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Dataset

 

Wind speed and direction data from Gill sonic windmaster instrument at the Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards

Update Frequency: Monthly
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-06
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2023-01-25
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 188 Files | 439MB

Abstract

Quality tested wind speed and wind direction data at 7m above ground level from a Gill Sonic Windmaster instruments at the Manchester Air Quality Site (MAQS) for the Integrated Research Observation System for Clean Air (OSCA) project.

Citable as:  Watson, N. (2023): Wind speed and direction data from Gill sonic windmaster instrument at the Manchester Air Quality Site, 2019 onwards. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/91625bdf73944c5e896eb56d1fec35ee
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: OSCA, air quality, supersite, maqs, wind, OSCA-AQ

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
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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 collected by the project team and transfered directly from the instrument to the computer database, before being transferred to the general database, where it is processed, averaged over minute time intervals and flagged where data is suspect. Once complete, data are uploaded to CEDA for archiving.
Data processing software found in: https://github.com/ncasuk/AMF_CVs/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Data Quality:
If Wind Speed falls outside the 0 to 50 m/s range it is flagged as outside the operational range If wind direction gives a value outside 0 to 360 degrees it is flagged as outside the operational range
File Format:
NetCDF and CSV format

Related Documents

 OSCA Project Webpage

Process overview

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

Instrument/Platform pairings

MAQS: Sonic Windmaster Deployed on: Manchester Air Quality Supersite (MAQS)
Output Description

None

  • units: 1
  • var_id: qc_flag_wind_speed
  • long_name: Data Quality flag: Wind Speed
  • long_name: Day
  • var_id: day
  • standard_name:
  • units: 1
  • long_name: Day of Year
  • var_id: day_of_year
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: Hour
  • var_id: hour
  • standard_name:
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: wind_speed_of_gust
  • long_name: Maximum Wind Speed Observed in Averaging period
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: wind_speed
  • long_name: Mean Wind Speed
  • long_name: Month
  • var_id: month
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: time
  • units: seconds
  • long_name: Time (seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00)
  • units: 1
  • var_id: qc_flag_wind_direction
  • long_name: Wind Direction flags
  • units: degree
  • var_id: wind_from_direction
  • long_name: Wind From Direction
  • long_name: Year
  • var_id: year
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: minute
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: minute
  • var_id: second
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: second

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degree_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: latitude
  • long_name: Latitude
  • units: degree_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: longitude
  • long_name: Longitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2019-07-03T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
53.4566°
 
-2.2142°
 
-2.2142°
 
53.4566°