Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) Messages, Part of the Met Office MetDB System
The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) messages data describe hourly observations from around 120 stations distributed globally. The observations, which are later transmitted in reports, give measurements of parameters such as wind speed, and temperature. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the RASS message.
Data are extracted daily at around 00 UT from the Met Office's MetDB system for the previous day's coverage.
The dataset contains measurements of the following parameters:
- Station height (in m)
- Virtual temperature (in Kelvin)
- Wind w velocity component (in m/s)
- Signal to noise ratio
See linked documentation for general information about surface station readings can be obtained from the abridged version of "MIDAS Data Users Guide", provided by the Met Office. This document describes the meteorological surface data in the Met Office Database - MIDAS. This guide is rich in information and is aimed at those with little familiarity with observing methods or instrumentation. Details of the WMO Meteorological codes used at weather observing stations (daily and hourly weather) explain the codes used in this dataset further are also linked to on this record.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-08-08T14:01:18
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2008-08-08T14:01:18
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84
- Maintenance and update frequency
- continual
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- MetDB
- RASS
- profile
- meteorology
- temperature
- wind speed
- wind direction
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- 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
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2009-04-30T23:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are BADC-CSV formatted
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Data are BADC-CSV 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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Further information on the RASS message
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
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- Resource Locator
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WMO Meteorological codes
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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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Further information on the RASS message
No further details.
- Resource Locator
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MIDAS User Guide version v20200921
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- Resource Locator
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WMO Meteorological codes
No further details.
- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible.
Metadata
- File identifier
- cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- Met Office MetDB system: Surface, upper air and satellite data 8ee156b6ed41b153e85dbf02a4134513
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-03T23:02:09
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3