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Vertical wind profile data from 24th March to 4th May 2003 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Capel Dewi, Wales

Vertical profiles of horizontal and vertical wind components as well as signal-to-noise (SNR) and spectal width measurements were collected at the NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere radar facility site, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, between 24th March and 4th April 2003 as part of ongoing long term observations made by the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). These data were collected by the NCAS Atmospheric Measreument Facility's (AMF) 1290 MHz Mobile Wind Profiler, owned and operated by the University of Manchester and previously known as the aber-radar-1290mhz at the time of these observations. The data are available at 15 minute intervals as netCDF files to all registered BADC users under the Open Government License.

The dataset contains the following measurements:

Eastward wind velocity component

Northward wind velocity component

Upward air velocity

Direction the wind is from

Signal to noise ratio

Altitude of instrument above the ground

Longitude of instrument

Latitude of instrument

Spectral width

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2013-12-10T16:49:29
Dataset Reference Date ()
2013-12-10T16:49:29
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/bf9493e21f965d022f786cede7decfe3
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / bf9493e21f965d022f786cede7decfe3
  Unavailable - Norton, Emily G. ( 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
  • NCAS
  • AMF
  • radar
  • wind profiler
  • boundary layer wind profiler
  • turbulence
  • thermals
  • boundary layer structure
  • radar wind profiler
  • Doppler radar
  • UHF radar
  • 'Clear' air radar
  • morning transition
  • convective boundary layer
  • mixed layer
  • entrainment zone
  • transitional boundary layer
  • nocturnal boundary layer
  • lower level jet
  • nocturnal jet
  • weather fronts
  • sting jets
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
Limitations on Public Access
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Other constraints
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.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2003-03-24T00:00:00
End date
2003-05-04T22:59:59
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Data are netCDF formatted ()

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were collected by the wind profiler before being processed by the instrument scientist, Emily Norton, and then provided to the BADC for archiving.

Metadata

File identifier
bf9493e21f965d022f786cede7decfe3 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
NCAS Long Term Observations of atmospheric dynamics and composition a0c7a4c46a83992cfdf9820a4b253923
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-03-24T00:56:55
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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