GBS 20.7GHz slant path radio propagation measurements, Sparsholt 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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Identification
- File identifier
- 9f7d4c63f8ba5ca0e3ca6ed4a62d6cdf XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- grid
Encoding
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- Data are netCDF formatted
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- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
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- ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR
- ATMOSPHERE
- ATMOSPHERICWINDS
- PRECIPITATION
- ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE
- ATMOSPHERICRADIATION
- ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE
- CLOUDS
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2003-09-20T13:23:47
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2003-09-20T13:23:47
Quality and validity
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- Data were prepared by the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) staff prior to submission to BADC for archiving.
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Contact for the resource
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- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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- Organisation name
- Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)
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- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
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- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
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- Organisation name
- Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)
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- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Unavailable
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- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Metadata Date
- 2024-03-25T00:11:13
- Metadata Language
- English (en)