2.6.37. URAO

2.6.37.1. Introduction

The University of Reading atmospheric observatory is on the Whiteknights campus of the University of Reading. Observations have been made at the current site since 1970. It is run by the University of Reading meteorology department. Measurements from the CL31 and eddy covariance set up are used in LUMA.

2.6.37.2. Site metadata

Site ID	URAO
Full Name	University of Reading
Network	LUMA
Longitude	-0.93795	degrees
Latitude	51.4414	degrees
Start date	2008-01-01	UTC
End date		UTC
Displacement height	0.1	m
City	London

2.6.37.3. Deployments at site

Table 2.136 All site deployments

Deployment ID	Instrument ID	Instrument serial	Type	Deployment name	Start date	End date
					UTC	UTC
299	CT25K	LCBRV312	ceilometer	CT25K-X	2016-07-15	2016-07-28
303	CT25K	LCBRV152	ceilometer	CT25K-U	2016-08-05	2016-08-19
304	CT25K	LCBRV017	ceilometer	CT25K-W	2016-06-17	2016-07-01
306	CT25K	LCBRV010	ceilometer	CT25K-V	2016-06-03	2016-06-17
308	CT25K	LCBR045	ceilometer	CT25K-Q	2016-09-19	2016-12-02
312	CT25K	LCBR327	ceilometer	CT25K-S	2016-09-02	2016-09-19
313	CT25K	LCBR022	ceilometer	CT25K-T	2016-08-19	2016-09-02
338	GILL121R03	1070-3	ec	EC - gill orientation may be off by 180	2015-07-19	2017-03-09
392	GILL121R03	1070-3	ec	EC	2017-04-27	2020-07-07
470	GILL121R03	1070-3	ec	EC	2021-03-10
338	LI7500A	75H-1124	ec	EC - gill orientation may be off by 180	2015-07-19	2017-03-09
387	LI7500A	75H-1124	ec	EC - gill orientation may be off by 180	2017-03-14	2017-04-27
392	LI7500A	75H-1124	ec	EC	2017-04-27	2020-07-07
470	LI7500A	75H-1124	ec	EC	2021-03-10
380	CT25K	LCBRV559	ceilometer	CL31-R	2015-04-02	2015-06-05
381	CL31	J1720003	ceilometer	CL31-F	2014-04-23
387	GILL121R03	152701	ec	EC - gill orientation may be off by 180	2017-03-14	2017-04-27

Table 2.137 Position of deployments

Deployment ID	Height	Yaw	Pitch	Roll
	m asl	degrees	degrees	degrees
299	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
303	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
304	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
306	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
308	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
312	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
313	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
338	3.0	0.0
392	3.0	180.0
470	3.0	180.0
338	3.0	0.0
387	3.0	0.0
392	3.0	0.0
470	3.0	0.0
380	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
381	66.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
387	3.0	0.0

Table 2.138 Metadata specific to profiles

Deployment ID	Profile bottom	Profile top	Profile step
	m asl	m asl	m
299	96.0		30.0
303	96.0		30.0
304	96.0		30.0
306	96.0		30.0
308	96.0		30.0
312	96.0		30.0
313	96.0		30.0
380	66.0	7766.0	30.0
381	66.0	7766.0	10.0

2.6.37.4. Photos

Fig. 2.105 Panoramic facing North West 17-02-2015.

Fig. 2.106 Eddy covariance set up 11-02-2015.

Fig. 2.107 CL31 08-06-2015.

2.6.37.5. Supplementary information

Link	Title	Description
https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/atmospheric-observatory/	Atmospheric observatory webpage.	Univeristy of Reading site page for atmospheric observatory.

2.6.37.6. Data acquisition

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

2.6.37.7. Data availability

Double click on legend to isolate instruments.

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