NERC Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility: Surface winds from the WXT510 instrument, Capel Dewi site, Wales (2007-2015)

Surface wind measurements are available from the Vaisala WXT510 surface meteorology instrument deployed at the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility, Capel Dewi, near Aberystwyth in West Wales from 2007 to 2015. Wind speed and direction are measured by a WINDCAP (R) sensor which consists of an array of three equally-spaced ultrasonic transducers. These transducers are situated approximately 11 cm apart in a horizontal plane, leading to minimum, mean, and maximum values of speed and direction to be recorded. Data are available in netCDF formatted data files to all CEDA registered users under the UK Open Government licence.

This instrument has since been replaced by a Vaisala WXT520 surface meteorology instrument at the site.

Note - the wind data from this instrument are known to be highly constrained by the valley topography in which the instrument is sited. As such it should not be used as a representation of the broad scale wind field, but may be of interest to those wishing to study valley flows.

Date (Publication): 2008-08-28T14:28:05

Date (Creation): 2008-08-28T14:28:05

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2

Citation identifier: doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility at Aberystwyth (MSTRF)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Hooper, David A.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Vaughan, Geraint	Unavailable	Principal investigator
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Unavailable	Hooper, David A.	Unavailable	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

MST
meteorology
surface
2m
wind speed
wind direction

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 https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated 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: 2007-12-21T00:00:00

End date: 2015-01-06T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted.

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/mst/data/wind-sensors-wxt510	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://mst.nerc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mstlog_public/mst_event_search.py	MST radar facility instrument performance log

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: These data were acquired by the MST radar facility and sent to the BADC (subsequently CEDA) within an hour of acquisition. Data were then immediately ingested into the BADC archives.

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File identifier: 63c30b6310faa22e90b7e4a7adce1fa2 XML

Metadata language: English

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Parent identifier: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar Facility: surface and upper air meteorology measurements from Aberystwyth, mid-Wales
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-12-04T03:02:08

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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