Note

The instrument type for this instrument should be Weather station.

3.31.1. WXT510

3.31.1.1. Introduction

WXT510 is a small, lightweight, versatile weather station manufactured by Vaisala. It measures temperature, humidity, pressure, precipitation and wind speed and direction.

3.31.1.2. Manufacturer and Model

Model

Brand

Type

WXT510

Vaisala

WXT

3.31.1.3. Output definitions

Ouput definition ID

File Identifier

Level Number

QAQC notes

File time resolution

WXT

WXT_%SITE

0

None

1min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

0

None

5min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

0

None

15min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

0

None

30min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

1

Thresholding

1min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

1

Thresholding

5min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

1

Thresholding

15min

WXT

WXT_%SITE

1

Thresholding

30min

3.31.1.4. Variables measured by instrument

Table 3.25 Variables measured - sorted alphabetically

Variable ID

Full Name

Unit

Lower Threshold

Upper Threshold

Files present (Output definition ID,Level No,Time resolution)

dir

wind_direction

degree

0.0

360.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

dir_max

Wind direction maximum

degree

0.0

360.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

dir_min

Wind direction minimum

degree

0.0

360.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

FLAG

Status flag

N/A

WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

hail_acc

hail_accumulation

hits.cm-2

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

hail_dur

hail_duration

s

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

hail_int

hail rate

hits.cm-2.h-1

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

nSamples

nSamples

samples/interval

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

press

barometric_pressure

hPa

800.0

1200.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

rain_acc

Rain accumulation over file interval period

mm

0.0

3.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

rain_dur

rain_duration

s

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

RH

relative_humidity

%

0.0

100.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

RR

rain_rate

mm.h-1

0.0

5400.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

sd_press

Standard deviation barometric pressure

hPa

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

sd_RH

Standard deviation relative humidity

%

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

sd_Tair

Standard deviation air temperature

Celsius

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

sd_WS

Horizontal wind speed standard deviation

m.s-1

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

Tair

air_temperature

Celsius

-30.0

50.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

WS

horizontal_wind_speed

m.s-1

0.0

150.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

WS_max

Horizontal wind speed maximum

m.s-1

0.0

50.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

WS_min

Horizontal wind speed minimum

m.s-1

0.0

50.0

WXT,0,1min WXT,0,5min WXT,0,15min WXT,0,30min WXT,1,1min WXT,1,5min WXT,1,15min WXT,1,30min

3.31.1.5. Serials

Serial

Suffix

E1620005

A

E1620004

B

B084005

C

B0840003

D

B0840006-G0630168

E

B084006

F

3.31.1.6. Deployments

3.31.1.6.1. Serial number: E1620004

Site ID

Start date

End date

SHU

2017-01-01 00:00

2018-03-07 00:00

SBU

2018-05-10 00:00

2019-03-17 00:00

3.31.1.6.2. Serial number: B0840003

Site ID

Start date

End date

NDT

2011-07-01 00:00

2011-11-15 00:00

KSSW

2012-03-26 00:00

2013-04-03 00:00

KSSW

2014-07-24 00:00

2014-08-12 00:00

KSSW

2014-08-12 00:00

2014-09-09 00:00

KSSW

2014-09-09 00:00

2015-10-09 00:00

3.31.1.6.3. Serial number: B084005

Site ID

Start date

End date

KSS

2009-10-13 00:00

2010-03-22 00:00

KSS

2010-03-22 00:00

2010-03-29 00:00

KSS

2010-03-30 00:00

2012-03-25 00:00

KSNW

2012-05-16 00:00

2016-02-18 00:00

3.31.1.6.4. Serial number: B0840006-G0630168

Site ID

Start date

End date

KSNW

2011-03-14 00:00

2011-03-27 00:00

KSK

2011-04-07 00:00

2011-08-18 00:00

KSK

2011-08-20 00:00

2011-09-05 00:00

KSK

2011-09-07 00:00

2011-10-05 00:00

KSK

2011-10-07 00:00

2011-12-20 00:00

KSK

2011-12-22 00:00

2013-03-03 00:00

KSSW

2013-04-03 00:00

2013-11-22 00:00

KSSW

2013-11-22 00:00

2014-07-24 00:00

KSSW

2015-10-09 00:00

2016-09-14 00:00

KSSW

2016-09-15 00:00

2017-06-13 00:00

3.31.1.6.5. Serial number: B084006

Site ID

Start date

End date

KSK

2008-09-30 00:00

2008-10-29 00:00

KSK

2008-10-30 00:00

2009-04-29 00:00

KSK

2009-04-30 00:00

2009-05-13 00:00

KSK

2009-05-15 00:00

2009-06-29 00:00

KSK

2009-07-01 00:00

2009-09-30 00:00

KSK

2009-10-02 00:00

2011-03-09 00:00

KSK

2011-03-11 00:00

2011-04-05 00:00

3.31.1.6.6. Serial number: E1620005

Site ID

Start date

End date

BTT

2017-01-01 00:00

2019-03-17 00:00

3.31.1.7. Photos

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Fig. 3.78 At KSSW 15-09-2016.

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Fig. 3.79 At KSK 20-07-2010.

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Fig. 3.80 At KSK 24-01-2008.

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Fig. 3.81 At KSNW 11-01-2013.

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Fig. 3.82 At KSS (centre) 16-10-2009.

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Fig. 3.83 Atop tower at KSSW. Unknown date between 26-03-2012 and 13-06-2017.

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Fig. 3.84 At SHU 20-01-2017.

3.31.1.8. Supplementary information

Link

Title

Description

WXT510 manual

WXT510 manual

From Vaisala

3.31.1.9. Data acquisition

Data can be requested from Prof. Sue Grimmond (c.s.grimmond@reading.ac.uk).

3.31.1.10. References

  1. Hertwig, D., Grimmond, S., Hendry, M. A., Saunders, B., Wang, Z., Jeoffrion, M., Vidale, P. L., McGuire, P. C., Bohnenstengel, S. I., Ward, H. C. and Kotthaus, S. (2020) Urban signals in high-resolution weather and climate simulations: role of urban land-surface characterisation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 142. pp. 701-728. ISSN 0177-798X doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03294-1

  2. Ward, H. C., Kotthaus, S., Grimmond, C. S. B., Bjorkegren, A., Wilkinson, M., Morrison, W. T. J., Evans, J. G., Morison, J. I. L. and Iamarino, M. (2015) Effects of urban density on carbon dioxide exchanges: observations of dense urban, suburban and woodland areas of southern England. Environmental Pollution, 198. pp. 186-200. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.12.031

  3. Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2014) Energy exchange in a dense urban environment – part I: temporal variability of long-term observations in central London. Urban Climate, 10 (2). pp. 261-280. ISSN 2212-0955 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.002

  4. Magliulo, V., Toscano, P., Grimmond, C. S. B., Kotthaus, S., J�rvi, L., Set�l�, H., Lindberg, F., Vogt, R., Staszewski, T., Bubak, A., Synnefa, A. and Santamouris, M. (2014) Environmental measurements in BRIDGE case studies. In: Chrysoulakis, N., de Castro, E. A. and Moors, E. J. (eds.) Understanding Urban Metabolism. Routledge, pp. 45-57. ISBN 9780415835114

  5. Ward, H. C., Evans, J. G. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2014) Multi-scale sensible heat fluxes in the urban environment from large aperture scintillometry and eddy covariance. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 152 (1). pp. 65-89. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-014-9916-4

  6. Wood, C. R., Pauscher, L., Ward, H. C., Kotthaus, S., Barlow, J., Gouvea, M., Lane, S. E. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2013) Wind observations above an urban river using a new lidar technique, scintillometry and anemometry. Science of the Total Environment, 442. pp. 527-533. ISSN 0048-9697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.061

  7. Loridan, T., Lindberg, F., Jorba, O., Kotthaus, S., Grossman-Clarke, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2013) High resolution simulation of the variability of surface energy balance fluxes across central London with urban zones for energy partitioning. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 147 (3). pp. 493-523. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-013-9797-y

  8. Ward, H. C., Evans, J. G. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2013) Multi-season eddy covariance observations of energy, water and carbon fluxes over a suburban area in Swindon, UK. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13. pp. 4645-4666. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-13-4645-2013

  9. Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2012) Identification of micro-scale anthropogenic CO2, heat and moisture sources – processing eddy covariance fluxes for a dense urban environment. Atmospheric Environment, 57. pp. 301-316. ISSN 1352-2310 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.04.024

  10. Helfter, C., Famulari, D., Phillips, G. J., Barlow, J. F., Wood, C., Grimmond, C. S. B. and Nemitz, E. (2011) Controls of carbon dioxide concentrations and fluxes above central London. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11 (5). pp. 1913-1928. ISSN 1680-7316 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-11-1913-2011

  11. Loridan, T., Grimmond, C.S.B., Offerle, B. D., Young, D. T., Smith, T. E. L., J�rvi, L. and Lindberg, F. (2011) Local-scale urban meteorological parameterization scheme (LUMPS): longwave radiation parameterization and seasonality-related developments. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50 (1). pp. 185-202. ISSN 1558-8424 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JAMC2474.1

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