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Vertical wind profile data from the 21st August to 14th November 2007 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire

Vertical profiles of horizontal and vertical wind components as well as signal-to-noise (SNR) and spectal width measurements were collected at the Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK, between 21st August and 14th November 2007 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

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Date (Publication)
2013-07-08T08:28:29
Date (Creation)
2013-07-08T08:28:29
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7247aba134f4c69e6d2732347c6f508c
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 7247aba134f4c69e6d2732347c6f508c
Author
  Unavailable - Norton, Emily G. ( author )
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Vaughan, Geraint ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned Not planned
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • NCAS
  • AMF
  • radar
  • wind profiler
  • boundary layer wind profiler
  • turbulence
  • thermals
  • boundary layer structure
  • radar wind profiler
  • Doppler radar
  • UHF radar
  • 'Clear' air radar
  • morning transition
  • convective boundary layer
  • mixed layer
  • entrainment zone
  • transitional boundary layer
  • nocturnal boundary layer
  • lower level jet
  • nocturnal jet
  • weather fronts
  • sting jets
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.
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Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2007-08-20T23:00:00
End date
2007-11-14T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Data are netCDF formatted. ()

Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
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 identifier
7247aba134f4c69e6d2732347c6f508c XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Parent identifier
NCAS Long Term Observations of atmospheric dynamics and composition a0c7a4c46a83992cfdf9820a4b253923
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-05-09T02:28:26
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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Keywords

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atmospheric conditions

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