cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 8ee156b6ed41b153e85dbf02a4134513 dataset NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-05-06T02:01:29 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) Messages, Part of the Met Office MetDB System 2008-08-08T14:01:18 publication 2008-08-08T14:01:18 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) messages data describe hourly observations from around 120 stations distributed globally. The observations, which are later transmitted in reports, give measurements of parameters such as wind speed, and temperature. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the RASS message. Data are extracted daily at around 00 UT from the Met Office's MetDB system for the previous day's coverage. The dataset contains measurements of the following parameters: - Station height (in m) - Virtual temperature (in Kelvin) - Wind w velocity component (in m/s) - Signal to noise ratio See linked documentation for general information about surface station readings can be obtained from the abridged version of "MIDAS Data Users Guide", provided by the Met Office. This document describes the meteorological surface data in the Met Office Database - MIDAS. This guide is rich in information and is aimed at those with little familiarity with observing methods or instrumentation. Details of the WMO Meteorological codes used at weather observing stations (daily and hourly weather) explain the codes used in this dataset further are also linked to on this record. Met Office author 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor Met Office principal_investigator 0370 900 0100 Met Office FitzRoy Road Exeter EX1 3PB enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk principalInvestigator NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher continual dataset Met Office MetDB RASS profile meteorology temperature wind speed wind direction atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted. Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access. otherRestrictions 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. 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. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -180.0 180.0 -90.0 90.0 2009-04-30T23:00:00 Data are BADC-CSV formatted NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-metdb/data/rass DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-metdb/rass.html Further information on the RASS message No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7357325 MIDAS User Guide version v20200921 No further details. information https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html WMO Meteorological codes No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 Data are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible.