Dataset
Sky Camera Data from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, Wales
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2008-08-28
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 56.3K Files | 110GB
Abstract
Images from the sky camera mounted at the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth in West Wales. Images are in jpeg format.
Citable as: Natural Environment Research Council Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility at Aberystwyth; Hooper, D.A. (2008): Sky Camera Data from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, Wales. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5a18810018d9be419a0c37bd276d04fe
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MST, sky camera, cloud, images
Details
Previous Info: |
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Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_12199354866426232
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Access rules: |
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
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 are acquired by the MST radar facility and sent to the BADC within an hour of acquisition. Data are then immediately ingested into the BADC archives. |
Data Quality: |
The MST radar data quality is described by D. A. Hooper, J. Nash, T. Oakley, and M. Turp. Validation of a new signal processing scheme for the MST radar at Aberystwyth. Ann. Geophys., 26(11):3253-3268, 2008. (available from here http://www.ann-geophys.net/26/3253/2008/angeo-26-3253-2008.html)
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
NERC MST site: Sky-Camera | Deployed on: Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory (CDAO) |
Output Description | None |
- long_name: Cloud Cover
- names: Cloud Cover
- long_name: High Cloud Cover
- names: High Cloud Cover
- long_name: Low Cloud Cover
- names: Low Cloud Cover
- long_name: Medium Cloud Cover
- names: Medium Cloud Cover
- long_name: Total Cloud Cover
- names: Total Cloud Cover
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2007-04-25T20:00:00
End time:
2013-09-28T04:00:00
Geographic Extent
52.4245° |
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-4.0055° |
-4.0055° |
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52.4245° |
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