Vertical wind profile data from 6th November 2013 to 18th January 2016 measured by the University of Manchester 1290 mhz mobile wind profiler deployed on long term observations at Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire

Vertical profiles of horizontal and vertical wind components as well as signal-to-noise (SNR) and spectal width measurements were collected at the Met Office Research Unit, Cardington, Bedfordshire, UK, from 6th November 2013 to 18th January 2016 as part of ongoing long term observations made by the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). These data were collected by the NCAS Atmospheric Measurement Facility's (AMF) 1290 MHz Mobile Wind Profiler, owned and operated by the University of Manchester and previously known as the aber-radar-1290mhz at the time of these observations. The data are available at 15 minute intervals as netCDF files to all registered BADC users under the Open Government License.

Please note, the data between 1st September and 31st December 2014 should be treated with caution as there were various logged errors during this period.

The dataset contains the following measurements:

Eastward wind velocity component

Northward wind velocity component

Upward air velocity

Direction the wind is from

Signal to noise ratio

Altitude of instrument above the ground

Longitude of instrument

Latitude of instrument

Spectral width

Date (Publication): 2015-07-01T15:01:44

Date (Creation): 2015-07-01T15:01:44

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ecbecb0fbf6e4a4e93bb3ee2cf9854cd

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / ecbecb0fbf6e4a4e93bb3ee2cf9854cd

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Norton, Emily G.	Unavailable	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
Unavailable	Vaughan, Geraint	Unavailable	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: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

NCAS
AMF
radar
wind profiler
boundary layer wind profiler
turbulence
thermals
boundary layer structure
radar wind profiler
Doppler radar
UHF radar
'Clear' air radar
morning transition
convective boundary layer
mixed layer
entrainment zone
transitional boundary layer
nocturnal boundary layer
lower level jet
nocturnal jet
weather fronts
sting jets

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for a CEDA account to gain access.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any 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: 2013-11-06T00:00:00

End date: 2016-01-18T23:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are netCDF formatted.

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/ecbecb0fbf6e4a4e93bb3ee2cf9854cd	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ncas-longterm-obs/data/man-radar-1290mhz/20131106-20160118	DOWNLOAD

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 were collected by the wind profiler before being processed by the instrument scientist, Emily Norton, and then provided to the BADC for archiving.