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Dataset

 

Operation Weather Rescue: scanned copies of meteorological observation registers and tabulated records from the Carbeth manuscript archives, 1817-1859

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2026-05-20
DOI Publication Date: 2026-05-20
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 287 Files | 545MB

Abstract

This dataset contains scanned copies of the meteorological record from the Carbeth manuscript archives, 1817-1859.

Scanned by National Records of Scotland

National Records of Scotland reference MET1/4/16

The imaging of the volumes was funded by the National Centre for Atmospheric Sciences and effort supported through the GLoSAT project.

Additionally, the manuscripts also hold some comparative monthly rain amounts from Glasgow, Bothwell and Greenock.

Citable as:  Hawkins, E.; Burt, S. (2026): Operation Weather Rescue: scanned copies of meteorological observation registers and tabulated records from the Carbeth manuscript archives, 1817-1859. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 20 May 2026. doi:10.5285/6c20e3e7407d46e4b52af569d7ef11ff. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/6c20e3e7407d46e4b52af569d7ef11ff

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Reports, Weather, Meteorology

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
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(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 were digitised as part of the Operation Weather Rescue project and sent to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving.

Data Quality:
Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
File Format:
JPEG

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
  • gcmd_keyword: Air Temperature
  • names: Air Temperature, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0027
  • long_name: Present Weather
  • names: Present Weather
  • long_name: Pressure
  • names: Pressure
  • long_name: Rainfall amount
  • names: Rainfall amount
  • long_name: Wet Bulb Temperature
  • names: Wet Bulb Temperature
  • long_name: Wind Direction
  • names: Wind Direction
  • long_name: Wind Force
  • names: Wind Force

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1817-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
1859-01-01T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
55.9838°
 
-4.3706°
 
-4.3706°
 
55.9838°