4ad54b7c-f4a2-4ebf-adfe-64ef558e7cf9 eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2007-11-01 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 Rothera meteor radar data, Rothera Station, Antarctica, 2005-2007 2007-11-01 creation 2007-11-01 revision 2007-11-01 publication 2007-11-01 released 1 4ad54b7c-f4a2-4ebf-adfe-64ef558e7cf9 uuid GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00287 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ Please cite this item as: None The Skiymet meteor radar was deployed at Rothera (68S, 68W) in Feb 2005. The radar measures the winds, waves and tides of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) regions of the atmosphere. The radar routinely makes three types of measurement: 1. horizontal winds at heights of ~ 75 - 105 km from the drifting of meteors as they are carried by the winds of the MLT; 2. atmospheric temperature from the decay rate of meteor echoes; 3. meteor fluxes, derived from several thousand meteors per day. The radar has been used with an existing, identical, radar in the Arctic at the conjugate latitude of 68N, 21E (Esrange) to produce accurate climatologies of winds, waves and tides - and to quantify the differences between the Antarctic and Arctic MLT (using identical radars eliminates otherwise problematic measurement biases). Other studies will carefully examine meteor/MF-radar instrument biases and apply a developing technique to continually measure temperature using the decay rate of meteor echoes. The radar complements the existing OH temperature spectrometer and imaging airglow camera at Rothera. No credit. completed Espy, Patrick British Antarctic Survey Researcher author Mitchell, Nicholas University of Bath Researcher author Younger, Peter University of Bath Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Upper Level Winds EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Radar Cross-section EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Radar Reflectivity EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Return Power EARTH SCIENCE > Spectral/Engineering > Radar > Sensor Counts EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Atmospheric conditions horizontal winds mesosphere meteor fluxes meteor radar radar biases thermosphere waves and tides theme Rothera Antarctica place Atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions no limitations to public access otherRestrictions no limitations license Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy otherRestrictions Requests for data can be made via the UK Polar Data Centre (UK PDC) at BAS. url url largerWorkCitation textTable eng utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere -68.0 -68.0 -68.0 -68.0 2005-02-14 2007-04-18 It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor bytes 1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: This project is part of the WFL programme Data quality: The radar has operated faultlessly from first operation on 14 February 2005. asNeeded completed