2.6.18. KSK

2.6.18.1. Introduction

Roof of Kings building at the Strand campus of Kings College in the City of Westminster, London. A mast holding multiple deployments was set up here. Same building roof as KSK15S.

2.6.18.2. Site metadata

Site ID	KSK
Full Name	Kings Building, Kings College London (Strand Campus)
Network	LUMA
Longitude	-0.1161	degrees
Latitude	51.51146	degrees
Start date	2008-08-21	UTC
End date	2013-03-04	UTC
Displacement height	19.0	m
City	London

2.6.18.3. Deployments at site

Table 2.87 All site deployments

Deployment ID	Instrument ID	Instrument serial	Type	Deployment name	Start date	End date
					UTC	UTC
44	CNR1	000220	single	CNR1	2008-08-13	2009-09-30
45	CNR4	100312	single	CNR4	2010-09-21	2013-03-04
46	PAR	020630661	single	PAR	2008-09-29	2009-09-29
47	UVA	020630656	single	UVA	2008-09-29	2009-09-29
48	UVB	020630657	single	UVB	2008-09-29	2009-09-29
240	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2008-09-30	2008-10-29
241	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2008-10-30	2009-04-29
242	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2009-04-30	2009-05-13
243	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2009-05-15	2009-06-29
244	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2009-07-01	2009-09-30
245	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2009-10-02	2011-03-09
246	WXT510	B084006	single	WXT	2011-03-11	2011-04-05
247	WXT510	B0840006-G0630168	single	WXT	2011-04-07	2011-08-18
248	WXT510	B0840006-G0630168	single	WXT	2011-08-20	2011-09-05
249	WXT510	B0840006-G0630168	single	WXT	2011-09-07	2011-10-05
250	WXT510	B0840006-G0630168	single	WXT	2011-10-07	2011-12-20
251	WXT510	B0840006-G0630168	single	WXT	2011-12-22	2013-03-03
325	CSAT3	0192-2	ec	EC	2008-10-01	2008-10-29
326	CSAT3	0192-2	ec	EC	2008-10-29	2009-04-29
327	CSAT3	0192-2	ec	EC	2009-04-29	2009-05-14
328	CSAT3	0192-2	ec	EC	2009-05-14	2009-10-06
325	LI7500A	75H-0995	ec	EC	2008-10-01	2008-10-29
326	LI7500A	75H-0995	ec	EC	2008-10-29	2009-04-29
327	LI7500A	75H-0995	ec	EC	2009-04-29	2009-05-14
328	LI7500A	75H-0995	ec	EC	2009-05-14	2009-10-06
329	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2010-01-22	2010-03-04
330	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2010-03-04	2010-03-22
331	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2010-03-22	2010-03-29
332	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC w KH20	2010-03-29	2010-08-25
333	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC w KH20	2010-08-25	2010-10-22
334	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2010-10-22	2011-03-11
335	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-03-11	2011-04-06
336	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-04-06	2011-08-19
345	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-08-19	2011-08-22
346	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-08-22	2011-09-06
347	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-09-06	2011-10-06
348	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-10-06	2011-12-21
349	CSAT3	1188-1	ec	EC	2011-12-21	2013-02-27
332	KH20	1122	ec	EC w KH20	2010-03-29	2010-08-25
333	KH20	1122	ec	EC w KH20	2010-08-25	2010-10-22
345	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2011-08-19	2011-08-22
346	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2011-08-22	2011-09-06
347	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2011-09-06	2011-10-06
348	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2011-10-06	2011-12-21
349	LI7500A	75H-1973	ec	EC	2011-12-21	2013-02-27

Table 2.88 Position of deployments

Deployment ID	Height	Yaw	Pitch	Roll
	m asl	degrees	degrees	degrees
44	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
45	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
46	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
48	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
240	48.1	319.0	0.0	0.0
241	48.1	312.0	0.0	0.0
242	48.1	327.0	0.0	0.0
243	48.1	319.0	0.0	0.0
244	48.1	322.0	0.0	0.0
245	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
246	48.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
247	48.1	292.0	0.0	0.0
248	48.1	297.0	0.0	0.0
249	48.1	312.0	0.0	0.0
250	48.1	332.0	0.0	0.0
251	48.1	306.0	0.0	0.0
325	48.1	207.0
326	48.1	197.0
327	48.1	215.0
328	48.1	207.0
325	48.1	207.0
326	48.1	197.0
327	48.1	215.0
328	48.1	207.0
329	48.1	217.0
330	48.1	207.0
331	48.1	89.0
332	48.1	228.0
333	48.1	237.0
334	48.1	237.0
335	48.1	247.0
336	48.1	214.0
345	48.1	217.0
346	48.1	222.0
347	48.1	232.0
348	48.1	247.0
349	48.1	228.0
332	48.1	220.0
333	48.1	220.0
345	48.1	197.0
346	48.1	202.0
347	48.1	212.0
348	48.1	227.0
349	48.1	208.0

2.6.18.4. Photos

Fig. 2.45 CSAT3, KH20 and WXT510 atop mast. KSS tower can be seen in the background. 20-07-2010.

Fig. 2.46 CSAT3, KH20 and WXT510 atop mast 20-07-2010.

Fig. 2.47 CSAT3, LI7500A, PAR, UVA, UVB, CNR1 and WXT510 atop tower 18-08-2009.

Fig. 2.48 CSAT3, LI7500A, CNR4 and WXT510 19-08-2011.

2.6.18.5. Data acquisition

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

2.6.18.6. Data availability

Double click on legend to isolate instruments.

2.6.18.7. References

1. Dou, J., Grimmond, S., Cheng, Z., Miao, S., Feng, D. and Liao, M. (2019) Summertime surface energy balance fluxes at two Beijing sites. International Journal of Climatology, 39 (5). pp. 2793-2810. ISSN 08998418 doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5989

2. Kent, C. W. (2018) Surface roughness parameters in cities: improvements and implications for windspeed estimation. PhD thesis, University of Reading.

3. 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

4. Kent, C. W., Grimmond, S., Barlow, J., Gatey, D., Kotthaus, S., Lindberg, F. and Halios, C. H. (2017) Evaluation of urban local-scale aerodynamic parameters: implications for the vertical profile of wind speed and for source areas. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 164 (2). pp. 183-213. ISSN 0006-8314 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-017-0248-z

5. Font, A., Grimmond, C. S. B., Kotthaus, S., Morgu�, J. -A., Stockdale, C., O’Connor, E., Priestman, M. and Barratt, B. (2015) Daytime CO2 urban surface fluxes from airborne measurements, eddy-covariance observations and emissions inventory in Greater London. Environmental Pollution, 196. pp. 98-106. ISSN 0269-7491 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.001

6. Kotthaus, S. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2014) Energy exchange in a dense urban environment Part II: impact of spatial heterogeneity of the surface. Urban Climate, 10 (2). pp. 281-307. ISSN 2212-0955 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.001

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

2.6.18.8. Acknowledgements

We thank King College London Directorate of Estates Facilities for site access.

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