Dataset
NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility Raw Data
Update Frequency: Daily
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-19
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2012-09-27
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 636.26K Files | 2TB
Abstract
Data from the instruments at the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility near Aberystwyth in West Wales. The principal measurements made by the MST radar are of the three dimensional wind vector over the altitude range 2 - 20 km. Surface meteorological measurements from the radar site, ceilometer data, sky camera images and wind speed and direction recorded from a 10m tower located 6km away are also available. Other instruments at the facility have included one of the Met Office's boundary layer wind profilers and NCAS's boundary layer wind profiler.
Citable as: Natural Environment Research Council Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility at Aberystwyth; Hooper, D.A. (2012): NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility Raw Data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b78bc5371b049211d3f67bedd5675e93/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MST Radar, NERC, wind speed, wind direction, SNR, echo power, spectral width
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_f728eb6a-08b1-11e2-9515-00163e251233
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.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 MST radar facility and sent to the BADC within an hour of acquisition. Data are then immediately ingested into the BADC archives. |
| Data Quality: |
The MST radar data quality is described by D. A. Hooper, J. Nash, T. Oakley, and M. Turp. Validation of a new signal processing scheme for the MST radar at Aberystwyth. Ann. Geophys., 26(11):3253-3268, 2008. (available from here http://www.ann-geophys.net/26/3253/2008/angeo-26-3253-2008.html)
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Related Documents
| MST radar facility instrument performance log |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Instrument/Platform pairings
| NERC: Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar | Deployed on: NCAS Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory (CDAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Atmospheric Stability
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0068
- gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Stability
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0068, Atmospheric Stability
- long_name: Spectral Width
- names: Spectral Width
- long_name: Surface Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853
- gcmd_keyword: Surface Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853, Surface Winds
- long_name: Tropopause
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G128
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Tropopause
- names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Tropopause, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G128
- long_name: Turbulence
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G251
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Turbulence
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G251, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Turbulence
- long_name: U Zonal Windspeed
- names: U Zonal Windspeed
- long_name: Upper Level Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909
- gcmd_keyword: Upper Level Winds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0909, Upper Level Winds
- long_name: V Meridional Windspeed
- names: V Meridional Windspeed
- long_name: Vertical Wind Motion
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920
- gcmd_keyword: Vertical Wind Motion
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0920, Vertical Wind Motion
- long_name: Vertical Windspeed
- names: Vertical Windspeed
- long_name: Wind Direction
- names: Wind Direction
- long_name: Windspeed
- names: Windspeed
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-04-30T23:00:00
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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