Surface Data from United Kingdom Stations, Part of the Met Office Land Surface Stations Database (1990-2000)

Data were collected by UK stations from 1853 until 2000. These data are the Met Office's 'old' Land Surface Observation data and have been superseded by the MIDAS dataset collection. This dataset remains for historic purposes only. The data contain measurements of hourly and daily meteorological values, such as rainfall, sunshine duration, temperature, and wind speed.

The MIDAS dataset supersedes this dataset and new users should apply for access to that by following the on-screen instructions. If necessary, you will be able to access this historic dataset once you have been granted access to the MIDAS data.

The dataset contains the measurements of the following parameters:

Sunshine duration

Snow depth

Visibility

Wind speed and wind direction

Temperature

Cloud type

Past and present weather

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2006-08-30T13:09:37
Dataset Reference Date ()
2006-08-30T13:09:37
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/70d5f61227a6e5569523b6a570f70097
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 70d5f61227a6e5569523b6a570f70097
  Met Office - author
Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,
0370 900 0100
  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
  • Met Office
  • meteorology
  • UK
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
Limitations on Public Access
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1853-01-01T00:00:00
End date
1999-07-30T23:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format

  • Data availability and file format

    NOTE: The BADC holds the Met Office surface data as provided by the Met Office and therefore the BADC can only supply Surface Met data archived at the Met Office.

    The Met Office Land Surface data held at the BADC, are stored in a simple ASCII format (plain text and "human" readable).

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Quality Scope
dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data collated by Met Office from messages transmitted from recording stations from 1853 to 2000. Data were then archived at the BADC for use use by the wider research community.

Metadata

File identifier
70d5f61227a6e5569523b6a570f70097 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
Met Office Land Surface Stations Data (1900-2000) ea2d5d8bce505ad4b10e06b45191883b
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-07-05T00:39:11
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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