Wind Profiler Observations, Part of the Met Office MetDB System

The wind profiler observations describe hourly observations from around 400 Wind profiler stations distributed globally. The observations cumulate in around 10,000 reports a day, giving measurements of parameters such as the different components of wind velocity, and the standard deviations of vertical and horizontal wind speeds. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the WINPRO message.



Wind speeds are given to the nearest metre per second.

Air temperature is measured in Kelvin.

Precipitation amount is given in kilograms per metre squared.

Air pressure is given in Pascals.

Relative humidity is measured as a percentage.

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Date (Publication)
2008-08-08T14:01:44
Date (Creation)
2008-08-08T14:01:44
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/9e22544a66ba7aa902ae431b1ed609d6
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 9e22544a66ba7aa902ae431b1ed609d6
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

Met Office

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

Author

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

support@ceda.ac.uk

Custodian

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

support@ceda.ac.uk

Distributor

Met Office

enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

Principal investigator

Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

support@ceda.ac.uk

pointofContact

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Publisher
Maintenance and update frequency
Daily
Update scope
Dataset
Keywords

  • Met Office

  • MetDB

  • Wind profiler

  • wind speed

  • wind direction

  • SNR

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted. Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under academic 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.
Other constraints
Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/ukmo_agreement_gov.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under policy 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
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Begin date
2009-04-30T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
Name Version

Data availability and file format

The data are held in the BADC-CSV file format, each of which will contain one or more data records and are comma separated variables. "Metadata" are provided giving a full description of the content of the data. More information about the file format can be found on the BADC-CSV format page, which also contains two example files taken from the MetDB dataset.

The file format for the wind profiler observations table, describes what each column in the data table represents.

Ingest scripts run at the BADC every 20 minutes, converting the incoming files to the self describing BADC-CSV format, but neither the processed or raw data are placed into archive until the following day.

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/9e22544a66ba7aa902ae431b1ed609d6

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-metdb/data/winpro

DOWNLOAD
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/surface/code.html

WMO Meteorological codes
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-metdb/winpro.html

Further information about the WINPRO message
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://e-profile.eu/#/wp_profile

E-Profile visualisation tool for wind profile data
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

Data are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible.

Metadata

File identifier
9e22544a66ba7aa902ae431b1ed609d6 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
Met Office MetDB system: Surface, upper air and satellite data

8ee156b6ed41b153e85dbf02a4134513
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-16T03:01:23
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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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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