Dataset
Vertical wind profile data from 31st August 2004 to 1st June 2005 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Capel Dewi, Wales
Abstract
Vertical profiles of horizontal and vertical wind components as well as signal-to-noise (SNR) and spectal width measurements were collected at the NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere radar facility site, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, between 31st August 2004 and 1st June 2005 as part of ongoing long term observations made by the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). These data were collected by the NCAS Atmospheric Measreument Facility's (AMF) 1290 MHz Mobile Wind Profiler, owned and operated by the University of Manchester and previously known as the aber-radar-1290mhz at the time of these observations. The data are available at 15 minute intervals as netCDF files to all registered BADC users under the Open Government License.
The dataset contains the following measurements:
Eastward wind velocity component
Northward wind velocity component
Upward air velocity
Direction the wind is from
Signal to noise ratio
Altitude of instrument above the ground
Longitude of instrument
Latitude of instrument
Spectral width
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_54cc2698-06ac-11e4-b2b6-00163e251233
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Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
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 were collected by the wind profiler before being processed by the instrument scientist, Emily Norton, and then provided to the BADC for archiving. |
| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted.
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Related Documents
| Open Government Data licence |
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| NCAS AMOF Degreane 1290mhz Mobile Wind Profiler Radar | Deployed on: NCAS Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory (CDAO) |
| Output Description | None |
- long_name: Atmospheric Winds
- gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
- gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Winds
- names: Atmospheric Winds, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P131/4/GTER0027
- long_name: Spectral Width
- names: Spectral Width
- 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
Temporal Range
2004-08-30T23:00:00
2005-05-31T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
52.4200° |
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-4.0100° |
-4.0100° |
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52.4200° |