Dataset
RAL 78GHz Cloud Radar Data from the NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility
Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2006-09-01
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2007-03-15
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 389 Files | 4GB
Abstract
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) Cloud Radar was deployed at the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth in West Wales from April 2005 to June 2006. These data are restricted to registered users for these data only.
Citable as: STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (2007): RAL 78GHz Cloud Radar Data from the NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cb1e243488e94c2c019352bf24ff2e6c/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: RAL, cloud radar, MST
Details
| Previous Info: |
No news update for this record
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| Previously used record identifiers: |
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11740027777117752
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| Access rules: |
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/mst.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
| RAL 78GHz cloud radar | Deployed on: NCAS Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory (CDAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Base Of Lowest Cloud
- names: Base Of Lowest Cloud
- long_name: Cloud Cover
- names: Cloud Cover
- long_name: Cloud Height
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0143
- gcmd_keyword: Cloud Height
- names: Cloud Height, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0143
- long_name: Clouds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H333
- gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds
- names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/H333, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Clouds
- long_name: Spectral Width
- names: Spectral Width
Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2005-04-13T23:00:00
End time:
2006-06-01T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
52.4245° |
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-4.0055° |
-4.0055° |
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52.4245° |
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