215d6d99e46ceb067e9ee78b89f513d5 English 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 bd095d86e4a9f0c706b08058dbad3b31 dataset NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-04-30T02:02:12 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar: mesospheric structure and dynamics oberservations, version 3 2012-09-27T14:42:59 publication 2012-09-27T14:42:59 creation https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/215d6d99e46ceb067e9ee78b89f513d5 215d6d99e46ceb067e9ee78b89f513d5 NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar is operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council at the Radar Facility's (MSTRF's) site in Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth, Mid-Wales. The 46.5 MHz pulsed Doppler radar is used primarily for making atmospheric observations over the approximate altitude range 2 - 20 km, i.e. over most of the troposphere and the lower stratosphere - hence the term "ST-mode". Additional observations are made over the approximate altitude range 56 - 96 km, i.e. covering the mesosphere - hence the term "M-mode" (see related dataset). The instrument has been in operation, using the Dopppler Beam Swinging technique (see linked documentation for further details), since late 1989. It was intially operated on a campaign basis, but switched to quasi-continuous observations (i.e. close to 24-7 operation) in late 1997. This dataset includes radial data products, i.e. range profiles along each beam pointing direction, and the "Cartesian" data products that are derived from them in the form of altitude profiles. The latter are used for most purposes. Data products are derived from the version 3 processing scheme, which supersedes earlier versions. Further details can be found via the linked documentation. Radial data products include: signal power (relates to atmospheric structure) radial velocity (relates to wind speed along the beam pointing direction) spectral width (relates to turbulence intensity) Cartesian data products include: horizontal wind components (zonal and meridional) vertical wind velocity vertical beam signal power tropopause altitude vertical beam spectral width radar return aspect sensitivity Natural Environment Research Council Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility at Aberystwyth (MSTRF) author Capel Dewi Aberystwyth Ceredigion Wales unknown author Hooper, David A. Unavailable author Unavailable author NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) custodian +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk custodian NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) distributor +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor Vaughan, Geraint Unavailable principal_investigator Unavailable principalInvestigator NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) point_of_contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk pointofContact NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) publisher +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk publisher daily dataset MST Radar NERC mesosphere SNR echo power spectral width 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. 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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. grid English climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -4.0054698 -4.0054698 52.424526 52.424526 2005-04-30T23:00:00 Data are netCDF formatted NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) Data Center Contact +44(0)1235 446432 British Atmospheric Data Centre STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Oxford OX11 0QX UK badc@rl.ac.uk distributor https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/215d6d99e46ceb067e9ee78b89f513d5 CEDA Data Catalogue Page Detail and access information for the resource information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/mst/data/mst-products-v3/m-mode DOWNLOAD Download Data download http://mst.nerc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mstlog_public/mst_event_search.py MST radar facility instrument performance log No further details. information http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/mst/plots/m-mode MST Radar Facility radar mesosphere plots 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 are acquired by the MST radar facility and sent to the BADC within an hour of acquisition. Data are then immediately ingested into the BADC archives.