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UKMO - High Resolution Radiosonde Data - UK stations

Entry ID: BADC_HIGHRES_RADIOSONDE

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Summary

Abstract: The radiosonde takes measurements at intervals of approximately 2
seconds. The high resolution data files contain all such data. The
standard resolution data files contain measurements taken at standard
and significant pressure levels of the atmosphere. Standard global
radiosonde data is available from ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: The Meteorological Office UK. Global weather services from the UK.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

	N: 60.0	S: 50.0	E: 2.0	W: -7.0
Max Altitude: 30 KM

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: UK Meteorological Office

Dataset Title: UKMO - High Resolution Radiosonde Data - UK stations

Dataset Release Place: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Dataset Publisher: British Atmospheric Data Centre

Online Resource: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/home/index.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-04-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > EUROPE > NORTHERN EUROPE > BRITISH ISLES > UNITED KINGDOM

Data Resolution

Vertical Resolution: 10 m
Temporal Resolution: 1 hour

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT > HEIGHT

ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT > HEIGHT FROM RADAR DATA

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

RADIOSONDES

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Instrument

RADIOSONDES

Access Constraints The Met. Office wish to monitor the use of this data and require an
acknowledgement of the data source if they are used in any
publication. For these reasons we do not make the data available to
anonymous users through these WWW pages. In order to gain access to
the data and accompanying software, please complete and sign the
conditions of use form. You will then be given FTP access to the data
directories from an account on a BADC computer. Please note that the
UK Meteorological Office data sets are available for bona fide
academic research only.

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Data Center

British Atmospheric Data Centre, NERC Centres for Atmospheric Science, United Kingdom

Data Center URL: http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BADC SUPPORT Phone: +44 1235 446432 Fax: +44 1235 445848 Email: BADC at rl.ac.uk Contact Address: British Atmospheric Data Centre Space Science Department Rutherford Appleton Laboratory UK City: Chilton Province or State: Didcot Postal Code: OX11 OQX Country: UK

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (FTP)

Distribution Format: ASCII, BIN

Fees: None

Personnel

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

BADC SUPPORT

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +44 1235 446432

Fax: +44 1235 445848

Email: BADC at rl.ac.uk

Contact Address:

British Atmospheric Data Centre

Space Science Department

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

City: Chilton

Province or State: Didcot

Postal Code: OX11 OQX

Country: UK

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-02-16

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-06-02

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