Dataset
3 GHz S-band radar data at Chilbolton Observatory site (CAMRa) for the CWVC Campaign (1999-2001)
Abstract
These data are part of the NERC Clouds, Water Vapour and Climate (CWVC) programme. With a diameter of 25 metres the 3 GHz CAMRa at Chilbolton Observatory (UK) is the largest steerable meteorological radar in the world. Polarisation and Doppler data are stored in netCDF format for 30 March 1999, 9 June 2000, 20 October 2000, 21 November 2000, and 28 February 2001. Quicklook images are also available.
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
|
|---|---|
| Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11716667518615083
|
| Access rules: |
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: 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 files supplied as is in 2003; filenames may have been updated from original to be consistent with the BADC Filename convention. |
| Data Quality: |
Unknown
|
| File Format: |
Availability of data and file format
Data and quicklook images, for 30 March 1999, 9 June 2000, 20 October 2000, 21 November 2000, 28 February 2001, are available. Data are stored in the BADC CWVC Mixed Phase Clouds data project archive. Images are stored in the BADC CWVC Mixed Phase Clouds images project archive. The data are in netCDF (binary) format and comply with the CF conventions ( NetCDF Climate and Forecast Metadata Convention (Eaton et al., 2001)). |
Related Documents
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa) 3 GHz S-Band Radar | Deployed on: Chilbolton Atmospheric Observatory (CAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- units: m
- var_id: altitude
- long_name: Altitude of antenna above mean sea level
- names: Altitude of antenna above mean sea level
- units: degrees
- long_name: Azimuth of the end of the ray clockwise from due north
- var_id: azim
- names: Azimuth of the end of the ray clockwise from due north
- var_id: time
- long_name: Decimal hours from midnight UTC to the middle of each ray
- names: Decimal hours from midnight UTC to the middle of each ray
- units: degrees
- long_name: Differential phase shift
- var_id: phi_dp
- names: Differential phase shift
- units: dB
- long_name: Differential reflectivity
- var_id: Zdr
- names: Differential reflectivity
- long_name: Doppler Velocity
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0226
- gcmd_keyword: Doppler Velocity
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0226, Doppler Velocity
- units: m s-1
- var_id: v
- long_name: Doppler velocity
- names: Doppler velocity
- units: degrees
- var_id: elev
- long_name: Elevation of the end of the ray above the horizon
- names: Elevation of the end of the ray above the horizon
- units: degrees_north
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: Latitude of antenna
- names: Latitude of antenna
- units: dB
- long_name: Linear depolarisation ratio
- var_id: Ldr
- names: Linear depolarisation ratio
- units: degrees_east
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: Longitude of antenna
- names: Longitude of antenna
- units: GHz
- var_id: frequency
- long_name: Radar frequency
- names: Radar frequency
- units: dBZ
- long_name: Radar reflectivity factor
- var_id: Zh
- names: Radar reflectivity factor
- var_id: range
- units: km
- long_name: Range from antenna to the centre of each range gate
- names: Range from antenna to the centre of each range gate
- units: m s-1
- long_name: Unfolded Doppler velocity
- var_id: v_unfolded
- names: Unfolded Doppler velocity
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1999-03-29T23:00:00
2001-02-28T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
51.1450° |
||
-1.4370° |
-1.4370° |
|
51.1450° |