2.6.31. RGS

2.6.31.1. Introduction

Royal Geographic Society building in the London borough of Chelsea and Kensington. Several Ceilometers, microlites and Soil Moisture Probes have been deployed here.

2.6.31.2. Site metadata

Site ID	RGS
Full Name	Royal Geographical Society
Network	LUMA
Longitude	-0.17492	degrees
Latitude	51.501517	degrees
Start date	2009-03-26	UTC
End date		UTC
Displacement height	-999.0	m
City	London

2.6.31.3. Deployments at site

Table 2.121 All site deployments

Deployment ID	Instrument ID	Instrument serial	Type	Deployment name	Start date	End date
					UTC	UTC
277	MICROLITE	9178745	indoor	Microlite Catherine - Bad data	2016-05-05	2016-05-09
278	MICROLITE	9178745	indoor	Microlite RGS	2016-05-10	2018-09-12
281	MICROLITE	9178733	indoor	Microlite RGS	2016-05-25	2018-09-12
282	CT25K	LCBRV098	ceilometer	CT25K-Y	2016-05-25	2018-07-17
283	CL31	B20202	ceilometer	CL31-B	2009-03-26	2016-06-14
373	CL31	B20202	ceilometer	CL31-B	2016-06-26	2020-03-17
285	SM300	A01360	single	Node 4	2016-06-07	2016-07-25
286	SM300	A01357	single	Node 3	2016-06-14	2016-07-25
293	SM300	A01366	single	Node 4	2016-07-26	2016-08-15
294	SM300	A01365	single	Node 3	2016-07-26	2020-10-22
297	SM300	A01362	single	Node 4	2016-08-16	2017-06-21
383	CL31	F2730001	ceilometer	CL31-D	2011-01-19	2011-02-02
400	TT200	THERM2	single	Node 5	2017-06-21	2020-10-22
450	CT25K	LCBRV312	ceilometer	CT25K-X	2018-07-17
471	CL31	B20201	ceilometer	CL31-A	2021-07-15

Table 2.122 Position of deployments

Deployment ID	Height	Yaw	Pitch	Roll
	m asl	degrees	degrees	degrees
277	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
278	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
281	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
282	28.1	0.0	5.0	0.0
283	28.1	0.0	5.0	0.0
373	28.1	0.0	4.0	0.0
285	-0.15
286	-0.1
293	-0.15	0.0	0.0	0.0
294	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
297	-0.15	0.0	0.0	0.0
383	28.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
400	-0.15	0.0	0.0	0.0
450	28.1	0.0	5.0	0.0
471	28.1	0.0	1.0	0.0

Table 2.123 Metadata specific to profiles

Deployment ID	Profile bottom	Profile top	Profile step
	m asl	m asl	m
282	28.1		30.0
283	28.1		10.0
373	28.1		10.0
383	28.1	7728.1	10.0
450	28.1		30.0
471	28.1		10.0

Table 2.124 Metadata specific to indoor sensors

Deployment ID	Room type	Building storey	Distance to wnidow
			m
277	Office	2.0	2.0
278	Office	2.0	2.0
281	Office	2.0	2.5

2.6.31.4. Photos

Fig. 2.90 CT25K and CL31 25-05-2016.

Fig. 2.91 Soil moisture probe node 18-02-2020.

Fig. 2.92 CL31 26-02-2014.

Fig. 2.93 Soil moisture nodes in flower bed 25-05-2016.

2.6.31.5. Data acquisition

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

2.6.31.6. Data availability

Double click on legend to isolate instruments.

2.6.31.7. References

1. Kotthaus, S., Halios, C. H., Barlow, J. F. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2018) Volume for pollution dispersion: London’s atmospheric boundary layer during ClearfLo observed with two ground-based lidar types. Atmospheric Environment, 190. pp. 401-414. ISSN 1352-2310 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.06.042

2. 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

3. Kotthaus, S., O’Connor, E., M�nkel, C., Charlton-Perez, C., Haeffelin, M., Gabey, A. M. and Grimmond, C. S. B. (2016) Recommendations for processing atmospheric attenuated backscatter profiles from Vaisala CL31 ceilometers. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9. pp. 3769-3791. ISSN 1867-8548 doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3769-2016

2.6.31.8. Acknowledgements

We thank Catherine Souch at Royal Geographical Society for site access.

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