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GBS 20.7GHz slant path radio propagation measurements, Dundee site

The GBS (Global Broadcast Service) dataset is a series of radio attenuation measurements made at three sites in the UK: Chilbolton and Sparsholt, both in southern UK, and Dundee in Scotland. The aim of the experiment was to make long term measurements of the signal strength received from a 20.7GHz beacon on the US Department of Defense satellite UFO-9 at multiple sites, in order to determine whether the use of site diversity as a fade mitigation technique would be effective. The dataset spans a period of 3 years, from August 2003 to August 2006 with signal attenuation sampled once per second.

This dataset is cited in:

S. A. Callaghan, J. Waight, J.L.Agnew, C. J. Walden, C.L.Wrench , S. Ventouras “The GBS dataset: measurements of satellite site diversity at 20.7 GHz in the UK”, Geoscience Data Journal, 17 March 2013, DOI: 10.1002/gdj3.2

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Date (Publication)
2003-04-17T11:31:23
Date (Creation)
2003-04-17T11:31:23
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/488594e874ff1a613d4966ed113f16fc
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 488594e874ff1a613d4966ed113f16fc
Identifier
doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/db8d8981-1a51-4d6e-81c0-cced9b921390
Author
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - author
Author
  Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) - author
Author
  Unavailable - Callaghan, Sarah A. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Waight, J. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Walden, Chris J. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Agnew, Judith ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Ventouras, Spiros ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Callaghan, Sarah A. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Walden, Chris J. ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Ventouras, Spiros ( 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 - Walden, Chris J. ( 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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Keywords
  • ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERICWINDS
  • PRECIPITATION
  • ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERICRADIATION
  • ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE
  • CLOUDS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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Begin date
2004-02-18T00:00:00
End date
2006-08-30T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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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
+44(0)1235 446432
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2010-12-08
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Data are prepared by Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) staff prior to submission to BADC for archiving.
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Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present) 7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
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Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:01:07
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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