Atmospheric radar observation data

Middle and upper atmosphere radar (MU radar)

The middle and upper atmosphere radar (MU radar) is located at Shigaraki MU observatory in Koka city, Shiga prefecture, Japan (34.86N, 136.11E). The MU radar is the largest atmospheric radar in the Asian region, and continues atmospheric observation from the lower atmosphere to the upper atmosphere more than 20 years since 1984. The data by MU radar and other instruments installed in the MU observatory are listed below. The data are valuable for atmosphere, ionosphere and humanosphere science.

MU radar data
Three dimensional wind data (in 2-500 km altitude)

Other data in Shigaraki MU observatory

Meteor wind radar data
Wind data and number of meteor trails observed by meteor wind radar at 70-110 km altitude
Ionospheric data (Ionosonde)
Ionospheric observation data by Ionosonde
Radiosonde observation data
Temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction (upto 35 km altitude)
Surface meteorological data
Surface pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction
Boundary layer radar and lower tropospheric radar data
Wind speed and direction in the lower troposphere
All sky camera observation data
Visible image data
Ceilometer
Data of cloud base
Lidar data
Temperature and humidity upto 90 km altitude
Climatological and statistical data
Annual variation etc..

This data has been registered in IUGONET (Inter-university Upper atmosphere Global Observation NETwork) metadata database. The IUGONET metadata database will be of great help to researchers in efficiently finding and obtaining ground-based observation data spread over the institutes/universities. Click and visit to the IUGONET website.

NOTICE

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