Wardon Hill C-band rain radar 5 km rainfall rate data
5 km resolution rain rate data from Met Office's Wardon Hill C-band rain radar, Dorset, England as part of the NIMROD, very short range forecasting system used by the Met Office. 5 km rain rate data are available from 2006 until present. Radar images from the C-band (5.3 cm wavelength) radar are received by the Nimrod system 5 minute intervals respectively.
Please note that this radar is operated for research purposes only and thus subject to changes in operation and data are subject to interruptions.
Data from the Cobbacombe Cross, Dean Hill or Jersey radars provide coverage for the same area covered by the Wardon Hill radar.
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Identification
- File identifier
- befddc832f8947e8834188df4661565d XML
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata language
- English
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Encoding
- Format
- NIMROD product data are in the non-standard NIMROD binary format. Refer to linked documentation for further details.
Projection
- code
- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Classification of data and services
Coupled resource
Coupled resource
Keywords
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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- atmospheric conditions
Other keywords
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- Met Office
- NIMROD
- rain radar
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 2006-07-26T23:00:00
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 2011-02-21T00:00:00
- Date (Creation)
- 2011-02-21T00:00:00
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Data are acquired from rain radar network in the UK and Europe by the Met Office's NIMROD system. Composite products (images and data) and single site data are then sent to the BADC by the Met Office's DART operational dissemination system. Raw polar data from single sites are sent through from the RADARNET team at the Met Office. On arrival at the BADC the data are ingested after a one day quarantine.
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Conformity
Restrictions on access and use
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Met Office
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Met Office
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
Responsible organization (s)
Contact for the resource
- Organisation name
- Met Office
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- Met Office
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
Metadata information
Contact for the metadata
- Organisation name
- NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)
- badc@rl.ac.uk
- Date stamp
- 2024-04-21T23:14:05
- Metadata language
- English
SDS
Conformance class 1: invocable
Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
Conformance class 2: interoperable
Access constraints
Limitation
Use constraints
Limitation
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
Overviews
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W
Provided by
Associated resources
Not available