Met Office Aberporth High Resolution Radiosonde Data

Met Office high resolution (2 second) radiosonde data from the Aberporth airfield, Mid Wales from 1990 to present. The data consist of vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, humidity mixing ratio, sonde position, wind speed and wind direction. Measurements are taken at 2 second intervals and the ascents extend to heights of approximately 20-30 km. An ASCII formatted set of files are also available from 1990 to 2000 within this dataset.

Date (Publication): 2007-01-12T23:27:42

Date (Creation): 2007-01-12T23:27:42

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/d9f8e93402b44b6ac3a8bd840b3558a6

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / d9f8e93402b44b6ac3a8bd840b3558a6

Point of contact

Organisation name	Electronic mail address	Role
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	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
Met Office	enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk	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: As needed

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

Met Office
radiosonde

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/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

Begin date: 1990-04-02T08:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are Vaisala PC-CORA binary formatted. Refer to linked software to read these data. Additional in an ASCII format are also available for the period 1990 to 2000.

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/d9f8e93402b44b6ac3a8bd840b3558a6	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-rad-hires/data/aberporth	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ukmo-rad-hires/doc/edt_format.pdf	SOUNDING DATA FILE FORMATS for PC-based Systems

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/radiosonde/radhelp.html	BADC Doc: Help File Radiosonde data

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-rad-hires/pc-coradata.html	PC-CORA file format structure documentation

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/ukmo-rad-hires/file_format.html	Early Aberporth data file format information

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 collected by the stations carrying out the radiosonde ascents and then transmitted back to the Met Office headquarters in Exeter. The ascent files are then delivered to CEDA for ingesting into the archive approximately 1 month in arrears. The ASCII version of the data were provided in support of operations of the MST radar facility near Aberystwyth and are included in this dataset as provided at that time.

Metadata

File identifier: d9f8e93402b44b6ac3a8bd840b3558a6 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: Met Office high resolution radiosonde data from the UK, Gibraltar, St Helena and the Falkland Islands
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-09T03:02:26

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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