The Announcements of Opportunity for the NERC Airborne Research and Survey Facility ( ARSF ) for UK and Europe, and Greece and Eastern Mediterranean 2010 flying season have been issued. The Airborne Research & Survey Facility (ARSF) invites direct access applications for UK and European, and Greece and Eastern Mediterranean flying in the 2010 season. The Natural Environment Research Council will provide flying time and data processing for approved projects, at no cost to the applicant. Eligible persons wishing to use the Facility in the 2010 Season are invited to submit detailed proposals, including a supporting scientific case, by Friday 9 October 2009. Please note that only the latest application form and guidance notes should be used. ...

Advance notice: NEODC unavailable 0800-0830 09/02/2010 due to site router upgrade. On Tuesday 9th February the Site Access Router for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, where the NEODC is based, will be upgraded. It is anticipated that access will not be possible from 0800 to around 0830, but access should be considered at risk from 0700 to 1000. ...

We are pleased to inform BADC users that access to the the Met Office Radiosonde archives (global standard and UK high-resolution) is now fully restored. ...

The AATSR-v2.0 part of the AATSR_multimission archive is currently unavailable through FTP (but is accessible via the NEODC Browse archive facility). We are working at restoring full FTP access to the archive as soon as possible. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause in the meantime. ...

Due to a technical issue, the Met Office Global Radiosonde and the Met Office UK High-resolution radiosonde datasets are currently unavailable. ...

The NEODC helpdesk will be unavailable from Thursday 24th December 2009 to 4th January 2010. All queries received in this period will be answered as soon as possible on our return. ...

On Tuesaday 9th February the Site Access Router for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, where the BADC is based, will be upgraded. It is anticipated that access will not be possible from 0800 to around 0830, but access should be considered at risk from 0700 to 1000. ...

The 2010 User Survey of the British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) and NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) as part of a study commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN) and JISC to explore the long-term use and benefits of Research Data Centres is now closed. ...

The British Atmospheric Data Centre (BADC) and NERC Earth Observation Data Centre (NEODC) are participating in a study commissioned by the Research Information Network (RIN) and JISC to explore the long-term use and benefits of Research Data Centres. The study will be featuring the activities of a small number of well-established UK Data Centres, including BADC/NEODC, and aims to document the benefits and impacts that effective curation and sharing of research data can deliver to the scientific community and other users. The study is being performed by Technopolis Ltd. ...