Dataset
Met Office GPS Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) Data from the NERC MST Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, Wales
Update Frequency: Daily
Latest Data Update: 2004-08-04
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 64 Files | 2MB
Abstract
Integrated water vapour (IWV) data from the Met Office's GPS instrument located at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth in West Wales. These data are restricted (please use the apply for access link) and made available under the NERC-Met Office agreement.
Citable as: Met Office; Gregory, J.M. (2007): Met Office GPS Integrated Water Vapour (IWV) Data from the NERC MST Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, Wales. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7fd0d3526032da9bcbddd4512f72048e
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, GPS, humidity, MST
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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| Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11740028194417756
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| Access rules: |
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. 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 Met Office for operational use before a copy is prepared and sent to the BADC for ingesting into the BADC archives. |
| Data Quality: |
Met Offfice IWV GPS data are quality controlled by the Met Office prior to release to the BADC
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| File Format: |
Formatted data are held in ASCII formatted files.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| NERC MST site: Met Office GPS water vapour receiver | Deployed on: Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory (CDAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Atmospheric Water Vapor
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0026
- gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Water Vapor
- names: Atmospheric Water Vapor, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0026
- long_name: Humidity
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G239
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G239, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
- long_name: Water Vapor
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0943
- gcmd_keyword: Water Vapor
- names: Water Vapor, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0943
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2001-08-02T23:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent
52.4245° |
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-4.0055° |
-4.0055° |
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52.4245° |
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