Bolton Experiment: Raingauge, Meteorology, Radar and Microwave measurements

The Bolton Experiment was an experimental test of the use of microwave attenuation to improve rainfall estimates in urban areas, and hence to enhance flood warning. Data was collected from microwave and radar links and a number of telemetered tipping bucket raingauges. The dataset contains microwave, raingauge and radar data. It also contains data analysis to extract information from the link attenuation data on path-averaged rainfall rate, and comparison with the results with those obtained from the raingauges and the radar. The dataset is now public.

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Date (Publication)
2007-03-16T16:34:43
Date (Creation)
2007-03-16T16:34:43
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0e0a9d1a27e2ff312ff58a8bb9414f6c
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 0e0a9d1a27e2ff312ff58a8bb9414f6c
Author
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author
Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom
01793 411500
Author
  Unavailable - Upton, G. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Rahimi, A. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Baxter, P. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Holt, A.R. ( 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
  unknown - 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
  • Bolton
  • Raingauge
  • Meteorology
  • Radar
  • Microwave
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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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
2001-04-04T23:00:00
End date
2001-04-07T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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  • Data are ASCII 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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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data was collected from microwave and radar links and a number of telemetered tipping bucket raingauges, by the University of Essex, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), and the University of Salford. Data are passed on to the BADC for archiving.
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0e0a9d1a27e2ff312ff58a8bb9414f6c XML
Metadata language
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Character set
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Parent identifier
Bolton Experiment: Microwave, Radar link attenuation and Raingauge data 569bc9a4b454f779e8a11e9ed3f621ef
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-16T03:02:34
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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atmospheric conditions

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