Note

Check the supplementary info below for important information on the data.

2.6.14. IMU

2.6.14.1. Introduction

Michael Cliffe House in Islington, London. It is the same building as IML but on a higher roof. This site first began in 2013 and has been one of the main LUMA sites since 2016.

2.6.14.2. Site metadata

Site ID	IMU
Full Name	Islington Michael Cliffe, Upper Level
Network	LUMA
Longitude	-0.106086	degrees
Latitude	51.526148	degrees
Start date	2013-07-26	UTC
End date	2021-07-15	UTC
Displacement height	19.0	m
City	London

2.6.14.3. Deployments at site

Table 2.81 All site deployments

Deployment ID	Instrument ID	Instrument serial	Type	Deployment name	Start date	End date
					UTC	UTC
12	DAVIS	A00422A003	single	Davis weather station	2013-07-19	2014-07-31
13	DAVIS	A00422A003	single	Davis weather station	2014-08-01	2019-08-30
280	CL31	B20201	ceilometer	CL31-A	2016-04-29	2019-12-18
457	CL31	B20201	ceilometer	CL31-A	2020-02-06	2021-07-15
314	PIR	29757F3	single	PIR	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
315	PSP	29765F3	single	PSP	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
316	UVA	020630655	single	UVA	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
317	UVB	020630658	single	UVB	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
318	PAR	020630661	single	PAR	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
319	SPN1	A517	single	SPN	2016-05-04	2020-11-04
320	CNR1	000220	single	CNR1	2016-05-04	2019-08-30
324	LASMKII	120029	scintillometer	LASMkII Rx	2014-04-09	2018-10-31
337	CSAT3	0192-2	ec	EC	2016-04-29	2020-11-04
337	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2016-04-29	2020-11-04
401	PI160	C12080103_L17050030	fov	C03	2017-07-28	2017-08-02
434	PI160	C12080103_L17050030	fov	C03	2017-09-30	2017-10-14
453	PI160	C12080103_L17050030	fov	C03	2017-08-04	2017-09-29
402	PI160	C12080019_L17050029	fov	C19	2017-07-29	2017-08-15
444	PI160	C12080019_L17050029	fov	C19	2017-07-13	2017-07-27
403	PI160	C12080016_L16060004	fov	C16	2017-07-22	2017-10-24
440	PI160	C12080016_L16060004	fov	C16	2017-10-26	2017-11-10
404	PI160	C12080017_L17050013	fov	C17	2017-08-04	2017-09-02
439	PI160	C12080017_L17050013	fov	C17	2017-09-04	2017-11-07
443	PI160	C12080017_L17050013	fov	C17	2017-07-17	2017-08-02
437	PI160	C12080019_L17050029_NORMALDISTORTIONCORRECTION	fov	C19	2017-08-17	2017-11-10
455	DAVIS	BE181023018	single	Davis weather station	2019-08-30	2020-11-04
456	TRISONICAWS	M00101A	single	Trisonica Mini	2018-09-11	2020-02-06

Table 2.82 Position of deployments

Deployment ID	Height	Yaw	Pitch	Roll
	m asl	degrees	degrees	degrees
12	91.0	342.0
13	91.0	342.0	0.0	0.0
280	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
457	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
314	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
315	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
316	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
317	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
318	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
319	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
320	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
324	91.0	124.0	2.8080829977032
337	91.0	240.0
337	91.0	240.0
401	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
434	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
453	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
402	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
444	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
403	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
440	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
404	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
439	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
443	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
437	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
455	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
456	91.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Table 2.83 Metadata specific to profiles

Deployment ID	Profile bottom	Profile top	Profile step
	m asl	m asl	m
280	91.0		10.0
457	91.0		10.0

Table 2.84 Metadata specific to scintillometers

Deployment ID	Target distance	Target site	Target height
	m		m asl
324	1100.9270202962	BCT	145.0

2.6.14.4. Photos

Fig. 2.36 Panoramic facing East 21-07-2017.

Fig. 2.37 View of Michael Cliffe House from WCT 21-07-2017.

Fig. 2.38 BLS transmitter, PI160, PAR, UVA, UVB, PIR, PSP, DAVIS, CNR1, CSAT3 and LI7500A looking West 18-04-2016.

Fig. 2.39 DAVIS looking South West 25-07-2013.

Fig. 2.40 TRISONICAWS, DAVIS, CSAT3 and LI7500A 08-01-2020.

Fig. 2.41 CL31 looking North East 30-05-2018.

Fig. 2.42 LASMKII reciever from BCT 10-04-2014.

2.6.14.5. Supplementary information

Link	Title	Description
IMU PSP and SPN1 radiation sensor blocking	IMU PSP and SPN1 radiation sensor blocking	Details of suspected interference of measurements by PSP and SPN1 at IMU by telecommunications equipment.

2.6.14.6. Data acquisition

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

2.6.14.7. Data availability

Double click on legend to isolate instruments.

2.6.14.8. References

1. Morrison, W., Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, S. (2021) Urban surface temperature observations from ground-based thermography: intra- and inter-facet variability. Urban Climate, 35. 100748. ISSN 2212-0955 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100748

2. Morrison, W., Yin, T., Lauret, N., Guilleux, J., Kotthaus, S., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.-P., Norford, L. and Grimmond, S. (2020) Atmospheric and emissivity corrections for ground-based thermography using 3D radiative transfer modelling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 237. 111524. ISSN 00344257 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111524

3. Crawford, B., Grimmond, S. B., Gabey, A., Marconcini, M., Ward, H. C. and Kent, C. W. (2018) Variability of urban surface temperatures and implications for aerodynamic energy exchange in unstable conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144 (715). pp. 1719-1741. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3325

4. Warren, E., Charlton-Perez, C., Kotthaus, S., Lean, H., Ballard, S., Hopkin, E. and Grimmond, S. (2018) Evaluation of forward-modelled attenuated backscatter using an urban ceilometer network in London under clear-sky conditions. Atmospheric Environment, 191. pp. 532-547. ISSN 1352-2310 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.04.045

5. Crawford, B., Grimmond, C. S. B., Ward, H. C., Morrison, W. and Kotthaus, S. (2017) Spatial and temporal patterns of surface-atmosphere energy exchange in a dense urban environment using scintillometry. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143 (703). pp. 817-833. ISSN 1477-870X doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2967

2.6.14.9. Acknowledgements

We thank Borough of Islington for site access.

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