MIDAS: Global Weather Observation Data

The global weather observation data contain meteorological values observed at 3-hrly intervals by non-UK stations, as reported in SYNOP and METAR codes. The messages contain measurements of the concrete state, wind speed and direction, cloud type and amount, visibility, temperature, sunshine duration, precipitation amount, and present and past weather. The data span from 1974 to present.

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Date (Publication)
2006-07-27T10:03:12
Date (Creation)
2006-07-27T10:03:12
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951
Identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951
Author
  Met Office - author
Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,
0370 900 0100
Custodian
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - distributor
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Principal investigator
  Met Office - principal_investigator
Met Office , FitzRoy Road , Exeter , EX1 3PB ,
0370 900 0100
pointofContact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - point_of_contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Publisher
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - publisher
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
Maintenance and update frequency
Monthly
Update scope
Dataset
Keywords
  • Met Office
  • MIDAS
  • meteorology
  • global
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
These data have multiple licences for different applications. Always make sure to read the appropriate licence for full data usage limitations details. Other usage may not be permitted. Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
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
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1974-01-01T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • Data are ASCII formatted ()

Distributor
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - Data Center Contact
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
OnLine resource
CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Link to column headings in Excel file

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Link to column headings in comma separated text file

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Information on versioning in MIDAS data

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MIDAS User Guide version v20200921

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BADC Documentation: WMO codes

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Global weather observation (GL) Table details

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Met Office MIDAS Quick User Guide

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Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
Data collated by the Met Office and archived in the Met Office's MIDAS database. Data are extracted from a sub-set of available tables and delivered to BADC approximately on a monthly basis as flat files.
File identifier
0ec59f09b3158829a059fe70b17de951 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Parent identifier
Met Office Integrated Data Archive System (MIDAS) Land and Marine Surface Stations Data (1853-current) 220a65615218d5c9cc9e4785a3234bd0
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2024-09-15T23:35:53
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
atmospheric conditions

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