FASTEX soundings from Aberporth (United Kingdom)

This dataset consists of sounding data from Aberporth in the United Kingdom (WMO 03502) which was operated by the UK Meteorological Office. Soundings were taken four times per day (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC) except during selected IOPs when it was up to eight per day (also 03, 09, 15, and 21 UTC). This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude taken at two second vertical intervals. Refer to the station README for details.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  1997-03-01T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 1997-03-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 52.13000
Bounding Box South Lat 52.13000
Bounding Box West Long -4.57000
Bounding Box East Long -4.57000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : aberporth.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ESC: EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 76 MB
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Publication Date 2021-11-15T18:26:38
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/TB45-7VZ9-4K0A
Alternate Identifier 2.170
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:03:14Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::2.170
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation (2021). FASTEX soundings from Aberporth (United Kingdom). 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/TB45-7VZ9-4K0A. Accessed 05 August 2025.

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