Dataset
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Vaisala PWD21 Present Weather Detector Data, Sparsholt College Site
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2010-02-02
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2003-02-05
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 656 Files | 194MB
Abstract
Data were collected by the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Present Weather Sensor from 28th of January 2005 to the 21st of May 2007 at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. The dataset contains reports of current weather conditions and those over the last hour using both NWS (National Weather Service)and WMO (World Meteorological Organistion) weather codes.
Citable as: Science and Technology Facilities Council; Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research; Natural Environment Research Council; Wrench, C.L. (2003): Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Vaisala PWD21 Present Weather Detector Data, Sparsholt College Site. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9f8e2e37fd9198764fd570ac830ccacb/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CFARR, Chilbolton, present weather, meteorology
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_041ea248-1241-11df-85de-00e081470264
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| Access rules: |
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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 are collected by 4 radar systems, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa), and 4 lidar systems, at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire. |
| Data Quality: |
Data are checked by CFARR staff prior to submission to BADC
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| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted.
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) Vaisala PWD21 Present Weather Detector | Deployed on: Sparsholt College, Hampshire, UK |
| Output Description | None |
- units: V
- long_name: Actuating signal for transmitter LED control
- var_id: ledi
- units: K
- var_id: temperature
- long_name: Ambient temperature at start of day
- units: mm/hr
- long_name: Average rainfall rate over 1 minute period
- standard_name: rainfall_rate
- var_id: rainfall_rate
- units: s-1
- long_name: Change in receiver backscatter measurement
- var_id: rec_backscatter_change
- units: V
- long_name: Change in transmitter backscatter measurement
- var_id: trans_backscatter_change
- units: s-1
- long_name: Clean reference signal of receiver
- var_id: rec_clean_ref
- units: V
- long_name: Clean reference signal of transmitter
- var_id: trans_clean_ref
- units: s-1
- long_name: Contamination alarm limit of receiver (change in signal)
- var_id: rec_contam_alarm
- units: V
- long_name: Contamination alarm limit of transmitter (change in signal)
- var_id: trans_contam_alarm
- units: s-1
- long_name: Contamination warning limit of receiver (change in signal)
- var_id: rec_contam_warning
- units: V
- long_name: Contamination warning limit of transmitter (change in signal)
- var_id: trans_contam_warning
- units: mm
- long_name: Cumulative rainfall since start of day
- var_id: rainfall_today
- units: s-1
- long_name: Drift in offset signal
- var_id: signal_drift
- long_name: Dry signal level of the DRD rain detector
- var_id: dry_drd
- units:
- var_id: ice_precipitation
- long_name: Flag equal to 1 if icy precipitation measured during the day, otherwise equal to zero
- units:
- long_name: Instant value of the DRD rain detector
- var_id: drd
- units:
- units: K
- long_name: Instrument box temperature at start of day
- var_id: unit_t
- units: s-1
- long_name: Lowest frequency for visibility measurement signal
- var_id: signal_offset
- units: s-1
- long_name: Measured visibility raw signal
- var_id: signal
- long_name: NWS code at present
- var_id: nws_code
- units:
- units: V
- long_name: Negative voltages of the DC/DC converter
- var_id: m12
- units: s-1
- long_name: Offset reference frequency of instrument
- var_id: offset_ref
- units: V
- long_name: Positive voltages of the DC/DC converter
- var_id: p12
- long_name: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- names: Range Of The First Cloud Base From The Lidar
- units: V
- long_name: Raw voltage
- var_id: vbb
- units: s-1
- long_name: Receiver backscatter measurement
- var_id: rec_backscatter
- units: V
- long_name: Receiver signal from ambient light
- var_id: ambl
- long_name: Signal scaling factor
- var_id: signal_scale
- units:
- units: K
- long_name: Temperature of the DRD rain detector
- var_id: drd_t
- units: V
- long_name: Transmitter backscatter measurement
- var_id: trans_backscatter
- units: m
- long_name: Visibility averaged over previous 10 minutes
- var_id: vis_10min
- units: m
- long_name: Visibility averaged over previous minute
- var_id: vis_1min
- long_name: WMO synoptic code at present
- var_id: wmo_synop_now
- units:
- long_name: WMO synoptic code over last 15 minutes
- var_id: wmo_synop_15min
- units:
- long_name: WMO synoptic code over last 60 minutes
- var_id: wmo_synop_60min
- units:
- units: m
- var_id: height
- long_name: height of instrument above ground level
- units: m
- long_name: height of site above mean sea level (Ordnance Survey Great Britain)
- var_id: height_amsl
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
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-01-28T00:00:00
End time:
2007-05-20T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
51.1450° |
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-1.4270° |
-1.4270° |
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51.1450° |
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