Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) Messages, Part of the Met Office MetDB System
The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) messages data describe hourly observations from around 120 stations distributed globally. The observations, which are later transmitted in reports, give measurements of parameters such as wind speed, and temperature. The data are collected by observation stations worldwide and transmitted within the RASS message.
Data are extracted daily at around 00 UT from the Met Office's MetDB system for the previous day's coverage.
The dataset contains measurements of the following parameters:
- Station height (in m)
- Virtual temperature (in Kelvin)
- Wind w velocity component (in m/s)
- Signal to noise ratio
See linked documentation for general information about surface station readings can be obtained from the abridged version of "MIDAS Data Users Guide", provided by the Met Office. This document describes the meteorological surface data in the Met Office Database - MIDAS. This guide is rich in information and is aimed at those with little familiarity with observing methods or instrumentation. Details of the WMO Meteorological codes used at weather observing stations (daily and hourly weather) explain the codes used in this dataset further are also linked to on this record.
INSPIRE
Identification
- File identifier
- cea4f08cec2e55a381d643b806b36c84 XML
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Online resource
Resource identifier
- Metadata language
- English
- Spatial representation type
- Grid
Encoding
- Format
- Data are BADC-CSV formatted
Projection
- code
- WGS 84
Classification of data and services
- Topic category
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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
- Keywords
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- Met Office
- MetDB
- RASS
- profile
- meteorology
- temperature
- wind speed
- wind direction
Geographic coverage
Temporal reference
Temporal extent
- Begin
- 2009-04-30T23:00:00
Temporal extent
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-08-08T14:01:18
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-08-08T14:01:18
Quality and validity
- Lineage
- Data are extracted from the Met Office's "metDB" system and supplied to Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. These are then processed to generate BADC-CSV files, where possible.
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
- 2024-03-29T00:01:24
- Metadata language
- English