Platform
Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington
Abstract
The Meteorological Research Unit, located at Cardington, Bedfordshire (52.10469N. -0.42161 E, 29 m amsl), maintained a suite of surface-based and mast-mounted instrumentation since the 1990s until its closure in 2024. The main purpose of this instrumentation site, which was logged 24 hours a day, was to provide data for atmospheric processes research, and for the development and evaluation of numerical model output and performance.
The site has the following identifiers:
- WMO 03559
- DCNN 3456
- WIND 345601
- RAIN 174566
- CLBW 99230
The site hosted 3 instrumented towers at 10 m, 25 m and 50 m as well as having capacity to operate radiosonde launches, tethered balloon and UAV flights.
In addition, specialist remote-sensing instruments included microwave radiometers, Halo Doppler lidars, and ceilometers.
For more specific details for the site see the MIDAS Station entry linked to from this record where the site has a source ID (src_id): 465.
| keywords: | boundary layer, surface meteorology |
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| childPlatform: |
Platform: 50 m tower at the Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington Platform: 25 m tower at the Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington Platform: 10 m tower at the Met Office Meteorological Research Unit, Cardington |
| platformType: | land_station |
| location: | GeographicBoundingBox: Met Office Cardington site |
| Previously used record indentifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_11637722766411491
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Platform location
52.1047° |
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-0.4216° |
-0.4216° |
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52.1047° |