Dataset
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Meteorological Particle Sensor Data, Chilbolton Site
Update Frequency: Continual
Latest Data Update: 2015-02-10
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2003-11-09
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 1.71K Files | 7GB
Abstract
Data were collected by the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Meteorological Particle Sensor from 2009 to present. During this time the particle sensor was at Chilbolton, Hampshire, whilst previously it had been positioned at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. The dataset contains measurements of the size of individual particulates including rain, snow, and hail, as well as estimates of drizzle, total rainfall and liquid water content.
Citable as: Science and Technology Facilities Council; Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research; Natural Environment Research Council; Wrench, C.L. (2003): Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Meteorological Particle Sensor Data, Chilbolton Site. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/20e16263088c1fe2d765bc508f1794c7/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CFARR, Chilbolton, meteorology, particle
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_12577709200728367
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| Access rules: |
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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 are collected by 4 radar systems, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa), and 4 lidar systems, at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire. |
| Data Quality: |
Data are checked by CFARR staff prior to submission to BADC
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| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Meteorological Particle Sensor | Deployed on: NCAS Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- units: mm
- long_name: Accumulated rainfall for all drop sizes in 10s period
- var_id: rainfall
- names: Accumulated rainfall for all drop sizes in 10s period
- units: mm
- long_name: Accumulated rainfall for drizzle droplets in 10s period (less than 0.5mm diameter)
- var_id: drizzle_rainfall
- names: Accumulated rainfall for drizzle droplets in 10s period (less than 0.5mm diameter)
- units: m-3
- long_name: Average number of droplets/s/m3
- var_id: drop_size_concentration
- names: Average number of droplets/s/m3
- long_name: Average number of droplets/second as a function of diameter over detector area
- var_id: drop_size_counts
- names: Average number of droplets/second as a function of diameter over detector area
- units: mm
- long_name: Diameter of droplet measured by MPS
- var_id: drop_diameter
- names: Diameter of droplet measured by MPS
- long_name: Fog flag from first 2 drop size bins 0=no fog, 1=potential fog, -1=flag unavailable
- var_id: fog_flag
- names: Fog flag from first 2 drop size bins 0=no fog, 1=potential fog, -1=flag unavailable
- units: kg m-3
- long_name: Mass of liquid water per unit volume
- var_id: liquid_water_content
- names: Mass of liquid water per unit volume
- var_id: rain_flag
- long_name: Rain flag from dropcounting raingauge: 0=no rain, 1=rain, -1=flag unavailable
- names: Rain flag from dropcounting raingauge: 0=no rain, 1=rain, -1=flag unavailable
- long_name: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- names: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- units: m2
- long_name: detector area of instrument
- var_id: detector_area
- names: detector area of instrument
- units: m
- var_id: height
- long_name: height of instrument above ground level
- names: height of instrument above ground level
- units: m
- long_name: height of site above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
- var_id: height_amsl
- names: height of site above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degree_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- names: latitude
- units: degree_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- names: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- names: time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2009-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
51.1450° |
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-1.4270° |
-1.4270° |
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51.1450° |
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