Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory: 30 meter tower meteorological measurements (2011 onwards)

Data from observations made at the Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory (CVAO) which exists to advance understanding of climatically significant interactions between the atmosphere and ocean and to provide a regional focal point and long-term data.

The observatory is based on Calhau Island of São Vicente, Cape Verde at 16.848N, 24.871W, in the tropical Eastern North Atlantic Ocean, a region which is data poor but plays a key role in atmosphere-ocean interactions of climate-related and biogeochemical parameters including greenhouse gases. It is an open-ocean site that is representative of a region likely to be sensitive to future climate change, and is minimally influenced by local effects and intermittent continental pollution.

The dataset contains meteorological measurements (wind speed, wind direction, atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation, rainfall) made at 30 meter height.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2022-05-17T10:05:57
Dataset Reference Date ()
2022-05-17T10:05:57
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/6046863cc3354fd580ab99a441b386e7
Identifier
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 6046863cc3354fd580ab99a441b386e7
  Unavailable - Read, Katie A. ( author )
  NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) - custodian
British Atmospheric Data Centre , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Oxford , OX11 0QX , UK
+44(0)1235 446432
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Unavailable - Read, Katie A. ( principal_investigator )
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded
Update scope
dataset
Keywords
  • Cape Verde
  • Meteorology
  • capeverde
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • atmospheric conditions
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2011-01-01T00:00:00
 
Code
WGS 84

Distribution Information

Data format
  • Data are NASA Ames formatted up to 2019 then netcdf ()

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CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data collected at Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory before being transmitted back to UK where NCAS staff prepare data for archiving at BADC.

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File identifier
6046863cc3354fd580ab99a441b386e7 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
Continuous Cape Verde Atmospheric Observatory Observations 81693aad69409100b1b9a247b9ae75d5
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2023-11-28T00:56:35
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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