GBS 20.7GHz slant path radio propagation measurements, Chilbolton site

The GBS (Global Broadcast Service) dataset is a series of radio attenuation measurements made at three sites in the UK: Chilbolton and Sparsholt, both in southern UK, and Dundee in Scotland. The aim of the experiment was to make long term measurements of the signal strength received from a 20.7GHz beacon on the US Department of Defense satellite UFO-9 at multiple sites, in order to determine whether the use of site diversity as a fade mitigation technique would be effective. The dataset spans a period of 3 years, from August 2003 to August 2006 with signal attenuation sampled once per second.

This dataset is cited in:

S. A. Callaghan, J. Waight, J.L.Agnew, C. J. Walden, C.L.Wrench , S. Ventouras “The GBS dataset: measurements of satellite site diversity at 20.7 GHz in the UK”, Geoscience Data Journal, 17 March 2013, DOI: 10.1002/gdj3.2

Date (Publication): 2003-09-19T14:25:48

Date (Creation): 2003-09-19T14:25:48

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/639a3714-bc74-46a6-9026-64931f355e07

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)		unknown	Author
Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Callaghan, Sarah A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Waight, J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Walden, Chris J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Agnew, Judith	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Ventouras, Spiros	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Callaghan, Sarah A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Walden, Chris J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Ventouras, Spiros	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	Walden, Chris J.	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

ATMOSPHERICWATERVAPOR
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERICWINDS
PRECIPITATION
ATMOSPHERICTEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERICRADIATION
ATMOSPHERICPRESSURE
CLOUDS

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atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2003-08-18T23:00:00

End date: 2005-03-30T23:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Data are netCDF formatted

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/chilbolton/data/gbs_chilbolton	DOWNLOAD

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1002/gdj3.2	Data article in Geoscience Data Journal doi:10.1002/gdj3.2

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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 are prepared by Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR) staff prior to submission to BADC for archiving.

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File identifier: 506b190cc98778964e8f23fd41407a03 XML

Metadata language: English

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Parent identifier: Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present)
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Date stamp: 2026-03-11T03:01:17

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

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

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