Continuous Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory Observations

Data from observations made at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) which exists to advance understanding of climatically significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data.

The observatory is based on Calhau Island of São Vicente Cape Verde at 16.848N, 24.871W, in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, a region which is data poor but plays a key role in atmosphere-ocean interactions of climate-related and biogeochemical parameters including greenhouse gases. It is an open-ocean site that is representative of a region likely to be sensitive to future climate change, and is minimally influenced by local effects and intermittent continental pollution.

The dataset collection contains mixing ratio measurements of Ozone, CO, ethane, propane, iso-butane, acetylene, iso-pentane, and halocarbons. Meteorological measurements (wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, rainfall) and aerosol concentrations are also contained in the data set.

The Cape Verde Observatory was previously used during the SOLAS (Surface Ocean / Lower Atmosphere Study) project, from which the present day continuous observations have evolved. As such the earlier SOLAS measurements are also included within this collection. Additionally, back trajectory plots for the site are also within this collection.

Date (Publication): 2010-09-13T14:31:31

Date (Creation): 2010-09-13T14:31:31

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS)		admin@ncas.ac.uk	Author
Unavailable	Carpenter, Lucy Jane	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Hopkins, James R.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Lewis, Alastair C.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Neves, L.M.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Moller, S.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Pilling, Michael J.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Read, Katie A.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Young, T.D.	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Lee, James D.	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Update scope: Series

Keywords

Atmospheric composition
atmospheric chemistry
long-term observations
AMF
NCAS

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Data within this dataset collection are available to both registered and non-registered users. See individual datasets for specific access information.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: 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.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 2006-01-01T00:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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	http://ncasweb.leeds.ac.uk/capeverde/	Cape Verde Observatory website

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	http://www.ceda.ac.uk/help/users-guide/filenames/	File Names Explained

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Hierarchy level: Series

Conformance result

Title: 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

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

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File identifier: 81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Series

Hierarchy level name: series

Date stamp: 2025-06-11T02:26:15

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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