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Dataset

 

NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar version 0 data products

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2007-02-07
Status: Superseded
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2006-11-30
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 46.16K Files | 34GB

This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract

Version 0 processing of data from the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar near Aberystwyth in West Wales represents processing scheme in place from the early 1990s until 2007. The principal measurements made by the MST radar are of the three dimensional wind vector over the altitude range 2 - 20 km, with additional measurements from the mesophere between 65 and 80 km.

The data in this dataset include echo power as well as radial and vector winds components.

Surface meteorological measurements from the radar site, ceilometer data, sky camera images and wind speed and direction recorded from a 10m tower located 6km away are also available.

Other instruments at the facility have included one of the Met Office's boundary layer wind profilers and NCAS's boundary layer wind profiler.

Citable as:  Natural Environment Research Council Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility at Aberystwyth; Slater, K. (2006): NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar version 0 data products. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ef91b8184e0b44f66d89ed985c81ceb2/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: MST Radar, NERC, wind speed, wind direction, SNR, echo power, spectral width

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__dep_11649043126411644
Access rules:
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):
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.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)
File Format:
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Process overview

This dataset was generated by instruments deployed on platforms as listed below.
Output Description

None

  • long_name: Atmospheric Stability
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0068
  • gcmd_keyword: Atmospheric Stability
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0068, Atmospheric Stability
  • long_name: Spectral Width
  • names: Spectral Width
  • long_name: Surface Winds
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853
  • gcmd_keyword: Surface Winds
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P141/4/GVAR0853, Surface Winds
  • long_name: Tropopause
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G128
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Tropopause
  • names: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Tropopause, http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G128
  • long_name: Turbulence
  • gcmd_url: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G251
  • gcmd_keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Turbulence
  • names: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P041/4/G251, EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Turbulence
  • 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

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1989-10-31T00:00:00
End time:
2007-02-06T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
52.4245°
 
-4.0055°
 
-4.0055°
 
52.4245°