Met Office high resolution radiosonde data from the UK, Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falkland Islands

High resolution radiosonde data from UK stations and also from Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falklands.

The data consist of vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, humidity mixing ratio, sonde position, wind speed and wind direction. Measurements are taken at 2 second intervals and the ascents extend to heights of approximately 20-30 km.

The archive has around 10 stations with data from the 1990's, generally with either 2 or 4 ascents per day from each station until around 2020 where routine observations decrease to 1 a day from 6 main sites with additional ascents as required.

Additionally, data from Aberporth, obtained to support observations at the MST Radar, Aberystwyth, are also available from April 1990 - April 2000 with at least one ascent a day and then as required operationally thereafter.

For details of sites see station record details linked to each dataset within this collection.

Date (Publication): 2006-12-10T03:09:09

Date (Creation): 2006-12-10T03:09:09

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c1e2240c353f8edeb98087e90e6d832e

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / c1e2240c353f8edeb98087e90e6d832e

Author

Met Office - author

Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,

0370 900 0100

Custodian

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

Distributor

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

pointofContact

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

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

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Update scope: series Series

Keywords

Met Office
radiosonde
upper air

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic 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.

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under policy 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: 1990-03-01T11:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Distributor

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

OnLine resource: CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource: Sounding data file formats for PC-based Systems
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OnLine resource: PC-CORA file format structure documentation
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OnLine resource: Radiosonde data help file
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OnLine resource: Standard level radiosonde data from global stations also archived at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
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Hierarchy level: series Series

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Hierarchy level: series Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-12-15T03:26:22

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Point of contact

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom

01235446432

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