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RAF Wattisham meteorogical station

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Abstract

Wattisham is an existing Met Office site at RAF Wattisham. The airfield is near Ipswich in Suffolk and is mainly used for helicopter training.

RAF Wattisham (WMO id 03590) is used for helicopter training. The station is located 89m above mean sea level, near Ipswich in Suffolk, east UK. Since 1873 observations have been recorded on a 24hr basis, linking the station to the synoptic network of the Met Office Meteorological Service. The site is located at OS grid reference TM 025514. More information can be found in the linked documents.

Site WIGOS id: 0-20000-0-03590. See online documentation for link to station details in the Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool.

Abbreviation: wattisham, 03590, 0-20000-0-03590
Keywords: Met Office, RAF

keywords:      Met Office, RAF
childPlatform:     
platformType:      land_station
location:      GeographicBoundingBox: RAF Wattisham meteorogical station
Previously used record indentifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__obs_11636901116811427

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Latitude: 52.70°N Longitude: 0.058°E Height: 87m
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Platform location

 
52.1170°
 
0.9670°
 
0.9670°
 
52.1170°
 
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