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Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP): Met Office Radiometrics MP3000 profling radiometer at Linkenholt, UK

The data were collected by the Met Office’s Radiometrics TP/WVP-3000 which was deployed to Linkenholt on 13 June until 21 September 2005. The dataset contains plots of temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and rainfall amount.

It was initially configured to view in the zenith direction with very high time resolution (~12 s). All channels also viewed the internal black body target for relative calibration, initially every 5 minutes. However, initially this did not take place between 11 – 13 UTC due to a configuration error, which was corrected on 8 July 2005. Prior to this date, the calibration of data around noon is prone to drift.

The radiometer ran continuously in this mode until 20 July 2005, when it was re-configured to alternative between zenith views and internal black body calibration views in a 30 s cycle because of concerns over the drift in calibration over the previous 5 minute calibration period.

There was a power outage on 2 August 2005 from 0730 – 0946 UTC when no radiometer data was available.

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Date (Publication)
2006-08-17T13:57:45
Date (Creation)
2006-08-17T13:57:45
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/307f3be807331cc534223b11ef0ff9ca
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 307f3be807331cc534223b11ef0ff9ca
Author
  Unavailable - Hewison, Tim ( 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 - Blyth, Alan ( 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
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notPlanned Not planned
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dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • CSIP
  • Met Office
  • temperature
  • relative humidity
  • pressure
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2005-06-12T23:00:00
End date
2005-09-20T23:00:00
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WGS 84
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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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Brightness temperatures and neural network retrievals from Radiometrics MP3000 Microwave Radiometer document by Tim Hewison (Met Office)

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data from the UK Met Office were supplied to the Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP) participants and then to the BADC for archiving.
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Metadata language
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Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP): surface, remotely sensed and airborne atmospheric measurements collection 44dfa95b7a2768c006b12fbb2f28799c
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dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:01:34
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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