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Urban Fluid MechanicsSpecial Interest Group

Bird-borne meteorological measurements over Birmingham (BBUBL, 2018–19)

Field

Avian-borne meteorological sensor package data from flights over Birmingham in 2018-19, giving data above rooftops in the urban boundary layer.

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How to cite

BBUBL: airborne meteorological measurements from various avian sensor packages for flights in 2018-19 over the Birmingham conurbation (2023). [Data set]. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f5a2bbcadec2428cab157653a7039919

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Details

Resource
Measurements
Method
Field
Geometry
City scale
Topic
Urban boundary layer
Quantities
Temperature, Humidity, Pressure / Cp
Location
Birmingham, UK · more from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Year
2023

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