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SG-WEx: British Antarctic Survey Vaisala RS92 radiosonde data from King Edward Point (2015)
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) operated a Vaisala RS92 radiosonde unit at King Edward Point, South Georgia Islands to support meteor radar data also recorded at the site during the South Georgia Wave Experiment (SG-WEx) project. The sonde ascents took place during two campaigns: January 2015 and June/July 2015 to measure gravity waves. The data are standard radiosonde measurements of temperature, humidity, wind speeds, direction and pressure along the ascent at 10s intervals. These balloon ascents typically continue until the balloon fails in the stratosphere. The highest ascent recorded in these data was around 32km. Some ascents also provide data for parts of the descending part of the flight until the instrumentation failed.
The King Edward Point Magnetic Observatory (KEP, 54.2820 S, 36.4930 W) is located on the South Georgia island in the South Atlantic.
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-11-11T17:42:29
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2019-11-11T17:42:29
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / d1d6f63b4197452495b5d17a95977843
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/d1d6f63b4197452495b5d17a95977843
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- radiosonde
- South Atlantic
- 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
- 2015-01-07T22:56:00
- End date
- 2015-07-06T11:00:00
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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The data are available in both BADC-CSV formatted files and original Vaisala EDT formatted binary files.
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The data are available in both BADC-CSV formatted files and original Vaisala EDT formatted binary files.
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data from the instrument are collected by the British Antarctic Survey and supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long-term archiving.
Metadata
- File identifier
- d1d6f63b4197452495b5d17a95977843 XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- SG-WEx: a collection of meteor radar observations, radiosondes and numerical modelling output over South Georgia 585b29ba4a054760ac4e53e7d95290b9
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2023-03-13T01:02:16
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
