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GBS 20.7GHz slant path radio propagation measurements, Chilbolton 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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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2003-09-19T14:25:48
Dataset Reference Date ()
2003-09-19T14:25:48
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03
Identifier
doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/639a3714-bc74-46a6-9026-64931f355e07
  Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) - author
  Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) - author
  Unavailable - Callaghan, Sarah A. ( author )
  Unavailable - Waight, J. ( author )
  Unavailable - Walden, Chris J. ( author )
  Unavailable - Agnew, Judith ( author )
  Unavailable - Ventouras, Spiros ( author )
  Unavailable - Callaghan, Sarah A. ( author )
  Unavailable - Walden, Chris J. ( author )
  Unavailable - Ventouras, Spiros ( author )
  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
  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
  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
  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
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERICWINDS
  • PRECIPITATION
  • ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERICRADIATION
  • ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE
  • CLOUDS
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2003-08-18T23:00:00
End date
2005-03-30T23:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

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Data article in Geoscience Data Journal doi:10.1002/gdj3.2

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Dataset Reference Date ()
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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506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present) 7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-01-05T00:12:06
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  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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