061fc7fd1ca940e7ad685daf146db08f English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 dataset Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-15T02:17:43 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 University of Bath: King Edward Point Skiymet meteor radar data (2016-2020) 2019-06-03T13:22:04 publication 2019-06-03T13:22:04 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/061fc7fd1ca940e7ad685daf146db08f 061fc7fd1ca940e7ad685daf146db08f Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) 10.5285/061fc7fd1ca940e7ad685daf146db08f doi The University of Bath's meteor radar located at the King Edward Point Magnetic Observatory (KEP, 54.2820 S, 36.4930 W) on South Georgia island in the South Atlantic , is an all-sky VHF (Very High Frequency) meteor radar commercially produced Skiymet system. It has been operational since 2016 providing meteor detection and derived wind data in support of the NERC funded South Georgia Wave (SG-WEX) and DRAGON-WEX: The Drake Passage and Southern Ocean Wave Experiments (see linked Project records for further details). The radar detects radio scatter from the ionised trails of individual meteors drifting with the winds of the upper mesosphere, mesopause and lower thermosphere. A low-gain transmitter antenna is used to provide broad illumination of the sky. An array of five receiver antennas act as an interferometer to determine the azimuth and zenith angles of individual meteor echoes. Doppler measurements from each meteor determine the radial drift velocity and the meteor is assumed to be a passive tracer of atmospheric flow. The radar typically detects of order a few thousand meteors per day. These observations can be used to determine zonal and meridional winds in the mesosphere, mesopause and lower thermosphere at heights of about 80 – 100 km and with height and time resolutions of ~ 3 km and 2 hours. The radar produces daily “meteor position data” data files (mpd files) recording the details of each individual meteor echo. In normal operation a few thousand individual meteors are detected per day. See parameter list for details of available data. Recordings are made for each individual meteor detected allowing measurements of zonal and meridional wind speeds in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere to be obtained. Meteor count rates vary diurnally and with season, but are usually up to a few thousand meteors per day. Mitchell, Nicholas J. Unavailable author Unavailable author Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) custodian 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk custodian Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) data_owner 01793 411500 Polaris House North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1EU United Kingdom unknown owner Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) distributor 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor Mitchell, Nicholas J. Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Mitchell, Nicholas J. Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Moffat-Griffin, Tracy Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Moffat-Griffin, Tracy Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Ross, Andrew N Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) point_of_contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk pointofContact Mitchell, Nicholas J. Unavailable point_of_contact Unavailable pointofContact Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) publisher 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk publisher notPlanned dataset meteor radar mesosphere atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication otherRestrictions Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access. otherRestrictions Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -36.493 -36.493 -54.282 -54.282 2005-02-12T21:37:20 2020-11-25T04:07:12 Data are ASCII formatted. See linked documentation. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) Data Center Contact 01235446432 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxon OX11 0QX United Kingdom support@ceda.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/061fc7fd1ca940e7ad685daf146db08f CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/meteor-radars/data/king-edward-point/ DOWNLOAD Download Data download https://zenodo.org/record/7357290 Description of the meteor position data (MPD) files of a SKiYMET meteor radar No further details. information https://zenodo.org/record/7357305 Description of the format and methodology of the Horizontal Wind Data (HWD) files of a SKiYMET meteor radar No further details. information dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 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.