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Dataset Collection

 

Met Office high resolution radiosonde data from the UK, Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falkland Islands

Status: Not defined
Publication State: published

Abstract

High resolution radiosonde data from UK stations and also from Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falklands.

The data consist of vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, humidity mixing ratio, sonde position, wind speed and wind direction. Measurements are taken at 2 second intervals and the ascents extend to heights of approximately 20-30 km.

The archive has around 10 stations with data from the 1990's, generally with either 2 or 4 ascents per day from each station until around 2020 where routine observations decrease to 1 a day from 6 main sites with additional ascents as required.

Additionally, data from Aberporth, obtained to support observations at the MST Radar, Aberystwyth, are also available from April 1990 - April 2000 with at least one ascent a day and then as required operationally thereafter.

For details of sites see station record details linked to each dataset within this collection.

Citable as:Met Office (2006): Met Office high resolution radiosonde data from the UK, Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falkland Islands. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c1e2240c353f8edeb98087e90e6d832e/
Abbreviation: ukmo-rad-hires
Keywords: Met Office, radiosonde, upper air

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dataent_ABER
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1990-03-01T11:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
60.1330°
 
-58.4472°
 
1.6872°
 
-51.8228°
 
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