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Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present)

Data from observations made using Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR).The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) facility at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire (51.1445N, 1.4270W) is the home of many observation systems for meteorological and atmospheric science research. There are 4 radar systems designed to study precipitation, clouds and clear air, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa) on the 25 m dish. There are also 4 lidar systems providing data on elastic backscattering, Doppler velocity, water vapour profiles and depolarisation. A wide range of meteorological and multiple raingauge data are available from both Chilbolton and the nearby Sparsholt field site. There is a wide range of radiometers at the site: microwave (for water vapour and liquid water measurements) and downwelling infra-red and visible detectors for radiation budget measurements. This dataset holds attenuation time-series data from vertically polarised 5 km links from South Wonston to Sparsholt. Cloud camera data from the Chilbolton site are available to provide visual information on weather conditions.

CFARR is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and is owned and operated by the Space Science and Technology Department of the STFC.

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Date (Publication)
2003-12-10T03:19:10
Date (Creation)
2003-12-10T03:19:10
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
Author
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - author
Author
  Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) - author
Author
  Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - author
Polaris House , North Star Avenue , Swindon , SN2 1EU , United Kingdom
01793 411500
Author
  Unavailable - Wrench, Charles Leonard ( 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
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
pointofContact
  Unavailable - Walden, Chris J. ( point_of_contact )
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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Update scope
series Series
Keywords
  • CFARR
  • Chilbolton
  • meteorology
  • radar
  • lidar
  • NCAS
  • AMF
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
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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
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1996-07-04T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
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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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

Detail and access information for the resource

OnLine resource
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research website

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Chilbolton Observatory Weather Web

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa)

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton cloud camera

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton 905 nm CT75K lidar ceilometer data

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BADC Doc: Visible and infrared broadband radiometers

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton 355 nm UV Raman lidar data

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton Disdrometers

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Reading University Radar website

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STFC Chilbolton Observatory website

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton drop-counting and tipping bucket raingauge data

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BADC Doc: Winter 1998/1999 radar data

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BADC Doc:Chilbolton Dataset - data log

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton Global Broadcast System

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BADC Doc: Chilbolton 94 GHz Galileo radar data

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BADC Doc: South Wonston to Sparsholt 5 km Radio Links

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BADC Doc: Meteorological Sensors

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BADC Doc: Radiometrics microwave radiometer

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series Series

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.
File identifier
7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
series Series
Hierarchy level name
series
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:26:26
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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