THE NERC MST RADAR FACILITY AT ABERYSTWYTH
The NERC MST Radar Facility at Aberystwyth:
- is now known as the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) Capel Dewi Atmospheric Observatory
- is located at at 52.42°N, 4.01°W, in a rural valley near Aberystwyth in west Wales (UK)
- operates a number of meteorological instruments, mainly in support of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science's (NCAS's) long term measurement programme
- operates the 46.5 MHz Mesosphere-Stratosphere-Troposphere (MST) Radar, a wind-profiling instrument that may be booked for user-specific operations. The radar contributes to the long term measurement mode at all other times. Wind-profile data from the radar are operationally assimilated by a number of European weather forecasting agencies through EUMETNET’s E-PROFILE programme.
- makes its data openly-accessible through the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
