wind data, v202207. https://doi.org/10.5285/FA83484E57854D6FBDE16FF945FF6DC0 https://doi.org/10.5285/fa83484e57854d6fbde16ff945ff6dc0
  • long_name: Clock time of maximum gust HHMM
  • long_name: Date at end of observation period
  • long_name: Descriptor: Direction of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: Descriptor: Mean wind direction
  • long_name: Descriptor: Mean wind speed
  • long_name: Descriptor: Speed of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: Direction of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: Elapsed time to storage in MIDAS
  • long_name: Mean wind direciton
  • long_name: Mean wind speed
  • long_name: Met Office receipt stamp time
  • long_name: Observation hour count
  • long_name: QC code: Clock time of maximum gust HHMM
  • long_name: QC code: Direction of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: QC code: Mean wind direction
  • long_name: QC code: Mean wind speed
  • long_name: QC code: Speed of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: Speed of maximum wind gust
  • long_name: The filename used for this station
  • long_name: The identifier associated with a particular report type for this station
  • long_name: The identifier type associated with a particular reporting capability for this station
  • long_name: The name for this station
  • long_name: The station elevation
  • long_name: The station latitude (WGS84)
  • long_name: The station longitude (WGS84)
  • long_name: The unique MIDAS identifier for the station
  • long_name: first year of data associated with this id/id_type in this version of this dataset
  • long_name: first year of data associated with this station in this dataset
  • long_name: identifier type
  • long_name: last year of data associated with this id/id_type in this version of this dataset
  • long_name: last year of data associated with this station in this dataset
  • long_name: message type
  • long_name: midas qc version number
  • long_name: state indicator for the record
  • long_name: station identifier
  • long_name: the historic county this station is within
  • long_name: unique source identifier or station site number

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1949-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2017-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
60.8562°
  
-8.5636°
  
1.7400°
 
49.9140°
  
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