Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP): surface, remotely sensed and airborne atmospheric measurements collection

The Convective Storm Initiation Project (CSIP) aimed to further the understanding of the mechanisms responsible for the initiation of precipitating convection in the maritime environment of southern England; i.e. to understand why convective clouds form and develop into precipitating clouds in a particular location. The project was centred on the 3 GHz (CAMRa) and 1275 clear-air (ACROBAT) radars at Chilbolton and used a number of the new UK Universities' Facility for Atmospheric Measurement (UFAM) mobile instruments. These include three sodars, a Doppler Lidar, a wind profiler, an aerosol and ozone lidar, a network of automatic weather stations, mobile radiosonde stations and a Cessna aircraft. This dataset includes measurements of wind speeds and wind directions and aerosol concentrations.

Date (Publication): 2006-12-10T03:16:25

Date (Creation): 2006-12-10T03:16:25

Identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/44dfa95b7a2768c006b12fbb2f28799c

Identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 44dfa95b7a2768c006b12fbb2f28799c

Author

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author

Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom

01793 411500

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Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) - author

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Met Office - author

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

0370 900 0100

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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) - author

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Met Éireann - author

Glasnevin Hill , Dublin 9 , Ireland

0035318064200

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Unavailable - Blyth, Alan ( author )

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Unavailable - Arnold, Kathrin ( author )

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Unavailable - Brooks, Barbara J. ( author )

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Unavailable - Ulrich, Corsmeier ( author )

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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

+44(0)1235 446432

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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

+44(0)1235 446432

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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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Keywords

CSIP
Meteorology
Storms
Precipitation
NERC

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

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Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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OnLine resource: CSIP Project website
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OnLine resource: STFC Chilbolton Observatory website
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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2025-11-15T03:26:33

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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