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© Crown copyright Met Office DIAMET & Met Office Kevin Linklater – Upper Air & Remote Sensing Networks Team Leader, Reading 9 th June 2011

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Page 1: © Crown copyright Met Office DIAMET & Met Office Kevin Linklater – Upper Air & Remote Sensing Networks Team Leader, Reading 9 th June 2011

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DIAMET & Met Office

Kevin Linklater – Upper Air & Remote Sensing Networks Team Leader,

Reading 9th June 2011

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Met Office Networks

Table of Contents

• Surface

• Radar

• Wind Profiler

• Radiosonde

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Radar network as at Summer 2011

o Doppler radars

o Reflectivity only radars

o Dual-polarisation radars

o Other NMS radars

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Wind Profiler Network 2011

CAMBORNE

ISLE OF MAN

WATTISHAM

DUNKESWELL

SOUTH UIST

ABERYSTWYTH

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UK Radiosonde Network 2011

LERWICK

ALBEMARLE

CASTOR BAY

ABERPORTH

CAMBORNE

HERSTMONCEUX

WATNALL

CARDINGTON

LARKHILL

Vaisala RS-92GSP

Modem M2K2-DC

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UK Radiosonde Network

• 2 Staffed Network Stations

Lerwick - Shetland

Camborne - Cornwall

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UK Radiosonde Network 4 Automatic (Autosonde) Network Stations

LERWICK

ALBEMARLE

CASTOR BAY

CAMBORN

E

HERSTMONCEUX

WATNALL

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