European network profilers


General Information
Datasets in the FASTEX Central Archive
Information on available data
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General Information

  • Description
    Within the framework of an "European co-operation in the field of scientific and technical research" (COST) action entitled "Development of VHF/UHF wind profiler radars and other vertical sounders for use in European observing systems", advantage was be taken of the FASTEX experiment period to create a database containing data from as many as possible of the profilers currently deployed in Europe. This project was nammed "The COST 76 Wind profiler Initiative Network Demonstration Experiment "(CWINDE). More information on the
    COST-76 site at UKMO.
    Eleven wind profilers in Europe performed hourly profiles during FASTEX. Some of these are operational profilers, the others are research ones.
  • Summary of the profilers participated to CWINDE:
    Site                     WMO     Lat   Lon   Alt Frequency Staff      Type
                             Code                (m)  (MHz)
    ------------------------ ----- ------ ------ --- ------ ------------ ---------
    Aberystwyth (UK)         03501 52.42N  4.00W  50   46.5 UKMO         Operational
    Camborne (UK)            03807 50.13N  5.10W  88   40.3 UKMO         Research
    Brest (France)           07113 48.45N  4.42W  15 1238.0 Ets.Degreane Research
    Lannemezan (France)      07114 43.08N  0.21E 597   45.0 CNRS/LA      Research
    La Ferte Vidame (France) 07112 48.61N  0.87E 244   52.0 Meteo-France Operational
    Toulouse (France)        07115 43.56N  1.36E 158   45.0 Meteo-France Research
    Hamburg (Germany)        10999 54.00N  9.50E  20 1240.0 Met.Obs.     Research
    Lindenberg (Germany)     10394 52.21N 14.13E 101  482.0 Met.Obs.     Research
    Lindenberg (Germany)     10394 52.21N 14.13E 101 1290.0 Met.Obs.     Research
    Cabauw (Netherlands)     06348 51.95N  4.88E   0 1290.0 KNMI         Research
    Payerne (Switzerland)    06610 46.82N  6.95E 491 1290.0 Swiss.Met.I. Research
    Bilbao (Spain)           08025 43.37N  3.03W  60 1290.0 Univ.Bilbao  Research
    

  • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Wind profilers data
    Validated data including quality flags

  • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive

  • Number of measurements per site.

  • Dated: 29 Dec 1998
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