MSU equivalent measures from HadAT2 (1958 to 2005)

In the interests of having MSU-equivalent HadAT timeseries available for immediate comparisons with these satellite-derived data, the Hadley Centre have created a set of MSU equivalent measures under very specific criteria. Although justifiable, many of the decisions they have made are subjective and alternative choices could be made that would appear, at least initially, to be equally plausible. Final MSU equivalent measures for the monthly HadAT2 timeseries are available as well as a number of intermediate products required to produce these from the Temperature on Pressure Levels data.

For more information on the real MSU instruments, their measurements and their climate timeseries are available from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Remote Sensing Systems (external links).

Date (Publication): 2015-12-20T15:50:13

Date (Creation): 2015-12-20T15:50:13

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce

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Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC) - author

Met Office , Exeter ,

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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Keywords

Met Office
HADAT
MSU
radiosonde
temperature anomalies
Hadley

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Begin date: 1958-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2005-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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The data are available in ASCII and NetCDF format ()

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact

British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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OnLine resource: Thorne P.W. et al., 2005
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OnLine resource: HadAT Typically used Diagrams
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OnLine resource: MSU at Remote Sensing Systems
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OnLine resource: MSU at the National Space Science & Technology Center, University of Alabama Huntsville
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OnLine resource: Hadley Centre MSU Documentation
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: Summary of HadAT development
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OnLine resource: BADC Doc: HadAT Uncertainty estimates
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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data files acquired as is from the Met Office Hadley centre, are stored at the BADC.

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Metadata language: EnglishEnglish

Character set: 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8

Parent identifier: Met Office Globally gridded radiosonde temperature anomalies HadAT Datasets (1958-2012) 1205818e121bd8c12a6029f9cbd11a18

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Date stamp: 2025-05-09T02:23:19

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK

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