THE NERC MST RADAR FACILITY AT ABERYSTWYTH
The files contain (jpg) sky image files at 1 minute intervals covering 1 hour, from 00 minutes past the hour (in UTC) to 59 minutes past the hour.
Data availability:
Data are available from 26th April 2007 to the present. Refer to Instrument performance weblog for details of any problems with the camera.
File naming convention: Click here to find out about the file naming convention used for other files.
The files stored in the data archive are named by the convention:
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YYYY | |
is a 4-digit year [2007 - ] |
| MM | is a 2-digit month [01 - 12] | ||
| DD | is a 2-digit day [01 - 31] | ||
| hh | is a 2-digit hour [00 - 23] | ||
| mm | is a 2-digit minute [00 - 59] | ||
| tar | indicates that this is a tar (archive) file |
The date-time information relates to the start of the archive period. The archive files contain a number (typically 60) of individual image files which follow the naming convention:
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jpg | |
represents that this is a JPG image file |
File location - Click here to find out about the location of other files.
Archiving convention -Click here to find out about the archiving conventions used for other files
File format -Click here to find out about the formats used for other files.
The individual images can be extracted on a Linux/UNIX system with the command:
which places the jpg files in the same directory as the tar file. On a Windows system the individual files can be extracted using a program such as WinZip.
The first image for each hour is available through the quick-look plots.