MIDAS: UK Mean Wind Data
The UK mean wind data describes the mean wind speed and direction, and the direction, speed and time of the maximum gust, all during 1 or more hours, ending at the stated time and date. The data is collected by observation stations across the UK and transmitted within the following message types: SYNOP, HCM, AWSHRLY, DLY3208, HWNDAUTO and HWND6910. The data spans from 1949 to present.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- a1f65a362c26c9fa667d98c431a1ad38 XML
- Resource type
- dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Spatial representation type
- grid
Encoding
- Format
- Data are ASCII formatted
Projection
- code
- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
Other keywords
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- MIDAS
- UK
- meteorology
- wind speed
- wind direction
- gust
Geographic coverage
N
S
E
W
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-07-26T14:05:26
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2006-07-26T14:05:26
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Met Office
- 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
- Met Office
- 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
- Met Office
- 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
- Met Office
- 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
- 2024-04-23T00:14:08
- Metadata Language
- English (en)