NERC Data Catalogue Service
NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility: Surface winds from the WXT510 instrument, Capel Dewi site, Wales (2007-2015)
Surface wind measurements are available from the Vaisala WXT510 surface meteorology instrument deployed at the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth in West Wales from 2007 to 2015. Wind speed and direction are measured by a WINDCAP (R) sensor which consists of an array of three equally-spaced ultrasonic transducers. These transducers are situated approximately 11 cm apart in a horizontal plane, leading to minimum, mean, and maximum values of speed and direction to be recorded. Data are available in netCDF formatted data files to all CEDA registered users under the UK Open Government licence.
This instrument has since been replaced by a Vaisala WXT520 surface meteorology instrument at the site.
Note - the wind data from this instrument are known to be highly constrained by the valley topography in which the instrument is sited. As such it should not be used as a representation of the broad scale wind field, but may be of interest to those wishing to study valley flows.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-08-28T14:28:05
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-08-28T14:28:05
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- MST
- meteorology
- surface
- 2m
- wind speed
- wind direction
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2007-12-21T00:00:00
- End date
- 2015-01-06T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted.
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Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Resource Locator
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MST radar facility instrument performance log
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Resource Locator
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MST radar facility instrument performance log
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- These data were acquired by the MST radar facility and sent to the BADC (subsequently CEDA) within an hour of acquisition. Data were then immediately ingested into the BADC archives.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility: surface and upper air meteorology measurements from Aberystwyth, mid-Wales bd095d86e4a9f0c706b08058dbad3b31
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-05-25T23:41:48
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
