Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO): surface meteorology and atmospheric chemistry data

The Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory (WAO) is a Regional station in the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It is situated on the North Norfolk coast (52°57’02’’N, 1°07’19’’E, 15 m asl).



The dataset collection contains meteorological data such as wind speed, wind direction, humidity, atmospheric pressure, solar irradiance and net irradiance, SoDAR wind profiler data, sonic anemometer data, and Chemistry data such as ozone, carbon monoxide and oxides of nitrogen gas chromatograms for measurements of VOC's and GHG's (Volatile Organic Compounds / Green-House Gases, respectively. In addition, cloud condensation nuclei measurements are available.



Over the years the parameters measured at Weybourne have varied according to the funding and/or scientific interests and requirements. There have been continuous measurements of ozone, as part of the Defra network, and basic meteorological parameters. There are many years of CO, NOx, NOy, SO2, CN, VOC and H2 data. In 2007 a long term monitoring programme for CO2 and O2 began. In 2012 a new greenhouse gas GC was set up and measurements of CH4 started. This has been developed to also include measurements of N2O and SF6. In 2017 a state-of-the-art Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTRI) was added to Weybourne to give very high precision measurements of additional CO2, CH4, N2O and CO.



Through the introduction of the FTIR to Weybourne in 2017, the site now forms part of the UK’s commitment to the EU funded Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS). This is a pan-European Research Infrastructure that provides very high quality, harmonised data on the cycles of carbon and other greenhouse gases. Through ICOS Weybourne has been at the forefront of instrument testing and has been fundamental in getting the FTIR instrument approved on the network.



As well as being the only UK atmospheric station within the ICOS network and part of the Defra ozone network (AURN), Weybourne has been / is part of the Defra TOMPS network (atmospheric toxic organic samplers), a Defra CH4 network, the EU InGOS network (Integrated non-CO2 Greenhouse gas Observing System) and is now contributing measurements to the NERC funded MOYA and DARE-UK projects.

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Date (Publication)
2006-12-10T02:44:57
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2006-12-10T02:44:57
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/36517548500e1e4e85c97d99457e268a
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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 36517548500e1e4e85c97d99457e268a
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Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory

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Forster, Grant

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Bandy, Brian

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

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Keywords

  • Meteorology

  • Chemistry

  • WAO

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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All data within this dataset collection are available to any registered CEDA user.
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Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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2002-03-31T23:00:00
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WGS 84
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/36517548500e1e4e85c97d99457e268a

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/conditions/weybourne.html

Weybourne Data Conditions of Use
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https://www.ncas.ac.uk/en/256-amf-main-category/amf-wao/1088-wao-overview

WAO webpage at NCAS
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http://www.ceda.ac.uk/help/users-guide/download-data/ftp-guide/

FTP guide
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http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/201f8dcfce324681b79bc899e9337d99

Tropospheric ORganic CHemistry Experiment (TORCH) Ground-based Atmospheric Components Measurements Collection as part of the Polluted Troposphere Programme

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5061d6ce828674b7cc05118ae87d1475

Polluted Troposphere, Measurements of OVOCs (Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds) and NMHCs (NonMethane HydroCarbons) in the polluted troposphere

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http://www.uea.ac.uk/environmental-sciences/

University of East Anglia website
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http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/weybourne/docs/WeybourneAtmosphericObservatory.pdf

Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory
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http://weybourne.uea.ac.uk/

WAO webpage at UEA with link to NRT images
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http://cedadocs.ceda.ac.uk/id/eprint/1453

Weybourne Atmospheric Observatory information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

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2010-12-08
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2025-08-04T02:27:10
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2.3
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Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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