Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR): surface, radar and lidar measurements (1998-present)

Data from observations made using Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR).The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) facility at Chilbolton Observatory, Hampshire (51.1445N, 1.4270W) is the home of many observation systems for meteorological and atmospheric science research. There are 4 radar systems designed to study precipitation, clouds and clear air, of which the largest is the 3 GHz Doppler radar (CAMRa) on the 25 m dish. There are also 4 lidar systems providing data on elastic backscattering, Doppler velocity, water vapour profiles and depolarisation. A wide range of meteorological and multiple raingauge data are available from both Chilbolton and the nearby Sparsholt field site. There is a wide range of radiometers at the site: microwave (for water vapour and liquid water measurements) and downwelling infra-red and visible detectors for radiation budget measurements. This dataset holds attenuation time-series data from vertically polarised 5 km links from South Wonston to Sparsholt. Cloud camera data from the Chilbolton site are available to provide visual information on weather conditions.



CFARR is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and is owned and operated by the Space Science and Technology Department of the STFC.

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Date (Publication)
2003-12-10T03:19:10
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2003-12-10T03:19:10
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d
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Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

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Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR)

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Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

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Wrench, Charles Leonard

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Walden, Chris J.

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Keywords

  • CFARR

  • Chilbolton

  • meteorology

  • radar

  • lidar

  • NCAS

  • AMF

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1996-07-04T23:00:00
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WGS 84
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7cbc3fc19bfa037a48ba4cba4b93544d

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Chilbolton/Default.aspx

Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research website
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Chilbolton/weather/24987.aspx

Chilbolton Observatory Weather Web
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/camra.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton Advanced Meteorological Radar (CAMRa)
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/cloud_camera.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton cloud camera
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/vaisala_ceilometer.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton 905 nm CT75K lidar ceilometer data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/broadband_radiometers.html

BADC Doc: Visible and infrared broadband radiometers
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/lidar_uv.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton 355 nm UV Raman lidar data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/disdrometers.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton Disdrometers
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/radar/

Reading University Radar website
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Protocol Linkage Name
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/Chilbolton/research/24871.aspx

STFC Chilbolton Observatory website
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/raingauge2.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton drop-counting and tipping bucket raingauge data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/winter98-99.html

BADC Doc: Winter 1998/1999 radar data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/chilbolton/data/status.html

BADC Doc:Chilbolton Dataset - data log
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Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/gbs.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton Global Broadcast System
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/94ghzradar.html

BADC Doc: Chilbolton 94 GHz Galileo radar data
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/links.html

BADC Doc: South Wonston to Sparsholt 5 km Radio Links
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/met_sensors.html

BADC Doc: Meteorological Sensors
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/chilbolton/radiometer-radiometrics.html

BADC Doc: Radiometrics microwave radiometer
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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

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2010-12-08
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2025-06-09T02:26:52
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2.3
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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