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Dataset

 

HiTemp: High Density Meteorological measurements within the Urban Birmingham Conurbation.

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2015-01-20
DOI Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Download Stats: last 12 months

Abstract

Meteorological data from a high density network of meteorological sensors installed within the Birmingham conurbation: including 25 Vaisala WXT520 weather transmitters installed at sites within the Birmingham conurbation Each sensor measured temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, pressure, solar radiation and quality flags.

These measurements have been made by the Birmingham Urban Climate Laboratory (BUCL) for the HiTemp (High Density Measurements within the Urban Environment) project in order to study the Birmingham Urban Heat Island (UHI)

Citable as:  Warren, E.; Chapman, L.; Muller, C.L.; Young, D.T.; Cai, X.; Grimmond, C.S.B. (2016): HiTemp: High Density Meteorological measurements within the Urban Birmingham Conurbation.. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 01 March 2016. doi:10.5285/d43a5297-0394-47ba-9d8c-4dcd09b88c55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/d43a5297-0394-47ba-9d8c-4dcd09b88c55
Abbreviation: bucl-wxt-met
Keywords: HiTemp, BUCL, UHI, network of sensors, urban heat island

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: 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 received from BUCL team and stored at CEDA. Converted to BADC-CSV format by CEDA staff.

File Format:
Badc csv

Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description None
  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • names: Air Temperature
  • long_name: Data Quality Control Flag
  • names: Data Quality Control Flag
  • long_name: Date of observation
  • names: Date of observation
  • long_name: Dew point Temperature
  • names: Dew point Temperature
  • long_name: Hail
  • names: Hail
  • long_name: Maximum Wind Gust
  • names: Maximum Wind Gust
  • long_name: Mean Sea Level Pressure
  • names: Mean Sea Level Pressure
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Air Temperature
  • names: Numeric Flag for Air Temperature
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Data Quality Control Flag
  • names: Numeric Flag for Data Quality Control Flag
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Dew point Temperature
  • names: Numeric Flag for Dew point Temperature
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Hail
  • names: Numeric Flag for Hail
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Maximum Wind Gust
  • names: Numeric Flag for Maximum Wind Gust
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Mean Sea Level Pressure
  • names: Numeric Flag for Mean Sea Level Pressure
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Rainfall Rate
  • names: Numeric Flag for Rainfall Rate
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Rainfall Total
  • names: Numeric Flag for Rainfall Total
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Relative Humidity
  • names: Numeric Flag for Relative Humidity
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Solar Radiation
  • names: Numeric Flag for Solar Radiation
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Station Pressure
  • names: Numeric Flag for Station Pressure
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Wind Direction
  • names: Numeric Flag for Wind Direction
  • long_name: Numeric Flag for Wind Speed
  • names: Numeric Flag for Wind Speed
  • long_name: Rainfall Rate
  • names: Rainfall Rate
  • long_name: Rainfall Total
  • names: Rainfall Total
  • long_name: Relative Humidity
  • names: Relative Humidity
  • long_name: Solar Radiation
  • names: Solar Radiation
  • long_name: Station Pressure
  • names: Station Pressure
  • long_name: Time of observation
  • names: Time of observation
  • long_name: Wind Direction
  • names: Wind Direction
  • long_name: Wind Speed
  • names: Wind Speed

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-05-31T23:00:00
End time:
2014-08-21T23:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
52.5962°
 
-2.0031°
 
-1.7617°
 
52.3965°