MSU equivalent measures from HadAT2 (1958 to 2005)

In the interests of having MSU-equivalent HadAT timeseries available for immediate comparisons with these satellite-derived data, the Hadley Centre have created a set of MSU equivalent measures under very specific criteria. Although justifiable, many of the decisions they have made are subjective and alternative choices could be made that would appear, at least initially, to be equally plausible. Final MSU equivalent measures for the monthly HadAT2 timeseries are available as well as a number of intermediate products required to produce these from the Temperature on Pressure Levels data.

For more information on the real MSU instruments, their measurements and their climate timeseries are available from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Remote Sensing Systems (external links).

Date (Publication): 2015-12-20T15:50:13

Date (Creation): 2015-12-20T15:50:13

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (MOHC)	unknown	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
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

Met Office
HADAT
MSU
radiosonde
temperature anomalies
Hadley

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atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1958-01-01T00:00:00

End date: 2005-12-31T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Name	Version
The data are available in ASCII and NetCDF format

Distributor contact

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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadat/data/MSU_equivalent	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004JD005753	Thorne P.W. et al., 2005

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadat/images/	HadAT Typically used Diagrams

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://images.remss.com/msu/msu_data_monthly.html	MSU at Remote Sensing Systems

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://www.nsstc.uah.edu/data/msu/	MSU at the National Space Science & Technology Center, University of Alabama Huntsville

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-hadat/doc/Hadley-MSU.pdf	Hadley Centre MSU Documentation

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/hadat/audit.html	BADC Doc: Summary of HadAT development

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/hadat/uncertainty.html	BADC Doc: HadAT Uncertainty estimates

Hierarchy level: Dataset

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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 files acquired as is from the Met Office Hadley centre, are stored at the BADC.

Metadata

File identifier: c40bca21cdfb469493fc65f876a139ce XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Met Office Globally gridded radiosonde temperature anomalies HadAT Datasets (1958-2012)
1205818e121bd8c12a6029f9cbd11a18

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-01-18T03:06:17

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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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