COPS: vertical wind profiles from the Facility for Ground-based Atmospheric Measurements' (FGAM) 1290 MHz Degreane Mobile Wind Profiler located at Archern, Germany

Data were collected by the 1290 mhz wind profiler, previously known as the Aberystwyth radar, at Achern, Germany, in support of the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS) Project from the 13th of June 2007 to the 17th of August 2007. The dataset contains measurements of wind speed, wind direction, signal to noise ratio and spectral width. Data are available in netCDF.

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

Date (Publication): 2007-02-19T14:07:38

Date (Creation): 2007-02-19T14:07:38

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/104700b95640c9eb22726248ab187d87

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 104700b95640c9eb22726248ab187d87

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Norton, Emily G.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Blyth, Alan	Unavailable	Principal investigator
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

FGAM
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

Access constraints: Other restrictions

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Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: 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.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2007-06-12T23:00:00

End date: 2007-08-16T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
The data are netCDF formatted whilst plots are PNG formatted

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/104700b95640c9eb22726248ab187d87	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/cops/data/man-radar-1290mhz	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/conditions/cops.html	COPS data use license

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.cops2007.de/	Main COPS web site

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data were collected by Emily Norton directly from the mobile wind profiler before checking and processing using the Degreane Horizon software supplied with the mobile wind profiler. The data were then prepared for archiving by Emily Norton using IDL scripts prepared for the task. The data were then delivered to the BADC for archiving.