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Vertical wind profile data from 6th November 2013 to18th January 2016 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire
Vertical profiles of horizontal and vertical wind components as well as signal-to-noise (SNR) and spectal width measurements were collected at the Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK, from 6th November 2013 to 18th January 2016 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 Measurement 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 ()
- 2015-07-01T15:01:44
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2015-07-01T15:01:44
- Identifier
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / ecbecb0fbf6e4a4e93bb3ee2cf9854cd
- Maintenance and update frequency
- notPlanned
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- 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 ()
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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
- 2013-11-06T00:00:00
- End date
- 2016-01-18T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are netCDF formatted
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Data are 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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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
Detail and access information for the resource
- Resource Locator
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DOWNLOAD
Download Data
- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- 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
- ecbecb0fbf6e4a4e93bb3ee2cf9854cd 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
- 2023-01-26T00:50:59
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
