News
December 18, 2007 • 1 min read • News
Problems with ECMWF Operational Total Cloud Cover Data and BADC Helpdesk Christmas closure
The ECMWF has announced that due to some fields not initialising properly all analysis total cloud cover data within the ECMWF operational data are unreliable. Therefore, the BADC has removed such data from its ECWMF operational data archive and is writing to inform present users of the ECMWF operational data of this.
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November 1, 2007 • 1 min read • News
BADC Survey and Competion now closed
The 2007 BADC survey and competition are now closed for entries.
Thank you to those of you who took the time to complete the survey. We are looking through the responses now and will post the results in due course. The competition winner will be notified within the next fortnight and the competition answer will be published shortly.
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October 25, 2007 • 1 min read • News
BADC Server Issue - Number of datasets affected
Following a technical issue with one of our servers the following datasets are not accessible at present:
caesar covex dabex fluxex iasi icepic land-emiss micromix nu-wave raptor rico t-rex visurb Meris l1b data
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October 3, 2007 • 1 min read • News
GERB dataset is now complete at BADC.
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instruments make accurate measurements of the Earth’s Radiation Budget. They have been specifically designed to be mounted on a geostationary satellite and are carried onboard the Meteosat Second Generation satellites operated by EUMETSAT. They are produced by a European consortium led by the UK together with Belgium, Italy, and EUMETSAT, with funding from national agencies.
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October 3, 2007 • 1 min read • News
BADC FTP server Re-configuration
Tomorrow (3rd October 2007) the BADC ftp server is being re-configured. The changes should not take long but there could be some interruption to the service throughout the day. A further news item will be issued once the work is complete. Apologies for any inconvenience this essential work may cause.
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