NCAS mobile X-band radar scan data from 1st November 2016 to 4th June 2018 deployed on long-term observations at the Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR), Hampshire, UK

This dataset contains scan data from the National Centre for Atmospheric Science Atmospheric Measuring Facility's mobile X-band radar between 1st November 2016 to 4th June 2018 at Chilbolton Facility for Atmospheric and Radio Research (CFARR), UK, as part of ongoing long-term observations made by the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). The radar transmits pulses of electromagnetic radiation and measures the amount of energy backscattered to the receiver from which the location and intensity of precipitation, radial winds and polarisation parameters can be calculated.

Parameters available in these data files include:

dBZ - equivalent reflectivity factor;

V - radial velocity;

W - spectral width;

ZDR - differential reflectivity;

KDP - specific differential phase shift;

PhiDP - differential phase shift;

RhoHV - co-polar cross correlation coefficient;

SQI - signal quality index or normalized_coherent_power.

A complete list of all available parameters is available on the CEDA data catalogue record for this dataset.

The sur files contain a volume of scans at different elevation angles between 0 and 90 degrees, approximately every 5-6 minutes.

The rhi files contain a single cross-section scan at a given azimuth and an elevation range of 0 to 180 degrees, every 5-6 minutes.

The data are available as netCDF files to all registered CEDA users under the Open Government License.

Date (Publication): 2020-10-14T09:36:35

Date (Creation): 2020-10-14T09:36:35

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ffc9ed384aea471dab35901cf62f70be

Citation identifier: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / ffc9ed384aea471dab35901cf62f70be

Citation identifier: doi / 10.5285/ffc9ed384aea471dab35901cf62f70be

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Bennett, Lindsay	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Unavailable	Bennett, Lindsay	Unavailable	Principal investigator
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Unavailable	Bennett, Lindsay	Unavailable	pointofContact
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

Keywords

NCAS
AMF
AMOF
CAO
radar
precipitation
rainfall
dual-polarisation
hydrometeorology

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: 2016-11-01T09:30:04

End date: 2018-06-04T15:00:14

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are netCDF formatted.

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/ffc9ed384aea471dab35901cf62f70be	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ncas-longterm-obs/data/ncas-mobile-xband-radar/20161101-20180604	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://amof.ac.uk/instruments/mobile-x-band-radar/	NCAS AMOF X-band Mobile Weather Radar webpage

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 xband radar before being processed by the instrument scientist and then provided to the CEDA for archiving.

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File identifier: ffc9ed384aea471dab35901cf62f70be XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-08T03:22:42

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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